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The Fire Service and Civil Defense has received two state-of-the-art firefighting and rescue vehicles with the longest turntable ladder of the world.
Firefighters will now be able handle firefighting and rescue works at up to 68-meter height, which usually equals to at laest 24 floors of a multi-storey building, with these vehicles.
The two Turntable Ladder (TTL) trucks were added to the Fire Service’s fleet after Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal inaugurated them during an even at the force’s headquarters in Dhaka on Sunday.
He also awarded the title “Agni Veer” to 13 firefighters who died while battling the horrific fire at BM Container Depot in Sitakunda, Chattogram in June.
About the TTL trucks, Fire Service Director General Brig Gen Md Main Uddin said these are the world’s largest vehicles with modern technology used to douse fire and carry out rescue operations in msot of the developed countries.
The home minister, as the chief guest, said the Fire Service had only one old vehicle to work in multi-storey buildings in 2009 which could not work above 8-10 floors. “But now we have brought 24 tall ladder trucks for this organization to work in multi-storey buildings.”
In 2009, the total workforce of this organization was just over 6,000. Currently, this workforce is more than 14,000. This number will be around 16,000 at the end of the ongoing project of fire station construction.
Apart from this, initiatives have been taken to increase the manpower of this organization to 31,000, said the Home Minister.
Referring to the terrible fire accident at BM Container Depot, Asaduzzaman said the fire service members did not hesitate to take risk their lives to save people. It was proved once again by the martyrdoms of 13 fire fighters in Sitakunda accident.
The fire service today is the first responder to any disaster with its highest capability, he said.
Senior Secretary of Public Security Department Md Akhtar Hossain and Secretary of Security Services Department Md Abdullah Al Masud Chowdhury were special guests on the occasion.
