page_title: Karnataka Fire and Emergency Services
section_title: Background
hierarchical_section_title: Karnataka Fire and Emergency Services / Background
caption_attribution_description: English: Fire Engine from Lalbagh മലയാളം: ഫയർ എഞ്ചിൻ ലാൽബാഗിൽ നിന്നും ಕನ್ನಡ: ಲಾಲ್‍ಬಾಗ್‍ನಲ್ಲಿ ನಿಂತಿರುವ ಅಗ್ನಿಶಾಮಕ ವಾಹನ
context_page_description: The Karnataka Fire and Emergency Services department is a department of the Government of Karnataka that is the foremost disaster management body in Karnataka, India.
context_section_description: All buildings in the state are required to obtain a compliance certificate for fire safety from the department. The department has the right to recommend withdrawal of licences to commercial structures that do not have proper fire fighting equipment on their premises.
  The department has a sanctioned strength of 6,448 personnel.
  In 2009, the government announced that all taluks in the state would have fire stations.
  As of 2011, the department had 168 fire stations across Karnataka, while 31 more were sanctioned in 2012.
  In 2011, Infosys built a 21,417-square-metre (230,530 sq ft) fire station at Hebbal, Mysore at a cost of ₹ 45 million for the department.
  The department also owns rescue vans in Bangalore, Mangalore, Gulbarga, Mysore, Mandya, Chamrjanagar, and Hassan.
  The department owns a pumper that was built by Dennis Brothers and delivered to the erstwhile Kingdom of Mysore in 1925 from England. It is the only petrol driven vehicle in the fleet and is brought out only during parades and rallies. The department also owns a Bronto Skylift to reach the higher storeys of tall buildings in Bangalore. The department owns similar equipment in the cities of Hubli and Mangalore. Due to the lack of working fire hydrants in Bangalore city, the department has acquired two high capacity water tankers to send in case of massive fires.
  The department was one of the rescue agencies during the 2010 Mangalore air crash.
caption: A fire truck in Bangalore
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