Article: Delhi Fire Service strength to be doubled

Article: Delhi Fire Service lists plan to avoid a blaze
The Hindustan Times;  April 13, 2006 ;     292 words ......days after a fire killed 36 people in Meerut, the Delhi Fire Service (DFS) Thursday came out with a 31-point plan to avoid...Meerut Monday. Sharma said the DFS will celebrate a fire service week April 14-20 and would promote the 31-point agenda...

Article: The Reality of the modern fire service.(GUEST COMMENTARY)
Firehouse Magazine;  June 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ...It is constantly heard that the fire service must focus its training on back to basics...line-of-duty deaths and injuries. As a fire service, we are constantly being expected to...that have ever been provided to the fire service, yet we continue to have 100-plus firefighters...

Article: Govt deadline for Fire Service
The Press;  March 26, 1999 ;     433 words ...The Fire Service Commission has been directed to present...detailed plan for the future of the Fire Service by Wednesday. In a rare move, Internal...commissioners under section 13 of the Fire Service Act. The directive is the latest indignity...

Article: Fire Service recruits
The Press;  January 14, 2000 ;     215 words ......Arbuckle, human resources manager for the Fire Service, talks of givingspecial emphasis to...because they are under-representedin the Fire Service. If this is not racism and sexism in...27 years. I commend and encourage the Fire Service in seeking women and Maori firefighters...

Article: Fire Service ruling out tomorrow
The Press;  February 3, 1999 ;     500 words ...WELLINGTON -- The Fire Service has temporarily halted its restructuring...hearing pending a full hearing on the Fire Service's plans to continue restructuring...for new jobs. The court found the Fire Service, in breaching the collective employment...

Article: Once in a generation chance to modernise; PEACE talks yesterday between The Fire Brigades Union and the employers broke up with no signs of an agreement that would stop next week's strike going ahead. Following on from the feature in yesterday's The Western Mail from leading firefighter Paul Horner, , director of the Welsh Local Government Association, puts forward the employers' case for modernisation in the fire service.(Comment)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  November 30, 2002 ;     700+ words ......have the most effective and efficient fire service available and that the money allocated...more streamlined, focused and flexible fire service. We should be able to use firefighters...deliver lasting improvements to the fire service. QHow is the fire service funded?A ...

Article: Fire Service 'can't cope'
The Press;  October 28, 1999 ;     221 words ...WELLINGTON -- The Fire Service is underfunded by as much as 20...the Insurance Council says. The Fire Service is concerned the hoarding of fireworks...greater risks were drawing near. Fire Service Commission chairwoman Margaret Bazley...

Article: Damning new report criticises 'racist and sexist' fire service
Evening Standard - London;  September 16, 1999 ;     622 words ......DEVASTATING official report today on the fire service says it is a closed, militaristic organisation...a culture of fear and mistrust. The Fire Service Inspectorate says brigades around the...other people's husbands". Gays in the fire service, the report says, "continue to face...

Article: How to run a fire service; Firemen.(Are Britain's firemen value for money?)
The Economist (US);  November 30, 2002 ;     700+ words ...The real question about Britain's fire service is not pay, but who should provide it...costs (which include losses, the cost of fire service, insurance administration etc) are about...Only then comes the standard of the fire service. Here, spending a lot of money clearly...

Article: Fire Service warns of swindle
The Press;  August 27, 1998 ;     246 words ......brochure is ripping people off, the Fire Service says. The Regional Fire Safety Manager, Graeme Daikee, said a man using the Fire Service name had been falsely marketing a fire-safe...called her and said he was from the Fire Service Commission and had advertising space...

Article: 'Alarm bells should be ringing at fire service sell-off plan' MSP JOINS BATTLE TO SAVE BRIGADES.(News)
The Mirror (London, England);  June 24, 2002 ;     469 words ......warned that a plan to privatise a Scots fire service would rip-off the taxpayer and see all...to create Scotland's first privatised fire service were revealed yesterday in a leaked...vehicles from Highlands and Islands Fire Service will be sold to fat-cat businessmen...

Article: Prescott plans `will lead to demoralised fire service'.(News)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  January 30, 2003 ;     700+ words ......campaign will lead to a demoralised fire service, an independent expert warned last night...the Bain Review to ``modernise'' the fire service. Mr Prescott was accused of bullyboy...North Africa, including the South Wales Fire Service. He said last night, ``Force and dictatorial...

Article: Govt attacked over Fire Service funding changes
The Press;  April 2, 1998 ;     377 words ......Government's obligation to part-fund the Fire Service amid Opposition claims the service is...and prepared for privatisation. The Fire Service Amendment Bill, introduced by Internal...Government's obligations are to the Fire Service''. ``It is an attempt to run down the...

Article: Lawyers cost Fire Service $3000 a day
The Press;  April 6, 1999 ;     404 words ...The Fire Service has spent almost $3000 a day on legal...and other opponents of change in the Fire Service had "actually caused a large percentage of that expenditure". . * Warring Fire Service bosses will meet again today in a last...