Nagpur’s fire and emergency services are in a state of crisis—running without leadership, manpower, or urgency. Despite increasing the number of fire stations, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has failed to staff them. Shockingly, 5 out of 12 fire stations, including Civil Lines, Trimurti Nagar, Lakadganj, Panchpaoli, and Kalamna, are functioning without station chiefs.
Even worse, over 80% of sanctioned posts remain vacant. Of the 872 positions needed for citywide operations, only 126 regular staff are on duty—backed by 56 contract workers and 45 trainees. Fire stations at Pardi and Wathoda survive solely on support from other units. In short, Nagpur is gambling with disaster response.
Promotion files for eligible officers have been lying untouched in the General Administration Department for months. Technicalities are being used as excuses while firemen are stretched to 14-hour shifts, risking their lives without leadership or adequate backup.
The situation is even more dangerous with the monsoon approaching. If flooding or fire strikes, manpower—not machines—will be key. Yet, NMC’s own proposal to promote 34 fire personnel has been pending in the commissioner’s office for over a month.
Despite this alarming situation, elected representatives remain silent. They flood the department with calls during emergencies but fail to push for stalled recruitments—350 posts hang in limbo at the Urban Development Department.
Nagpur may boast big leaders, but its fire services are being run on hope, overwork, and sheer luck.
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