India, May 12 -- Regular fire safety audits of schools, colleges, hospitals and night shelters will be conducted, while RWAs, market associations and other social organisations will take part in awareness campaigns and mock drills as part of measures to strengthen emergency preparedness across the Capital.

Delhi Home Minister Ashish Sood issued these directions while chairing a review meeting with senior and divisional officers of the Delhi Fire Services at the secretariat, on Monday.

The meeting focused on fire prevention measures, bottlenecks in the existing fire safety mechanism, emergency preparedness, availability of modern firefighting equipment, procurement of new fire vehicles and the proposed modernisation of the fire departmen...