(1) There shall be one Service for the whole of the State of Punjab, namely the Punjab Fire and Emergency Service which shall be headed by the the Director.
(2) The Government may create, modify, amend or omit any post in the Fire and Emergency Service for governance of such Service subject to such conditions, as may be prescribed.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law of the State of Punjab, all officers and employees who are currently employed on any post in any fire brigade or Fire Station currently maintained by any institute of local government operational within the State, shall be deemed to have been absorbed in the Punjab Fire and Emergency Service.
(4) The members of the Punjab Fire and Emergency Service, as they shall be after such absorption under sub-section (3), shall be governed by such terms and conditions, as may be prescribed.
(5) All proceedings pending with any Fire Officer, immediately before the absorption, shall be deemed to be a proceeding pending with the officer who occupies the post that the Fire Officer occupied before the absorption.
(6) A member of the Punjab Fire and Emergency Service may be posted anywhere within the State, and may at any time be transferred from a post in one local authority to a post in any other local authority or to a post at the office of the Director or fire Divisions.
4. Without prejudice to the provisions of any other law of the State of Punjab on the subject for the time being in force, the Punjab Fire and Emergency Service shall be considered as an essential service to the community unless the Government may, by notification, decide otherwise.