Various News Items from December 2001 and November 2001 - Delhi has 36 fire stations + 151 tenders + 1500 firemen - Lucknow has 6 fire stations
February 2001 - massive earthquake kills 30,000 in the State of Gujharat - see fireradio and firealert lists at www.yahoogroups.com for more information
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?1999 Info - annual number of accidental deaths in India - 35,000 pedestrians + 14,000 cyclists + 14,000 "2 wheelers and bikers" [motorized] + 3,500 passengers and drivers in motor vehicles - it is recommended that all bicycles be painted yellow to prevent nighttime deaths and that all 2 wheelers travel with their headlights on at all times
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Calcutta
Calcutta Public Safety Information
4 July 1999 - Office Building Fire
Story About Major 1998 Calcutta Downtown Fire
Book Fair Fire - 1 Dead - 5 Feb 1997
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Mumbai is the new name for Bombay
Great Article About Mumbai FD - April 2003
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Delhi
New Delhi Online Telephone Book - November 1999
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23Dec00 - I searched www.metacrawler.com for "delhi fire" and this popped up - no city - no date - it seems to be Delhi though per the present URL (?daily updated news page for delhi?)
9. Times City - Fireman killed in Sadar Bazaar godown blaze CITIES: Ahmedabad Bangalore Calcutta Chandigarh Chennai Delhi Jaipur Lucknow Mumbai Help • Contact • Home Search ... http://www.timescity.com/delhi/daily/delhiupdate2..
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24 Dec 00 - I changed all URLs from NewDelhi to Delhi
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See fireradio approximately 10 March 2001 for new Delhi Ambo website - 1099 is the emergency telephone number - 20 ambos at 20 locations - BLS
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http://www.timesofindia.com/261000/26mahm25.htm (26 Oct 00 - Surat FD Put On Alert For Diwali Holiday)
http://www.timesofindia.com/261000/26mahm14.htm (26 Oct 00 - Ahmedabad FD protects over 4 million people from 10 stations with 16 pumpers + 28 tankers - average 3 fire calls + 1 rescue call daily)
http://www.expressindia.com/ie/daily/19990331/ige31165p.html (1998/?1999 fire burns 12 shops in New Delhi - info about the alarm levels)
25 June 2001 - from www.airport.com - Coshin Airport in India (look under Asia) - here are the photos - http://www.xs4all.nl/~fni4fdp/india/coshin_1.jpg - http://www.xs4all.nl/~fni4fdp/india/coshin_4.jpg - http://www.xs4all.nl/~fni4fdp/india/coshin_6.jpg - http://www.xs4all.nl/~fni4fdp/india/coshin_3.jpg - http://www.xs4all.nl/~fni4fdp/india/coshin_5.jpg - http://www.xs4all.nl/~fni4fdp/india/coshin_7.jpg - http://www.xs4all.nl/~fni4fdp/india/coshin_2.jpg
Be sure to see the firealert and fireradio lists - search the archives for India - check the firerad2 list also
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Updated - 02 Jan 00 - Calcutta fire - 13 Mar 01 - added the 3 items directly above + misc items - 25 June 2001 - Cooshin Airport - December 2001 - links to various December and November 2001 articles - April 2003 Mumbai FD article
Info sources - Google directory - look under Regions for Asia then India - there is a Govt Of India website that lists all governmental websites - the Times of India newspaper has a online archive search for at least 3 months or 2 years or something like that - 15 Mar 01 - as of December 2001, the searchable archives apparently goes back to the very beginning