Three-day training course for firemen begins

Addressing the participants at the inauguration of the programme, AIILSG President Jatin Modi underlined the need for a disaster management institute in Vadodara. 8220;Reports by the Central government rank Vadodara city top-most, followed by Calcutta, in the high risk category from both natural and man-made disasters. As such it is essential that the State government, Vadodara Municipal Corporation VMC, non-governmental organisations NGOs and the Fire Academy join hands and work towards setting up a disaster management institute,8221; he said.

Adding that the AIILSG was awaiting the State8217;s approval to set up such an institute at the Academy premises, Modi told Express Newsline that the state government had called for a meeting in Gandhinagar with the AIILSG representatives to discuss the same. 8220;We hope to meet the officials concerned in the first week of February and present them a detailed action plan to deal with the prevailing situation in Vadodara,8221; he added.

The action plan will be based on a joint report of the District Collectorate, the Fire Academy and the AIILSG as well as the findings of city-based NGOs Society for Clean Environment SOCLEEN and Baroda Citizens8217; Council BCC.