Firemen discharge responsibilities comparable to constables: HP High Court orders state to consider pay revision

Jun 18, 2025

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has directed the state government to consider revising the pay scale of firemen in accordance with a 2012 notification.

Awards for policemen, firemen, home guards, other services merged

Oct 17, 2023

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has merged the Central awards conferred separately to the police, fire service, home guard and correctional service-- a...

Kerala: Gas cylinder explodes in Pathanamthitta, two firemen injured

Jan 20, 2023

As per information, a fire broke out in a chips manufacturing unit near the civil station and later spread to nearby shops, and triggered...

Massive fire at paint factory in Ghaziabad's industrial area, 20 fire tenders put in service

Mar 06, 2026

According to Chief Fire Officer (CFO) Rahul Kumar, the firemen have successfully extinguished the fire at the adjacent scrap warehouse, while efforts are underway...

UK firemen union joins push to make London demand probe into Beirut blast

Nov 02, 2020

London [UK], November 2 (ANI/Sputnik): The UK Fire Brigades Union has joined the Amnesty watchdog group's initiative to make the United Kingdom demand an...

Fire breaks out in Delhi's Seelampur Chowki, no casualties reported

Feb 22, 2026

"More than 100 of our firemen and over 30 of our fire units are present at the spot... We are making every effort... So...