Ahmedabad: Ahmedabad Fire and Emergency Services (AFE) issued a notification of closing to 37 schools in various regions on Thursday, because it failed to get their updated fire safety certificate (NOCS).
Afes officials said the school was given several reminders to update their API nocs.
The majority of these schools, 16, are in the East AMC zone, which includes areas such as Naroda, Odhav and Gomtipur.
There are five schools like that in each middle and south zone, and four each in the West and northwest zone.
Three schools are in the southwest zone.
The official said that if they still did not obey, firefighters would be forced to take tighter action.
On Wednesday, the fire department sealed 13 restaurants and hotels because they failed to update their fire safety nocs.
Eight patients had lost their lives when a big fire broke out at Shrey Hospital in Navrangpura on August 6 last year.
The hospital does not have an NOC fire.