Johor Fire Dept ready with adequate assets, personnel to face floods
Bernama
November 10, 2015 07:53 MYT
November 10, 2015 07:53 MYT
Village residents ride a dug out canoe in front of a flooded house at a village near Sri Medan, in southern Johor state, 14 January 2007. - AFP Photo/TENGKU BAHAR
The Johor Fire and Rescue Department has adequate assets and personnel to face the monsoon season and the possibility of floods in the state later this year.
Its assistant director of operations, Mohd Rizal Buang, said the department had also ensured that all of its assets were in good conditions and suitable strategies had also been drawn up to face all possibilities.
"Our assets include 72 boats of various types, 18 lorries of numerous types and 72 four-wheel-drive vehicles," he said when contacted by Bernama, here Tuesday.
Mohd Rizal said there were 2,256 firemen statewide, 1,247 of whom were full-time personnel, 59 back-up firemen and 950 volunteers.