Watch: Bengaluru Airport says it has Asia’s largest squad of women aviation firefighters

The video, which was posted on the Bengaluru airport's official Twitter handle, salutes the women who made history by becoming part of Asia's largest squad of women aviation firefighters.

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The Bangalore International Airport inducted first ever 14 member woman fire fighting squad into their ARFF squad on March 8, international women’s day

The Bengaluru Airport Friday posted a video hailing their first-ever squad of woman firefighters, who have been inducted into their Aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF) squad.

The video, which was posted on the Bengaluru airport’s official Twitter handle, salutes the women who made history by becoming part of Asia’s largest squad of women aviation firefighters.

Watch the video here:

Presenting the story of the #DaughtersOfIndia. #BLRairport salutes the women who have created history by being part of Asia’s first largest squad of Women Aviation Firefighters. @narendramodi @PMOIndia @MoCA_GoI @HardeepSPuri #BharatKiLakshmi #Aviation #FireFighters pic.twitter.com/KFk1rDVTze

— BLR Airport (@BLRAirport) November 8, 2019

The video is a celebration of the milestone, and shows how the feat was achieved.

The Bangalore International Airport inducted first-ever 14-member women fire-fighting squad into their ARFF squad on March 8, which is International Women’s Day. With the move, the airport became the first one in the country to have women firefighters.