The Director General of Police (DGP), Fire and Rescue Services, Seema Agrawal led the serving personnel and retired officers in paying homage to firemen who had died in the line of duty, on the occasion of the Fire Service Day on Tuesday.
Every year on April 14th, Fire Service Day is observed all over the country as Martyrs’ Day, to pay homage to those firefighters, who lost their lives while performing their duties. On April 14, 1944, during the firefighting operations, 66 fire personnel belonging to the Bombay Fire Brigade lost their lives.
At the Fire Service Day held in the headquarters of Directorate of Fire and Rescue Services in Egmore, Ms. Agrawal read out the names of fire service personnel in the State who lost their lives from 1955 and also recalled that fire personnel of other States in the nation have laid down their lives while performing their duties.
As a mark of respect, the officers placed wreaths at the martyrs’ column and observed silence.
