With the high temperature and heatwaves continuing in the State, fire department officials are receiving about 50 calls a day.
Director of fire services P. Venkata Ramana said they received many alerts relating to burning vehicles, haystacks, electric transformers and electrical appliances this year. Officers of A.P. State Disaster Response and Fire Services Department said the control room received around 5,000 calls over the past three months (summer), about the same number of calls it received during the same period last year.
Additional director of the department G. Srinivasulu said they received about 7,500 calls in 2023 so far. “Of these, 28 were major, 36 serious, 458 medium and 6,672 small fire alerts and 333 rescue calls.” On orders from the director-general, AP State Disaster Response and Fire Services Department, P.V. Sunil Kumar, all officers and staff have been put on high alert in the wake of the soaring temperature,” he added.
