STEPS TAKEN

■ Providing digital and smart services and working remotely round the clock.

■ Modernisation of the Civil Defence fleet by the addition of 13 new fire engines.

■ Increasing the number of fire and rescue teams by recruiting 172 additional firefighters.

■ Opening of two new fire stations at Al Dhaid and Kalba, two Civil Defence points at Al Thamid and Sharjah Expo Center.

■ Plan to open a new fire station in Al Raqeeb next year.