PANAJI
As part of the celebrations for the National Fire Services Day, which is to be held on April 14 a poster competition for school students was organized by the Directorate of Fire & Emergency Services across Goa on Sunday. The competition was organized for two different age categories Group I consisted students from the age group of 7-10 years and Group II was from 11-14 years. The topics for the two different age groups were "Fire & Environment" and "Fire Safety in Industry" respectively. Drawing paper was provided while students were expected to carry their own coloring material and school ID cards. The competition was held across 17 different places in Goa with an overall turnout of 2030 students, of which 1094 belonged to group I and 936 belonged to group II. The winning students will be felicitated by Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on National Fire Services Day April 14 to be held at the Fire Headquarters Ground at St Inez, Panaji. Nitin V. Raiker, Director, Fire & Emergency Services emphasized on the importance of creating awareness of fire safety in schools. Every school must take necessary precautions in order to prevent anything untoward from happening in the case of an emergency, like a fire.
