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The Singapore Civil Defence Force ( SCDF) is a uniformed organisation in Singapore under the Ministry of Home Affairs that provides emergency services such as firefighting, technical rescue, and emergency medical services, and coordinates national civil defence programme. [1]
Property damage. $35-47 billion (2015 USD) The 2015 Southeast Asian haze was an air pollution crisis affecting several countries in Southeast Asia, including Brunei, Indonesia (especially its islands of Sumatra and Borneo ), Malaysia, Singapore, southern Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and the Philippines . The haze affected Indonesia from at least ...
Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team. The Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team ( DART) is the elite unit of the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) that specialises in complex incidents such as technical rescue, urban search and rescue, water rescue operations and prolonged firefighting .
The Bukit Ho Swee fire [a] was a conflagration that broke out in the squatter settlement of Bukit Ho Swee, Singapore on 25 May 1961. This fire resulted in 4 deaths and injured another 54. It also destroyed more than 2,800 houses around the Bukit Ho Swee area, leaving around 16,000 people homeless. The cause of this conflagration was never ...
The Malayan Emergency, also known as the Anti-British National Liberation War[ 1] (1948–1960), was a guerrilla war fought in British Malaya between communist fighters of the Malayan National Liberation Army (MNLA) and the military forces of the Federation of Malaya, British Empire and Commonwealth. The communists fought to win independence ...
The Emergency Stop Plunger, found in all MRT stations, enables trains to be stopped before entering stations in case of an emergency. The safety of the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system in Singapore was questioned by the public after several accidents on the system during the 1980s and 1990s. Most problems have been addressed, and many safety ...
The SIT also envisioned a resettlement plan in Kampong Tiong Bahru after the fire, acquiring additional land for emergency flats and renting out the flats to the kampong dwellers. [17] These schemes were also poorly received by the displaced kampong residents. [18]
July 19, 2024 at 4:31 AM. By Jeslyn Lerh and Florence Tan. SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Two large oil tankers were on fire on Friday after colliding in waters near Singapore, the world's biggest ...