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The thin line marks today, 29 September 2026.

Fire Safety Week in Health Facilities (India) 2026

2026

4–10 May 2026

Confirmed

Dates confirmed from the organiser’s announcement on 19 September 2026.

Organiser: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India

Read the organiser’s pageAdd this date to your calendar

Theme

Safe Schools, Safe Hospitals, and a Fire-Safety Aware Society: Together for Fire Prevention

The organiser’s announcement of this theme

What changed

The week moved from April to May and ran seven days rather than five. The Ministry released national guidelines on fire and life safety in healthcare facilities at the opening, and the National Disaster Management Authority announced five regional programmes to support it.

Why the day exists

Fire, burns & scalds

an estimated 180 000deaths from burns a year

Deaths from burns worldwide — worldwide, 2023. Source: World Health Organization, Burns (fact sheet) (2023).

“An estimated 180 000 deaths every year are caused by burns.”

More figures for this hazard

How organisations mark it

  • Hold the pledge ceremony on the opening day with clinical and non-clinical staff together.
  • Complete a fire and electrical safety audit of the facility and file it where the Ministry asks.
  • Run mock evacuation drills in the high-risk areas: intensive care, neonatal and paediatric units and operating theatres.
  • Put staff through the iGOT fire safety course and keep a record of who has completed it.
  • Check that escape routes, fire doors, alarms and extinguishers are clear, serviced and signed.

Sources

  1. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India — Fire Safety Week in Health Facilities (India) 2026 — www.pib.gov.in, read 19 September 2026.
  2. Union Health Ministry observes Pan-India 'Fire Safety Week' from 21st to 25th April — Press Information Bureau, 22 April 2025 — www.pib.gov.in, read 19 September 2026.
  3. Press Information Bureau release text, PRID 2257800 (printable version) — www.pib.gov.in, read 19 September 2026.
  4. Press Information Bureau release text, PRID 2123418 (printable version) — www.pib.gov.in, read 19 September 2026.
  5. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India — www.mohfw.gov.in, read 19 September 2026.