Fire Service Day at State Training Centre (14.04.2021)

      In memory of the 66 firemen who laid down their lives in a terrible explosion on 14th April 1944 at Mumbai in a ship called “SS Port Stikins”, 14th of April each year is celebrated all over the country as Fire Service Day. A commemoration parade was held at Tambaram State Training Centre where Director of Tamilnadu Fire and Rescue Services, DGP Dr. C. Sylendra Babu IPS laid wreath at the memorial column and read out the names of all firemen who have sacrificed their lives in the line of duty and left behind a glowing example of valour and inspiration.

  Thiru. S. Vijayasekar, Additional Director (Operations and Training), Tmt. Priya Ravichandran, Joint Director, Northern Region, Tmt. Meenakshi Vijayakumar, Joint Director, State Training Centre, District Officers from Northern Region were also present at the event and paid tribute to martyrs who have sacrificed their life in the line of duty.