Fire safety upgrade in UP: Stations every 100 km on expressways, special units for chemical and biological threats

“The Fire Service Department is directly linked to the protection of public life and property. Therefore, its structure must ensure a quick, efficient, and sensitive response to every emergency,” the chief minister was quoted as saying at the review meeting.

The chief minister also approved the creation of 98 new gazetted posts and around 922 non-gazetted posts in the Uttar Pradesh Fire Department.

“The creation of new posts is a major step toward strengthening the Fire Department’s efficiency and service delivery across districts, regions, and headquarters,” an official said.

“While approving the posts, the chief minister emphasised the need to strengthen and modernise the Fire Department by equipping the force with state-of-the-art technology and highly trained personnel to meet the challenges of rapid population growth, industrialisation, and urbanisation,” the official added.

According to the officials, the new fire service units are already operational in Kushinagar, Azamgarh, Shravasti, Kanpur Nagar, Ayodhya, Aligarh, Moradabad, Chitrakoot, and Sonbhadra airports.

The chief minister also instructed that the new posts to be created must include a district-level accounting cadre to improve administrative efficiency and financial transparency, as well as additional positions at the State Fire Training College to enhance the quality of training and research.

“The department’s reorganisation process should be completed promptly so that the benefits of these reforms reach the people as soon as possible,” the CM was quoted as saying.