Dr. Gerd Müller, Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany, and Tofail Ahmed, Commerce Minister of Bangladesh, visited the factories of DBL Group at Kashimpur, Gazipur on October 7 to inaugurate a mini fire brigade, which will fight any fire incident in the factories located in the area.

The Mini Fire Brigade is a joint initiative of DBL Group, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Global Initiative on Disaster Risk Management (GIDRM) and Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defense.

Minister of the Liberation War Affairs, Govt. of Bangladesh, AKM Mozammel Huq, Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany, Hans-Joachim Fuchtel, BGMEA Senior Vice President Faruque Hassan, DBL Group Chairman Abdul Wahed, Managing Director M.A. Jabbar, and Vice Chairman M.A. Rahim were also present at the inaugural ceremony.

The mini fire brigade will be staffed 24 hours a day with a target to respond, within the first critical 10-15 minutes, to both industrial fire and building collapses.