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{{Infobox fire department<br />
| name = Delhi Fire Service<br /> दिल्ली अग्निशमन सेवा<br />
| logo =Delhi Fire Service Basic Fire Truck.jpg <br />
| motto = We Serve to Save<br />
| established = 1942<br />
| stations = 61<br />
| engines =<br />
| trucks = 198<br />
| squads =<br />
| rescues = 3<br />
| bulldozers =<br />
| aeroplanes =<br />
| helicopters =<br />
| fireboats =<br />
| EMSunits = <br />
| FirstResponderBLSorALS =<br />
| chief = Sh. Atul Garg<br />
}}<br />
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'''Delhi Fire Service''' (DFS) is the state-owned service that attends fire/rescue calls in the National Capital Territory of [[Delhi]] in [[India]]. The service consists of 61 [[fire station]]s and 3616 personnel (3280 [[firefighter]]s, 289 mechanics), and attends to 22,000 fire and rescue calls on an average every year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.delhi.gov.in/wps/wcm/connect/doit_fire/FIRE/Home/About+Us/ |title=Delhi Fire Services |website=www.delhi.gov.in |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090505063926/http://www.delhi.gov.in/wps/wcm/connect/doit_fire/FIRE/Home/About+Us/ |archive-date=2009-05-05}} </ref> The administrative control of The Delhi Fire Service rests with the [[Government of Delhi|Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi]]. The average number of fire/rescue calls attended by DFS is much more than any other metropolitan [[fire service]]s in India.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}}<br />
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==Zones==<br />
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Delhi is divided into 3 zones with 2 geographical divisions within each:<br />
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* New Delhi Fire Zone - East Division and Central Divisions<br />
* South Fire Zone - South Division and South West Divisions<br />
* West Fire Zone - West Division and North West Divisions<br />
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==Command==<br />
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* Director of Fire Services - 1<br />
* Chief Fire Officer - 5<br />
* Deputy Chief Fire Officers - 5<br />
* Divisional Officers - 9<br />
* Assistant Divisional Officers - 24<br />
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The department reports to Principal Secretary (Home)for the Government of NCT of Delhi.<br />
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==Ranks==<br />
* Director<br />
* Chief Fire Officer<br />
* Dy. Chief Fire Officer<br />
* Divisional Officer<br />
* Assistant Divisional officer<br />
* Station Officer <br />
* Sub-Officer & Sub Officers (Drivers)<br />
* Leading Firemen<br />
* Fireman & Fire operators<br />
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==Notes and references==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://dfs.delhigovt.nic.in/ Delhi Fire Service]<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20041224200247/http://www.indiadisasters.org/idrpdf/Other%2BDisasters/Otherdisasters%2BFire.PDF A study], now archived [https://web.archive.org/web/20130119163222/http://www.indiadisasters.org/idrpdf/Other+Disasters/Otherdisasters+Fire.PDF here]<br />
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{{Firefighting in India}}<br />
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[[Category:State agencies of Delhi]]<br />
[[Category:Fire departments of India]]<br />
[[Category:1942 establishments in India]]<br />
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