Panchkula Sector 20 all set to get new fire sub station

PANCHKULA: Panchkula Municipal Corporation (MC) is all set to get a fire sub-station in Sector-20 and a hydraulic ladder fire tender will be placed at the station. The new installation will help the fire officers to take control over fire at high rise buildings in case of emergency. This has been a long pending demand of the residents as well. The reason behind the demand was that sector-20 was on the other side of Kalka-Shimla Highway and in case of any emergency it took time for a fire tender to reach the spot from Sector-5.
It was post the Surat fire tragedy, ULB (Urban Local Bodies) minister held a meeting with all MC chiefs and fire officers seeking the demand and problems they were are facing during their work to make the fire team capable to handle all sorts of emergencies and arming them with better equipments was one of the criteria. The MC Commissioner cum administrator Rajesh Jogpal informed that Panchkula fire department raised the need of a fire sub-station in Sector-20 and considering the need of the hour, approval has been given for the sub-station. Now, a temporary fire sub-station in the community centre of Sector-20 would be set up by them. Jogpal, said, “A temporary fire sub-station has been made to facilitate the residents living on the other side of the highway and the sector also has a large number of high rise buildings.”
The fire sub-station will have one hydraulic ladder fire tender, a fire bowser and a team of 18 employees with them to tackle fire related problems coming from the Sectors-20 and Ghaggar across Sectors.The water bowser will take the water from the water works situated in Sector-20 in the hour of need. Right now, a single fire station to tackle fire related problem in the city is there since Panchkula was created. nt Members of the itizen Welfare Association, “The city has developed a lot since it was built. There is a need to boost infrastructure as well by the administration.”