The Fire Service and Civil Defence is fully prepared to deal with Cyclone Remal which is likely to make landfall in the coastal regions of Satkhira in Khulna and Cox’s Bazar in Chattogram by Sunday evening.

Director General of the Department of Fire Service and Civil Defence Brig Gen Md Moin Uddin has canceled the leave of all the officers and employees of the coastal areas and instructed everyone to remain alert, said Shahjahan Sikder, deputy assistant director of Fire Service and Civil Defence (FSCD) headquarters media cell.

Besides, firefighting teams, search and rescue teams, first aid teams and water rescue teams have been kept ready at each fire station to deal with the emergency situation in the coastal disaster-prone areas, he added.

Adequate firefighting and rescue apparatus, including ambulances, chains, hands, rotary rescue kits, spreaders, megaphones, ram jacks or air lifting bags, and first aid boxes have also been kept ready along with the required number of firefighting and rescue equipment.

Apart from this, the Fire Service will be engaged in the post-cyclone search and rescue work and making the roads traffic-friendly. In these areas, the services of the fire service can be taken 24 hours a day for any work related to the protection of life and property.

All divisional control rooms, including the fire service's central control room, will be engaged in news gathering at all times.

All are requested to call the hotline number 16163 or the central monitoring cell emergency mobile number 01730336699 to avail services in case of any emergency, added the fire official.