Bangladesh Fire Service & Civil Defence

The Bangladesh Fire Service & Civil Defence (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ ফায়ার সার্ভিস ও সিভিল ডিফেন্স; Abbreviation: FSCD) is an emergency service operating under the Ministry of Home Affairs of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. The department provides fire protection, technical rescue, primary response to biological, chemical, and radioactive hazards and emergency medical services to the people of Bangladesh.

Bangladesh Fire Service & Civil Defence
বাংলাদেশ ফায়ার সার্ভিস ও সিভিল ডিফেন্স
"Speed Service Sacrifice"
Operational area
CountryBangladesh
AddressBangladesh Fire Service & Civil Defence Headquarters, 38-46 Kazi Alauddin Road, Dhaka-1000
Agency overview
Established9 April 1981 (1981-04-09) (origins go back to 1939)
Employees13,058
Director GeneralBrigadier General Md. Sajjad Hossain
Facilities and equipment
Stations435
Engines507
Ambulances185
Fireboats8
Website
Official website

History

The British government founded the Fire Service in undivided India in 1939–40. The Calcutta Fire Service for the city of Calcutta at the regional level during the Partition and the Bengal Fire Service for Bengal (in Kolkata) in undivided Bengal. 

In 1947, the fire service in the area was renamed as East Pakistan Fire Service. Similarly, during the Second World War, the Department of Civil Defense in India was initially created as Air Raid Precautions (ARP) and later in 1951 as the Department of Civil Defense through legal process. 

For the purpose of work management, a department called Rescue Department was created under the Roads and Highways Department. On 9 April 1971, the then Fire Service Directorate and the Civil Defense Department were merged and established the Fire Service and Civil Defense Department.[1][2][3][4]

Rank structure
  • Director General
  • Director / Project Director
  • Deputy Director / Principal
  • Assistant Director / Vice Principal
  • Deputy Assistant Director / Instructor / Senior Staff officer / PO cum Adjutant
  • Senior Station Officer / Asst Instructor/Officer in charge(Control Room) / Store Officer
  • Warehouse Inspector
  • Station Officer / Staff officer / Junior Instructor / Mobilizing Officer
  • Sub Officer
  • Leader
  • Fireman / Nursing attendant / Diver
  • Community Volunteer
  • Driver

Employees and volunteers

The department[5] currently has over 13,058 uniformed personnel and 42,000 civilian volunteers. There is one Director General, three Directors, nine Deputy Directors, 20 Assistant Directors and 80 Deputy Assistant Director.

Stations

The FSCD currently has 436 stations, some first class having a Senior Station Officer, more manpower and firefighting vehicles, the rest are second class having a Station Officer and less manpower. There are only 5 river stations in a country where flows 230 rivers.

  • Isuzu NPR fire tender
  • Foton Tunland pickup
  • SPV-SinoTruk 220 foam tender
  • Firefighters at work infront of Fire Service & Civil Defence headquarters building
  • Firefighters extinguishing fire

References
  1. "Six fire stations to be set up in Ctg city". Dhaka Tribune. 2016-08-31. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  2. "BCIC chairman: Toxic gas leak in Ctg merely an accident". Dhaka Tribune. 2016-08-24. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  3. "Industries ministry forms probe body over Tongi fire". Prothom Alo. Archived from the original on 2016-09-12. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  4. "China to provide Bangladesh 1000 firefighting motorcycles". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
  5. "Could smell gas, injured Tampaco worker claims". The Daily Star. 2016-09-11. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
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