Country’s first pvt fire station launched in Cyber City

Gurgaon: The country’s first ever private fire brigade was launched by real estate developer, DLF in Cyber City on Saturday morning. The two fire stations are located in DLF Phase III and Phase V.
The fire station was inaugurated by A.K. Sharma, Director, Delhi Fire Services in the presence of S.K. Dheri, Head of Fire Safety, DLF. Adhering to Sharma’s request, Dheri assured that if need be these efficient machines will help places beyond DLF.
The authorities said that the response time to an emergency shall be approximately three minutes.
Three fire fighting machines,imported from Finland, the hydraulic platform Chassis Mercedes 5-axle, the 400 hp, and the EURO 4 engine were also there at the event, one of which was used for demonstration. Two of the fire tender’ snorkel can go up to 90 metres high, while the third can go up to 60 metres high. The water jet can reach up to 35 metres.
The hydraulic platforms in Delhi and NCR are equipped to tackle a fire up to a height of 45 meters, while DLF’s hydraulic platforms are capable of carrying a load of 400 kg and rotate at a 360 degree angle. DLF will keep two fire tenders and 25 to 40 trained personnel in its fire station.Water bowsers will have the capacity to carry 18 kl of water per vehicle.
“Water will be taken from the DLF underground tanks with capacity of almost 3 lakh litres and overhead tanks with a capacity of 30,000 litres each. ” said Dheri.