Fire Service and Civil Defence is a department working for all kind of rescue missions in Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

 including fire safety

Fire safety

Fire safety refers to precautions that are taken to prevent or reduce the likelihood of a fire that may result in death, injury, or property damage, alert those in a structure to the presence of a fire in the event one occurs, better enable those threatened by a fire to survive, or to reduce the...

, safety during air raid

Air raid

Air raid refers to an attack by aircraft. See strategic bombing or the smaller-scale airstrike.Air raid may also refer to:*Air Raid , by the improvisational collective Air...

s and any kind of disaster

Disaster

A disaster is a natural or man-made hazard that has come to fruition, resulting in an event of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction, loss of life, or drastic change to the environment...

. Emergency hotline for fire service is 1-9-9.

Formation

In 1982, "Fire Service", the fire defence agency and "Civil Defence", the unarmed warning and rescue force and the general rescue force, was amalgamated into Bangladesh Fire Service & Civil Defence.

Chain of Command

• Director General
• Director
• Deputy Director/Principal/Project Director
• Assistant Director/ Vice Principal
• Deputy Assistant Director/Instructor/ Senior Staff officer/PO/Adjutant
• Senior Station Officer/ Asst Instructor
• Warehouse Inspector
• Station Officer/ Staff officer/ Junior Instructor/ Physical Trainer
• Sub Officer
• Leader
• Fireman/ Nurse/ Driver/ Operator

Manpower

There are nearly 6,500 people working in the FS & CD, Bangladesh. There is one DG having the equality of Brig. General. Also have three posts for directors, nine Deputy Directors, more than 20 Asst Directors and 80 DADs.

Stations

There are more than 200 stations, some first class having a Senior Station officer, more manpower and cars, the rest are second class having a station officer and less manpower. There are only 5 river stations in a country where flows 230 rivers.