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147 Candidates Injured In Physical Tests At Mumbai Firemen Recruitment Drive
As many as 147 candidates have suffered injuries during physical tests held as part of the ongoing recruitment drive of the Mumbai Fire Brigade, the city civic body said.
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Portion Of 7-Storey Building Collapses In South Mumbai, 60 Rescued
A portion of a seven-storey residential building collapsed in Kalbadevi area of south Mumbai on Thursday, a fire brigade official said.
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Mumbai Fire Brigade Inducts 12 Firefighting Bikes Into Its Fleet
The motorcycles have been specially customised for the fire department and will be used to douse fires in slums and congested areas, places where a conventional fire truck won't be able to go.
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Mumbai Fire Brigade Receives Only 33 Calls On Diwali Night
Mumbai's Fire Service Department has received a total of 103 distress calls in the last 4 days, said Mumbai Fire Brigade on Friday, adding that only 33 calls were received on the night of Diwali.
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Mumbai Fire Brigade Clueless On Buildings' Fire Audits, Reveals RTI Application
At a time when the country's commercial capital has been plagued by fires, the Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB) has no information on the status of the mandatory fire audits for all buildings, an RTI response has revealed.
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97 Young Women Set To Join Mumbai's Fire-Fighting Unit
In a big move by Mumbai Fire Brigade, 97 young women will now be a part of the city's fire fighting unit and NDTV spoke to some of them as they complete their last few days of training before joining the force.
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Mumbai Chief Fire Officer, Injured in Kalbadevi Fire, Dies
Mumbai's Fire Brigade Chief Sunil Nesrikar has died of multiple organ failure at the National Burns Centre in Airoli, Navi Mumbai.
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2 Firemen Who Died in Mumbai's Burning 4-Storey Building Collapse Cremated Today
Two officers of the Mumbai Fire Brigade who died in Saturday's fire at the Gokul Niwas in Kalbadevi in Mumbai were cremated today at the Chandanwadi crematorium in Marine Lines.
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Fire officer demoted after losing leg
In 2008, Viswajeet V Nikam lost his leg to an accident when a tree fell on him. While the tragic incident failed to rob him of his spirit, it is the events that followed the mishap which took him to the edge of despair. The 48-year-old claims that the fire department and his colleagues have discriminated against him and used his disability to preve...
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Mumbai fire brigade gets first women firefighters
The Fire Brigade in Mumbai has for the first time appointed two women who will become firefighters. The two firewomen selected for the job are Swati Satpute from Dombivali and Sheetal Salve from Dharavi who were selected from the 14 applicants who had applied for the job. "The final induction of the t...
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147 Candidates Injured In Physical Tests At Mumbai Firemen Recruitment Drive
As many as 147 candidates have suffered injuries during physical tests held as part of the ongoing recruitment drive of the Mumbai Fire Brigade, the city civic body said.
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Portion Of 7-Storey Building Collapses In South Mumbai, 60 Rescued
A portion of a seven-storey residential building collapsed in Kalbadevi area of south Mumbai on Thursday, a fire brigade official said.
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Mumbai Fire Brigade Inducts 12 Firefighting Bikes Into Its Fleet
The motorcycles have been specially customised for the fire department and will be used to douse fires in slums and congested areas, places where a conventional fire truck won't be able to go.
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Mumbai Fire Brigade Receives Only 33 Calls On Diwali Night
Mumbai's Fire Service Department has received a total of 103 distress calls in the last 4 days, said Mumbai Fire Brigade on Friday, adding that only 33 calls were received on the night of Diwali.
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Mumbai Fire Brigade Clueless On Buildings' Fire Audits, Reveals RTI Application
At a time when the country's commercial capital has been plagued by fires, the Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB) has no information on the status of the mandatory fire audits for all buildings, an RTI response has revealed.
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97 Young Women Set To Join Mumbai's Fire-Fighting Unit
In a big move by Mumbai Fire Brigade, 97 young women will now be a part of the city's fire fighting unit and NDTV spoke to some of them as they complete their last few days of training before joining the force.
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Mumbai Chief Fire Officer, Injured in Kalbadevi Fire, Dies
Mumbai's Fire Brigade Chief Sunil Nesrikar has died of multiple organ failure at the National Burns Centre in Airoli, Navi Mumbai.
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2 Firemen Who Died in Mumbai's Burning 4-Storey Building Collapse Cremated Today
Two officers of the Mumbai Fire Brigade who died in Saturday's fire at the Gokul Niwas in Kalbadevi in Mumbai were cremated today at the Chandanwadi crematorium in Marine Lines.
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Fire officer demoted after losing leg
In 2008, Viswajeet V Nikam lost his leg to an accident when a tree fell on him. While the tragic incident failed to rob him of his spirit, it is the events that followed the mishap which took him to the edge of despair. The 48-year-old claims that the fire department and his colleagues have discriminated against him and used his disability to preve...
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Mumbai fire brigade gets first women firefighters
The Fire Brigade in Mumbai has for the first time appointed two women who will become firefighters. The two firewomen selected for the job are Swati Satpute from Dombivali and Sheetal Salve from Dharavi who were selected from the 14 applicants who had applied for the job. "The final induction of the t...
