Directorate of Fire & Emergency Services

The Fire Service in Goa has been constituted under the Fire Force Act 1986. Under section 4 of the Act, the superintendence and control of the Fire Force shall vest in the Director of Fire & Emergency Services. He shall be responsible to the Government for the efficient functioning of the Service. Operationally Fire Service consists of one Headquarter, three sub divisions and a Fire Prevention and Training Cell, each headed by a Gazetted Officer. At present there are 12 Fire stations and 01 Headquarter with an approved technical strength of 524 personnels and 44 articulated vehicles of various nomenclature, Viz; Hydraulic Platform, High Pressure CO2, Foam Tender, Emergency Tender, Multipurpose High Pressure Tender, Water Tender, Industrial Fire Tender, Utility Van, Recovery Van, Ambulances and staff cars for Fire Department. These Fire stations are located in cities/towns of the respective local bodies Viz; at Panaji, Margao, Vasco, Curchorem, Canacona, Pernem, Mapusa, Ponda, Bicholim, Valpoi, Old-Goa & Verna. A Fire Station is the basic unit of Fire Service organisation. Two or three appliances of the above description and an ambulance are provided under the charge of a Station Officer / Assistant Station Officer depends on the risk potential and area to be covered by the Station. Every Taluka except Sanguem in Goa has been provided with a Fire Station.
The role of public fire protection service is to save life and property from fire and allied incidents and to minimize the outbreak of fires and its consequential loss within the jurisdiction of its responsibilities. With this end in view, the Directorate of Fire Service was established in 1984 to provide an efficient and effective fire and emergency services to aid people in distress and to protect the gains accrued through our sustained efforts in the State of Goa.