| उत्तराखण्ड अग्निशमन एवं आपात सेवा | |
Emblem of the Uttarakhand Fire and Emergency Services
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| Operational area | |
|---|---|
| Country | Uttarakhand, India |
| Address | Dehradun, Uttarakhand |
| Agency overview | |
| Established | 9 November 2000 |
| Annual calls | 2000–3000 |
| Employees | 1498 |
| Annual budget | ₹86.5 Cr [1] |
| Commissioner | Abhinav Kumar, IPS DGP Uttarakhand Police |
| Fire chief | Neeru Garg, IPS, IG Fire Service [2] |
| Chief Fire Officer | 9 |
| EMS level | BLS |
| Motto | We Serve to Save |
| Facilities and equipment | |
| Stations | 47 |
| Engines | 205 |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Ambulances | 20 |
| Airport crash | 7 |
| Aerial Ladder Platforms | 1 |
| Website | |
| https://ukfireservices.com | |
The Uttarakhand Fire and Emergency Services[3] is the public service department of the Government of Uttarakhand whose function is to firefighting and emergency services in Uttarakhand. It is responsible for the provision of fire protection and life safety as well as responding to building collapses, drownings, gas leakage, oil spillage, road and rail accidents, bird and animal rescues, fallen trees and taking appropriate action during natural disasters. The department has now 48 fire stations consisting of nearly 1400 executive personnel and nearly 98 ministerial staff. The headquarters the department is situated at Dehradun.
Uttarakhand Fire department came into existence with the formation of Uttarakhand state on 9 November 2000. Earlier it has 22 fire stations. Today, Uttarakhand Fire and Emergency service has 48 fire stations/units, including 5 fire stations/unit dedicated to industrial area.
The head of the department is the Director General (D.G.) who is the rank of the D.G.P., I.P.S. rank. Under this rank is an Inspector General who is the rank of the I.G., I.P.S. and Deputy Inspector General who is the rank of the D.I.G., I.P.S. and at the Headquarters, and a deputy director (Technical) at the Uttarakhand Fire and Emergency Services Headquarters, Dehradun. There are 13 districts, located in Almora, Bageshwar, Chamoli, Champawat, Dehradun, Haridwar, Nainital, Pauri Garhwal, Rudraprayag, Tehri Garhwal, Udham Singh Nagar and Uttarkashi where Chief Fire Officers are in charge. Each district has a Chief Fire Office and under each Chief Fire Officer there are fire stations where a Station Officer serves the station in charge.
At each station, in addition to Fire Station Officer there are Fire Station Second Officer, Leading Firemen, Fire Service Driver, and Firemen.
Officers [4]
Sub-ordinates [5]
| District | Division | Fire Station |
|---|---|---|
| Chamoli | Garhwal | 1.Gopeshwar 2.Joshimath 3.Badrinath 4.Gairsain |
| Dehradun | Garhwal | 1.Dehradun 2.Rishikesh 3.Mussoorie 4.Vikasnagar 5.Selaqui 6.Doiwala 7.Tyuni |
| Pauri Garhwal | Garhwal | 1.Pauri 2.Kotdwar 3.Srinagar 4.Thalisain |
| Haridwar | Garhwal | 1.Haridwar 2.Roorkee 3.Sidcul Roshanabad 4.Laksar 5.Bhagwanpur |
| Rudraprayag | Garhwal | 1.Rudraprayag |
| Tehri Garhwal | Garhwal | 1.New Tehri 2.Narendranagar 3.Ghansali |
| Uttarkashi | Garhwal | 1.Uttarkashi 2.Barkot |
| Almora | Kumaon | 1.Almora 2.Ranikhet |
| Bageshwar | Kumaon | 1.Bageshwar 2.Garur 3.Kapkot |
| Champawat | Kumaon | 1.Lohaghat 2.Tanakpur |
| Nainital | Kumaon | 1.Nainital 2.Haldwani 3.Ramnagar |
| Pithoragarh | Kumaon | 1.Pithoragarh 2.Dharchula 3.Didihat |
| Udham Singh Nagar | Kumaon | 1. Rudrapur 2.kashipur 3.Jaspur 4.Pantnagar 5.Sitarganj 6.Khatima 7.Bajpur 8.Kichha |
The department has started to appoint a woman Firefighter in the State [6] since 2021. The Smt Kiran Joshi is a first female Firefighter as a Fireman (FireWomen) in Uttarakhand Fire Service.
