Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services

Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services
Agency overview
Fire chiefMr.Abhas Kumar IPS
EMS levelBasic Life Support
MottoWe Serve To Save
Facilities and equipment
Stations331
Ambulances33
Website
tnfrs.tn.gov.in

The Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services department is a service department of the Government of Tamil Nadu whose function is to fight fires and provide relief measures in times of calamities and disasters in Tamil Nadu.[1]

A fire truck in Chennai

Having 365 fire and rescue stations spread all over the state and 3 Rescue stations, one at Hogenekal, one at Kotagiri and other at Marina beach Marina Rescue station the department is currently the second largest in the country after the one in Uttar Pradesh. Currently, it has 7,347 personnel.[2]

  1. ^ "AIMS & OBJECTIVES of TNF&RS". Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
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