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The Istanbul Fire Department, which is on duty 365/24 for the citizens of Istanbul to live in safety, goes on training aimed at its personnel non-stop. The Fire Department, which increases the numbers of personnel and stations in a planned way, aims to keep the knowledge, skill and performance of the personnel at the highest level through the in-service training given in the Istanbul Fire Department Training Centre (İBİTEM). Within this scope, a training fire drill was conducted in Kağıthane-Piyalepaşa Tunnel with the participation of 35 firefighters. This drill was the 8-hour applied part of a 16-hour “Response to Metro and Tunnel Incidents”  training course. According to the scenario, the Fire Department was called and fire crews from Şişli station attended the incident. The firefighters, arriving at the scene soon, responded to the fire with fire-responding robots. Ventilating vehicles discharged the smoke which accumulated in the tunnel. After the drill was successfully completed, the firefighters, paramedics and the Transport Authorities staff came together and made evaluations on the fire drill.