(a) the total number of fire extinguishers installed for safety under the Northern Railways and
the North Eastern Railways along with the dates on which these were tested including the number
of fire extinguishers found functional and out of order during testing; and
(b) the number of training programmes conducted for imparting training to operate these fire
extinguishers in the North Eastern Railways and the number of officials trained during the
last three years?
MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI ADHIR RANJAN CHOWDHURY)
(a) A total of 4598 numbers of fire extinguishers have been installed in primary maintenance
based coaching trains on various divisions over Northern Railway and these fire extinguishers
were tested from November, 2013 to February, 2014. During these tests, 212 fire extinguishers
were found out of order/defective. So far as North Eastern Railway is concerned, a total 4547
fire extinguishers are available. These fire extinguishers are being tested at regular interval
of time and the last test was conducted on 10.01.2014. During the course of last testing, 94
fire extinguishers were found out of order.
(b) During last three years, 837 training programmes were conducted over North Eastern Railway
during which 10778 staff were given training to operate fire extinguishers.