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EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT: CISF’s firefighting motorbike that was on display in New Delhi recently. CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services (TNFRS) will soon deploy a motorcycle brigade to fight fire. The initiative is to ensure that fires reported in any narrow lane, nook or corner of the city is attended to immediately. According to senior TNFRS officials, motorcycles equipped with high-tech and compact water mist firefighting apparatus will be mobilised. A proposal to introduce the motorcycle brigade for the city and rest of the State will be submitted to the State Government after the election. There are 38 fire tenders, three emergency rescue tenders and three sky lifters attached to 28 fire stations in the city. The motorcycles will be used to put out a fire in its initial stages, before the fire tenders arrive at the spot. The motorcycles will be fitted with portable water mist technology fire apparatus with a total capacity of 9 litres of water mixed with Compressed Air Foam System (CAFS). A 350cc engine-powered motorcycle will be used with two water mist apparatuses fitted on either side near the rear wheel. “Water mixed with compressed foam is sprayed with very high pressure from the water mist fire device. It helps contain the fire with a cooling and blanketing effect. The equipment will be 10 times more effective than the regular sprinklers and will be crucial in battling the blaze in the beginning stages,” said a senior fire officer attached to the city. The new apparatus, to be imported, comes with a 2-kg extinguishing gun that has a spray and jet mode and uses 70 per cent less water than conventional sprinklers. The apparatus is expected to cost about Rs 1 lakh each.
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