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Mumbai Fire Brigade
Motto: "शौर्यम्, आत्मसँयमम्, त्यागः" "Śauryaṃ, Ātmasaṃyamam, Tyāgaḥ" (Sanskrit:"Valour, Abnegation, Sacrifice")
Strength	1630
Stations	33
Fire chief	Anil Sawant

The Mumbai Fire Brigade is responsible for the provision of fire protection in the City of Greater Mumbai as well as responding to building collapses, drowning cases, gas leakage, oil spillage, road and rail accidents, bird and animal rescues, fallen trees and taking appropriate action during natural calamities.

They also provide consultancy in implementing fire protection and fire safety in industries/high-rise buildings and other buildings having special fire risks.^{[citation needed]}

Fire Safety Week

Fire Safety Week is held from 14 April to 21 April every year in honour of fire fighter who lost their life in the Bombay Explosion (1944).

2008 Bihar Floods

Mumbai Fire Brigade send its 22-member disaster management team to help in relief work in 2008 Bihar Floods.^{[citation needed]}

2008 Terrorist Attacks

On November 26, 2008, The Mumbai Fire Brigade faced its greatest challenge as terrorists attacked multiple, high visibilty targets within the south city centre. The attacks took place in buildings which were frequented by foreign tourists, especially American and British citizens. Among the buildings involved were the Taj Mahal Hotel, Hotel Trident (formerly Oberoi), Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminal), The Leopold Cafe and Bade Miyan Gali.

In a well-planned series of simultaneous attacks, the terrorists used automatic weapons, hand grenades and C4 explosive with the intention of murdering as many as possible, taking hostages and igniting fires within the structures. The largest blaze was determined to be burning at the Taj Mahal Hotel with the upper floors well-involved in fire.

With no sprinkler systems or interior standpipes, the fire suppression effort was limited to a master stream attack from aerial devices such as the Bronto Skylift. Firefighting efforts were hampered by gunfire aimed at firefighters, who bravely remained at their posts both atop the aerial platforms and at the ground level. Many dozens of rescues and removals took place using additional aerial devices.

Amercian businessman, C. Richard Diffenderffer, was just one of hundreds of trapped victims. In news accounts, he referred to Mumbai's firefighters as "angels from Heaven." As fire crews finally reached Diffenderffer, he says they surrounded him in order to protect him fron gunfire.

In the wake of the late November 2008 events, it was revealed that Mumbai's firefighters have poor personal protective gear. One fireman best described the brigades PPE as London circa 1950. Members currently wear wool tunics and compressed cork helmets. State-of-the-art firefighting gear has apparently been authorised by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, but 13 months after being fitted, front line firefighting teams have yet to see these lifesaving garments.

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