In Pictures | Into the lives of firefighters of Mumbai
Forum Gandhi of dna and photographer Abhinav P Kocharekar capture one day at the Chembur Fire Brigade.
Commemorationg the Fire Prevention Week, dna reporter Forum Gandhi spent a day with the men who do not think twice before risking their lives to save ours - the firefighters of Chembur Fire Brigade.
Along with photographer Abhinav P Kocharekar, Forum Gandhi documented a day in the lives of these brave men and the harrowing journey that their profession is.
Donning their white t-shirt and the navy blue Nehru cap, the day starts at 7am with parade and drill. The drill makes way for a fire demonstration at a three-storey drill tower.
After responding to an early call and getting yelled at for 'being late', Bhimrao Shankar Kumbhar, who has served the department for the last 33 years, says, “This is not the first time we have been yelled at. People do not understand our plight. They merely see the fire.”
This a story in photographs of how these men carry out there duties, quite literally in the line of fire, like silent knights.