Evolution of Fire Service In India The development of fire services in India, to a large extent, was influenced by India’s Political and historical association with Britain. Regular fire services in India first came up in Bombay (Mumbai) & Calcutta (Kolkata). The  great fire  of  Bombay  occurred in  1803  and  the  first  nucleus  of  fire service  in India took shape, with police being entrusted with fire fighting jobs. In 1822, the fire service in Calcutta was organized under the Calcutta Police.  In 1855, the Bombay fire brigade was officially formed and formally placed under the police as a part-time function. In 1864, it was placed jointly with the government and Municipal Corporation.  In  1872,  the  Calcutta  fire brigade  came to  be  financed  by  the  Calcutta  Municipal  Corporation. By the Municipal Act 1872 and 1878, insurance companies were made to contribute towards the maintenance of the fire brigades. In 1888, through the Bombay Municipal Corporation Act, protection against fire became obligatory for the Bombay Municipal Corporation. The Madras city fire brigade was established in 1908 by the Municipal Corporation of Madras after a devastating fire in the city. Delhi is believed to have had a fire brigade in 1867, but the organized form of fire station is claimed to have been started in 1896 and was under the Municipal Corporation. Presently, Delhi  has  its  own  Fire  Service  Act, under  the  Government  of  the  National  Capital  Territory NCT of Delhi since 10th November, 1994. While in Britain, a national fire service was started during the Second World War, no such national fire service was formed in India. As a sequel to the Second World War, however, a need was felt to organize and improve the fire service in India and, hence, some new fire brigades were set up.  The  concept  of  auxiliary  fire  services  in  the  Civil  Defence  (CD)  was remained heterogeneous in character and majority of them continued to remain ill-equipped also  introduced,  but  it never took  concrete  shape  in the  country. The fire brigades in India and differently organized