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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. Within this scope, a fire drill was conducted in the Maltepe Metro Maintenance & Repair Shop. According to the scenario, a fire broke out in the painting part of Maltepe Metro Maintenance and Repair Shop. The Fire Department was called and fire crews from Maltepe station attended the incident. The firefighters, arriving at the scene soon with the newly purchaced small-sized fire engines, went 700 metres into the tunnel and responded to the fire. They evacuated the people trapped in the tunnel. After the drill was successfully completed, the firefighters came together and made evaluations on the metro drill.