Odisha Fire Service has earned a unique place in the country with the dual mandate of conventional fire-fighting and disaster response. Government of Odisha took a policy decision, post super cyclone of 1999, to develop each Fire Station in the State as a multi-hazard disaster response unit in addition to its core mandate of fire-fighting and rescue operations.
A decade long effort to equip and to train the Odisha fire service personnel in disaster mitigation have paid rich dividend in enhancing the capacity of the State government in disaster management.
In the current decade, five very-severe, extremely-severe and super-cyclonic storms have swept past Odisha. In each disaster, the Odisha Fire Service (OFS) had performed commendable recue and restoration operations to mitigate the risks and restore normalcy at a faster pace. May it be Phailin (2013), Titli (2018), Fani (2019), Bulbul (2019) or Amphan (2020), the OFS has always been at the fore-front in saving precious lives and properties. Being a flood prone State, Odisha experiences high flood almost every year when the Fire Service is pressed into service for evacuation, recue and relief operations.
The rich experience of in disaster response has enabled Odisha Fire Service to extend a helping hand to other States during natural calamities. For example, in the aftermath of cyclone Hudhud (2014), thirty teams of Odisha Fire Service comprising more than 300 personnel were mobilised to the neighbouring Andhra Pradesh for recue and restoration tasks. During the devasting floods in Kerala in 2018, more than 200 fire service personnel were deputed to Kerala for rescue operations. And very recently, more than 370 fire service personnel were deputed to assist the West Bengal administration in rescue and restoration work, post cyclone Amphan amid the fear of Covid-19 pandemic. The services of the Odisha Fire were mobilised even for Meghalaya mining accident in 2018. Since 2010, it has rescued more than 90,000 people and 58,000 cattle in the operations related to floods and cyclones, earning numerous awards and accolades.
2 . Address of the office & its sub-offices:
3rd Floor, Vigilance Building,
Nuapatna,
Buxi Bazar,
Cuttack.
Pin: 753001
Tel. Ph. : 0671-2300317
3. Working Hours both Office & Public:
Opening Hours: 10:00 AM
Closing Hours: 5:30 PM
[ : Information available in this manual was last accses on 16/03/2021 ]
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