Shri Kiren Rijiju to inaugurate National Workshop on Fire Services Day tomorrow Minister of State of Home Affairs, Shri Kiren Rijiju will inaugurate the national workshop on An Integrated Approach to Fire Safety" here tomorrow on the occasion of the Fire Services Day. The day long workshop is being held to deliberate upon the integrated approaches to fire safety. The theme of this years Fire Services Day is Prevent Fire Accident, Promote Nations Development". The Ministry of Communications and IT, Department of Posts will release a postage stamp on the theme Fire Services in India. In addition, Fire Services Week will be observed throughout the country from 14th-20th April, 2016. Fire Services Day is observed on April 14th every year since 1968 in memory of the sacrifices made by the firemen during the devastating fire on SS Fort Strikine ship in Mumbai Dock in the year 1944.