Bangladesh Fire Service &amp; Civil DefenceBangladesh Fire Service &amp; Civil Defence Bangladesh Fire Service & Civil Defence Bangladesh Fire Service & Civil Defence () is a fire and rescue service in Bangladesh that is administered by the Ministry of Home Affairs. The department's main goal is to provide fire protection, emergency medical care, and other critical public safety services to the people of Bangladesh. The department also works to continually educate the public in fire, life safety and disaster preparedness. Organisation. The department is organised in a system of administration, finance, training, planning, development, operations, and maintenance. During an emergency, volunteers provide additional assistance to the department. Currently, the department has approximately 48,000  civilian volunteers. Operation. Firefighting operations Fire prevention Emergency medical services Staffing. The department currently has over 13,058 employees. In addition to the director general, there are three directors, nine deputy directors, twenty assistant directors, and eighty deputy assistant directors. Station. The department responds from 456 fire stations across the country. History. The then British government created Fire Service in 1939–40 in undivided India. During the Partition, the Calcutta Fire Service was created for the city of Calcutta at the regional level and the Bengal Fire Service for undivided Bengal. In 1947, the fire service in the region was renamed the  East Pakistan Fire Service. During World War II, the Department of Civil Defense in India was initially created with Air Raid Precautions (ARP) at an early stage and the Department of Civil Defense at a later stage in 1951 through legal process. For the purpose of work management, a Rescue Department was created under the Roads and Highways Department. On April 9, 1981, the then Fire Service Directorate and the Civil Defense Department merged to form the Department of Fire Service and Civil Defense. Later the Rescue Department was included in the Department of Fire Service & Civil Defence. The FSCD  is currently 40 years old. In popular culture. The drama Aguner Nona Jol portrays the FSCD, with a fictional Officer and shows his life as a Senior Station Officer (SSO). Additionally members of the FSCD served as actors and advisers for the drama. Bangladesh Fire Service & Civil Defence Bangladesh Fire Service & Civil Defence () is a fire and rescue service in Bangladesh that is administered by the Ministry of Home Affairs. The department's main goal is to provide fire protection, emergency medical care, and other critical public safety services to the people of Bangladesh. The department also works to continually