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3 unusual facts about Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services


Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services

The Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services department is a service department of the Government of Tamil Nadu whose function is to fight fires and provide relief measures in times of calamities and disasters in Tamil Nadu.

The State Training Centre of the Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services, earlier at Mint area in North Chennai, was shifted to its present location, Tambaram in the year 2000.

Having 302 fire stations spread all over the state and 2 Rescue stations, one at Hogenekal and other at Kotagiri, the department is currently the second largest in the country after the one in Uttar Pradesh.



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