Personnel who lost their lives in duty honoured on Fire Service Day

The Director General of Police (DGP), Fire and Rescue Services, Seema Agrawal led the serving personnel and retired officers in paying homage to firemen who had died in the line of duty, on the occasion of the Fire Service Day on Tuesday.

Every year on April 14th, Fire Service Day is observed all over the country as Martyrs’ Day, to pay homage to those firefighters, who lost their lives while performing their duties. On April 14, 1944, during the firefighting operations, 66 fire personnel belonging to the Bombay Fire Brigade lost their lives.