India, April 28 -- The Delhi Fire Service (DFS) has remodelled a Maruti XL-6 by fitting it with a high-pressure firefighting pump imported from France in a bid to improve emergency response in Delhi's congested areas, officials said.

DFS director Atul Garg confirmed that 24 such Quick Response Vehicles (QRVs) will arrive at DFS headquarters by May 15. "They'll be extremely useful for fires that are reported from narrow and congested areas," he added.

According to a DFS official, the vehicles are fitted with an ultra high-pressure pump (UHPP) extinguishing system, a cutting-edge technology that uses high-pressure fine mist to cool fire zones swiftly and displace oxygen, extinguishing flames faster than traditional systems. "It also requi...