Members of Fire Service and Civil Defence (FSCD) yesterday started wearing their new uniform with the launching of ‘FSCD Week-2010’.
The FSCD has left its old uniform, which the Pakistani forces wore during the Liberation War in 1971, said Home Minister Sahara Khatun while inaugurating the FSCD Training Complex in Mirpur.
“As the present government believes in the spirit of the Liberation War, it has changed the uniform once worn by the Pakistani forces. The FSCD members are now more inspired having this orange coloured dress with ash marks on it.”
Sahara said the government has changed the uniform after a long demand, hoping that the firemen now will perform their duties with more courage and enthusiasm.
She rejected an allegation of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia that the present government is changing uniforms of different forces as well as using them as the ‘Rakkhi Bahini’.
The government is trying to equip the FSCD with modern technologies so that it can fight any kind of disaster including earthquake, said the minister.
She added the government is training 62,000 volunteers in community level with 1,500 already trained. At present, 218 fire stations are in the country, and construction of 151 more is going on under three projects.
After long 20 years, eight personnel of fire service and civil defense were given awards in four categories this year for their outstanding contributions, added Sahara.
State Minister for Home Shamsul Huq Tuku, Home Secretary Abdus Sobhan Sikder, FSCD Director General Brig Gen Abu Naim Mohammad Shahidullah, Inspector General of Prisons Brig Gen Ashraful Islam Khan, among others, were present at the programme.
