Mumbai Fire Brigade has lost two of its firemen, Umesh Parvate and Rajendra Bhojane, China HARD BOX UNIT PACKINGS OF FIRE BLANKETS in the recent years while rescuing birds caught on trees or wires.File picture of firemen rescuing a bird. Around 18,000 such calls are received annually. Since they are made of fibre, there is also no danger of electrocution if they come  in contact with live wires,” said a fire official.Saviors turn into victimsIn December 2013, 31-year-old fireman Umesh Parvate had climbed 20 feet up a roof to free a crow, but he slipped and fell to his death at Masjid Bunder.These rods will be 16.On an average, senior fire officials estimate that over 50 calls related to bird and animal rescue are received every day in the city. The BMC will procure 35 rods at the cost of Rs 77 lakh (each costing Rs 2.12 lakh). While trying to rescue, the three firemen suffered severe burns after coming in contact with a high-tension overhead wire.56 metres high and firemen can use them for bird rescue operations without endangering their lives.  On December 10, three firemen  of Byculla fire station went to attend a bird rescue call. But, till date, no decision has been taken. The rods will be made available at 34 fire stations in the city..After the 2015 Kalbadevi fire, which had claimed lives of chief fire officer Sunil Nesrikar and three other senior fire officers, a panel had suggested to keep firemen away from non-fire activities, like rescuing birds or drowning incidents. Mumbai: Taking into account  the threats posed to lives of firemen while rescuing birds, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to procure telescopic rods, which are made up of carbon fibre or fibre glass.“To avoid such tragic incidents, telescopic rods will be purchased.

According to Rahangdale, "nuisance by public" and "vehicles parked on both sides of the road" posed difficulties for fire bridge personnel to reach the spot.. Both have been admitted to Nair hospital, officials said. During the incident, three gas cylinders exploded. Areas having various footwear and bag manufacturing units, scrap godowns, shops and residential structures were damaged.He said the blaze escalated due to a blast in LPG cylinders adding that the fire has been brought under control. Also, two LPG cylinders were found to leak which were later handed over to China STORZ COUPLING IN ALUMINUM a gas agency," he said.m.Representational Picture Mumbai: Two persons including a fireman were injured in a major fire that broke out in the hutments of Sankli street at South Mumbai’s Madanpura area, a senior fire brigade official on Wednesday.Earlier, a fire had broken out on Tuesday in the iconic Air India building at Nariman Point in South Mumbai, but there was no casualty or major damage as the blaze-hit floor on the premises was empty at that time.In the mishap, fireman Ashok Bane sustained a head injury while a local resident got suffocated due to the smoke. on Tuesday and 14 fire tenders were rushed to the spot," said the fire brigade chief of Mumbai civic body P S Rahangdale.20 p."The fire affected 50 to 60 structures on the ground-floor, and three floors above it."Our control received a call at around 10."The fire engulfed the electric wiring, some installations, household articles, LPG cylinders and other valuables. A few temporary structures also collapsed due to the blaze," Rahangdale said.

Firefighters try to douse a fire which broke out at Scindia House building on Friday. Mumbai: Six people were rescued in a major fire that broke out at the income tax department office at Scindia House, Ballard Pier in south Mumbai on Friday evening. The fire was brought under control in six hours, TYPE-4B SEMI RIGID PVC HOSE but the cooling operations went on till late in the night.According to fire officials, the fire erupted in the income tax office, which is situated on the third floor of Scindia House, at about 4.30 pm. As many as 16 fire engines were pressed into operation to douse the fire.Six people, who were trapped in the building, were rescued by firemen. They suffered suffocation problems and were rushed to St George Hospital for treatment. Five of them could be identified as Ganesh Solanki (46),  Nilesh Kulkarni (40), Vinod Dube (40), Ajit Kadam (35) and Ramesh Dupare (50). One fireman - Jagdish Bachal - also suffered injuries during the fire fighting operation.“The cause of the fire is not known yet and will be found out only after detailed investigation,” a fire brigade official said. “But it started from the canteen of the income tax office. Since there was no adequate ventilation. Hence it spread rapidly to upper floors,” he added.The Scindia House building also houses the office of the Debt Recovery Tribunal.

Fire fighting operations were on for three days and no casualties were reported. Mumbai: Fire-fighting operation at the fuel tank farm of the Mumbai Port Trust on Butcher Island off Mumbai&TYPE-4B SEMI RIGID PVC HOSE Factory39;s coast was "completed successfully" on Monday morning, three days after the blaze broke out in a high-speed diesel tank, a top official said.The island, officially known as Jawahar Dweep, houses a marine oil terminal of the Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT)."Operation at Jawahar Dweep island is completed successfully," said Sanjay Bhatia, MbPT chairman.Multiple agencies such as the MbPT, oil major BPCL (which owns the tank that caught fire), ONGC, state planning agency CIDCO and fire services of Maharashtra government carried out a joint operation to contain the fire, he said.Prima facie a lightning strike on Friday evening – when Mumbai and surrounding areas received thundershowers -- triggered the fire, Bhatia said.It will take another few hours for smoldering inside the tank to stop, he said.Regular operations on the island will resume only after a thorough inspection of pipelines and other infrastructure, he said.Mumbai fire brigade chief P S Rahangdale, who supervised the operation on behalf of the Mumbai fire brigade, said, "At present controlled-burning and extinguishing operation is in process. Very little high-speed diesel is left in the tank."Tank number 13 of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) which caught fire had collapsed inwards a little, BPCL executive director Manohar Rao had said on Friday.BPCL has eight tanks on Butcher Island. The fire was limited to only one tank.No # casualty was reported during the mishap. Crude oil and other commodities are offloaded at the Jawahar Dweep anchorage and stored in tanks before being transported to nearby refineries through underwater pipelines.Rao had said the incident will not cause shortage of high-speed diesel in the market.

Mumbai: A case has been registered against the fire officer of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Tarapur, for failing to send a fire engine to Boisar MIDC where a fire broke out Thursday fire blanket with silica gel painting painting Suppliers night. A case has been filed under sections 56 and 57 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005. The deceased have been identified as Pintu Kumar Gautam, Alok Nath and Janu Adaria. Borkar, should have sent fire engines to the spot to help douse the flames.”The guardian minister of Palghar, Vishnu Sawara, has ordered an inquiry into the mishap and assured that the people responsible for the fire will be taken to task. Shutters, windowpanes and a computer were destroyed on the premises of the companies in the vicinity. Mr Borkar has been booked under sections 56 and 57 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005.Prakash Birajdar, senior inspector, MIDC police station, Boisar, said, “The district collector Prashant Narnaware has submitted a complaint against Mr Borkar of Tarapore fire station.The MIDC police is probing the accident and trying to locate the owners of the factories. According to Boisar MIDC police, the fire officer, S.e.Nine fire engines were rushed to spot to douse the fire. An accidental death report (ADR) has been filed..S.38pm on Thursday, an explosion caused a fire to break out at Novaphone chemical factory in the Boisar MIDC area, killing three workers and injuring 15 others. Unimax, Prachi, Arti, Bharat Rasayan and Darbari. The fire spread to five other factories i. It is learned that the fire was caused by three blasts in the factory that were followed by a reactor explosion which was heard up to 8 to 10 kilometre from the site. Disaster management officers and the police control room repeatedly asked him to send fire engines but he denied, saying he could not send them without asking his seniors. So much so that it took nine fire engines to bring the inferno under control after which, cooling operations were carried out.