Big Bazaar personnel receive firefighting training

GANGTOK, 04 Jan: A training on firefighting skills and the use of firefighting equipment for employees and security guards at the recently opened “Big Bazaar” was organized by the Gangtok Fire Station yesterday.
The fire station team briefed the Big Bazaar personnel on how to respond to emergency situations and coached them on the correct use of the firefighting systems installed in the building.
The fires station team was led by the Deputy Fire Officer, Prakash Rai, assisted by fire station officers Phuchung Lepcha and Subash Subba and other fire personnel.
The Deputy Fire Officer, while speaking to NOW! today, informed that the training was held on the request of the Big Bazaar management. Around 80 employees of the Big Bazaar took the training.
The Gangtok Fire Station also organized similar training for around 80 employees of Sun Pharma Ltd at Setipool below Gangtok recently.
The training will come in handy given that employees and security guards are almost always the first responders to a fire outbreak.