Andhra Pradesh in India has been facing shortage of firefighters for years and in order to overcome this problem the fire department is planning to opt for outsourcing. Now private companies would be offering their fire fighting services and at around twenty five places in the state the department would be outsourcing their fire fighting operations. Already tenders have been floated in this regard and areas to be outsourced have been short listed on the basis of areas prone to accidents.
The agencies would be selected by a committee headed by district collector and members which includes district fire officer. The private companies will be required to get their own fire equipments and would be offered training by the fire department for tackling accidents.
It looks that people within India have too started using outsourcing services which they used to offer around the globe. Let’s hope that this outsourcing arrangement would help in bringing down the number of fire accidents in the state and save a number of innocent lives.
Via indiatimes
