The subject of Fire Services in the State of Maharashtra is vested with the Urban Local Bodies. Accordingly the provisions exists in the Bombay Municipal Corporation Act, 1888, Maharashtra Provincial Municipal Corporation Act, 1949 maintained as the Maharashtra Regional Town and Industrial Township Planning Act 1966. In addition to this, as per the directives of the State Government, other Special Planning Authorities like MIDC & CIDCO manage the Fire Services for their areas. A brief statistics of the resources available with the different Fire Services in the State is enclosed as "Annexure-I". It was always under the consideration of the State Govt. to establish a full-fledge State Fire Training Centre. It took about 30 plus long years to emerge Nucleus State Training Centre near the Vidyanagari Complex at Kalina, Santacruz (East), Mumbai. This Training Centre was provided approximately 24 acres of land near Kalina Campus. Due to various reasons, Training Centre has not coped up in a way, it was expected, however this land has been allotted to Police Department. 1.25 acres of land is reserved for the State Fire Training Center.