Mumbai: Fire brigade gets new quick-response vehicles

The Mumbai Fire Brigade now has four additional quick-response vehicles in its fleet, and another 18 will be joining it soon, the civic body announced on Thursday.

These vehicles will be in addition to the 19 quick-response vehicles presently stationed at 19 mini-fire stations, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said in a release. The new vehicles can carry 500 liters of water and rescue equipment.

Each vehicle will be manned by a well-trained driver, supervisor and two firemen. These vehicles are smaller in size and hence manoeuvre better in narrow lanes, the BMC said.

Barring the D and E wards which are close to the Fire Brigade’s headquarters, every ward will get a quick response vehicle and contractors have been appointed, it said.