Kerala Fire and Rescue Services Academy

The Kerala Fire Force department started working as a separate department since 1963. Director of Civil Defence held the position of the Head of the Department till 1967. From 1967 to August 1970 an Inspector General of Police held the charge of the Director for Fire Force. In 1970 the Fire Force Department was brought under a separate Director. In 1982 the name of the Director of Fire Force was renamed as ‘Commandant General, Home Guards, Civil Defence and Fire Force’. Considering the rescue works under taken by this Department and significance in that area, this department had been renamed as ‘Kerala Fire & Rescue Services’ in 2002. Now the Department is rendering its remarkable and commendable service through 111 Fire & Rescue Stations. In 2015 the name of the Commandant General was renamed as ‘Director General, Fire and Rescue, Home Guards and Civil Defence’. There are 14 District Offices (Assistant Divisional Offices in each Districts)   and 5 Divisional Offices in Thiruvananthapuram, Kottayam, Ernakulam, Palakkad and Kozhikode and 1 Assistant Divisional Officer in Kerala Fire and rescue Services Academy. Motor Transport wing is established in Headquarters, Academy and five Divisional office.   The Department is in a stage of modernisation and development so as to provide better service to the public in all emergency situations.