A regular four-year course in fire service engineering was launched today that also aims to impart disaster management skills in students of this unique discipline.
The Bachelor of Engineering (Fire) course was inaugurated at the National Fire Service College (NFSC) here in co-ordination with the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF).
The course was imparted about 15 years back but stopped due to some constraints and now has been re-started again after getting an approval from the AICTE.
NDRF Director General O P Singh, who along with Nagpur University Vice Chancellor Dr S P Kane, launched the course said it is aimed to prepare the required talent pool in the field of fire service and disaster management, an emerging theatre of challenge for the country.
The latest batch, after clearing the all-India JEE, has a strength of 55 students including seven girls.
The NFSC, established in 1956, functions under the administrative command of the Union Home Ministry and is aimed to impart skills and education to the students in this special domain.
