Odisha Fire Service

Odisha Fire Service
Agency overview
Established	1944
Motto	We Serve to Save
Facilities and equipment
Stations	153
Trucks	186
Rescues	3

Odisha Fire Service (OFS) is the state owned service that attends firefighting/rescue calls throughout the Indian state of Odisha. It was established in 1944 during World War II in response to the threat of possible attacks from Japan.^[1] In 1945, it became part of the Odisha State Police.^[1] The fire service consists of 153 fire stations. As of 2008, there were 1,962 personnel with over 350 fire appliances at their disposal.^[1] OFS is headed by a Director, who has the rank of Inspector General of Police and is under the administrative control of the Odisha State Home Department.^[1] The Odisha Fire Service Act, 1993 governs the fire prevention measures, lays down fire safety norms, and also mandates the formation of a fire service.^[2]

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List of Fire Stations of Odisha Fire Service

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Sl. No.	Year	Date of Establishment	Name of the F.S.	District	Year of Sanction
1	1944	12.04.1944	Cuttack City (Buxibazar)	Cuttack	NA
2	1944	12.04.1944	Balasore	Balasore	NA
3	1944	12.04.1944	Berhampur	Ganjam	1944
4	1944	12.04.1944	Puri	Puri	NA
5	1953	01.04.1953	Bhubaneswar (Kalpana)	Khurda	1953
6	1955	11.02.1955	Sambalpur	Sambalpur	NA
7	1955	11.02.1955	Dhenkanal	Dhenkanal	NA
8	1955	27.05.1955	Aska	Ganjam	NA
9	1955	11.10.1955	Jeypore	Koraput	NA
10	1956	10.01.1956	Sonepur	Subarnapur	1955
11	1956	10.02.1956	Bhadrak	Bhadrak	NA
12	1956	01.03.1956	Athagarh	Cuttack	NA
13	1956	12.03.1956	Khurda	Khurda	NA
14	1957	23.03.1957	Baripada	Mayurbhanj	NA
15	1957	05.04.1957	Paralakhemundi	Gajapati	NA
16	1959	12.03.1959	Nayagarh	Nayagarh	NA
17	1964	25.11.1964	Anandapur	Keonjhar	1963
18	1965	15.09.1965	Rourkela	Sundargarh	1965
19	1966	14.07.1966	G. Udayagiri	Kandhamal	NA
20	1970	02.05.1970	Burla	Sambalpur	1965
21	1970	01.06.1970	Bhawanipatna	Kalahandi	1970
22	1970	01.06.1970	Kendrapara	Kendrapara	NA
23	1970	12.08.1970	Jajpur	Jajpur	NA
24	1970	14.08.1970	Bolangir	Bolangir	1970
25	1970	05.10.1970	Baragarh	Baragarh	NA
26	1972	27.05.1972	Polosora	Ganjam	NA
27	1972	02.06.1972	Boudh	Boudh	1972
28	1972	14.06.1972	Kamakhyanagar	Dhenkanal	1972
29	1972	23.06.1972	Sundargarh	Sundargarh	NA
30	1972	26.06.1972	Keonjhar	Keonjhar	1972
31	1972	08.07.1972	Balijhari	Cuttack	NA
32	1972	07.08.1972	Banki	Cuttack	1972
33	1972	11.08.1972	Rairangpur	Mayurbhanj	1972
34	1972	28.10.1972	Angul	Angul	1972
35	1974	07.01.1974	Bhanjanagar	Ganjam	1973
36	1974	14.08.1974	Jagatsinghpur	Jagatsinghpur	1972
37	1974	27.09.1974	Rayagada	Rayagada	NA
38	1974	25.11.1974	Biramoharajpur	Subarnapur	NA
39	1975	21.01.1975	Chhatrapur	Ganjam	1973
40	1975	19.06.1975	Talcher	Angul	1973