FIRE TRAINING PROGRAMMES ORGANISED AT DIFFERENT METRO STATIONS
Kolkata, Date: 10.02.2024
Metro Railway takes all possible measures and care for ensuring commuters safety. Shri P Uday Kumar Reddy, General Manager, Metro Railway regularly monitors and reviews safety measurements adopted in the ‘Lifeline of the City’ to avoid any untoward incident like fire. In order to check the preparedness of Metro staff to tackle any fire emergency in the Metro premises regular fire training programme is organised to sharpen the skills of the staff.
Two such training programmes for Metro staff were held under the supervision of senior officials on 09.02.2024 at Sahid Khudiram and Netaji stations. In these training programmes, Metro staff were imparted training on how to handle fire extinguishers to douse the flame through simulation of various fire and smoke conditions.
It is expected that such training programmes will sharpen the skill and alertness of Metromen to respond to any emergency situation and restore normalcy at the earliest.