To ensure speedy reaction in the event of fire and rescue calls and to ease administrative inconvenience, the Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services (TNFRS) Department is embarking on organisational restructuring.
Talking to The Hindu, Braj Kishore Ravi, Director General of Police (Fire Services) said, in the first phase, the Coimbatore Zone is being bifurcated with Salem as headquarters for a new zone. The new Salem Zone carves out Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri, Salem and Namakkal districts. Meanwhile, the Nilgiris, Coimbatore, Tiruppur, Erode will continue to remain in the Coimbatore Division.
In the subsequent phases, the North Western Region at Tiruchi is being bifurcated with a new headquarters coming up at Cuddalore and in the third phase, the Southern Region is being divided into two with a new headquarters coming up in Tirunelveli, Mr. Ravi said. Coimbatore Zone has nine districts, North Western Zone in Tiruchi and Southern Zone has ten districts each.
