Updating personal particulars, booking of duty hours, applying leave and accessing personal allowance statements will no longer be a hassle for the Civil Defence Auxiliary officers with the launch of the new one-stop portal for the Civil Defence Auxiliary Unit (CDAU). Launched on 12 Aug 2009, the CDAU portal is also a recruitment tool to [...]
Filed under: In the Spotlight, Training | Tagged: cda, cdau, civil defence, civil defence academy, fire fighting, portal, SCDF, volunteer | 1 Comment »
I stole a quick glance behind me prior to executing my daunting task: a 30-metre deep drop down a dimly-lit unpredictable terrain with a revolting smell. Without hesitation, I steadied myself after taking a deep breath, and rappelled down the slippery wall. Two Pump Ladders (PL) and one Combined Platform Ladder (CPL) from Tuas Fire [...]
Filed under: Emergency Preparedness, Training | Tagged: accident, civil defence, incineration, plant, Rescue, rubbish, SCDF, tuas | 3 Comments »
Be awed by these top six entries from the School Digital Media Award (SDMA) 2009. This year, the theme of “Emergency Preparedness (EP)” was incorporated in the SDMA 2009. This is a worthwhile public outreach platform that the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) and the National Fire and Civil Emergency Preparedness Council (NFEC) can leverage [...]
Filed under: Emergency Preparedness, Events, Fire Prevention & Safety | Tagged: 2009, civil defence, Emergency Preparedness, NFEC, SCDF, school digital media award, singapore, students | 2 Comments »
They examine post-fire scenes for evidence so as to find out the origin and cause of the fires. Like the Crime Scene Investigators from the hit American television series CSI, you would be pleased to know that the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) too has its own group of specialists. Before 1995, the task of [...]
Filed under: In the Spotlight, SCDF Heritage Trail | Tagged: analysis, civil defence, evidence, Fire Investigation, investigators, laboratory, post-fire, research, SCDF | 3 Comments »
Upon arrival, our crew was greeted by the dark smoke billowing from an eight-storey-high oil rig that was berthed at the dry dock for repair. The oil rig’s company emergency response team (CERT) informed us that the fire was inside one of the columns supporting the upper floor of the oil rig. The CERT team [...]
Filed under: Responder's diary | Tagged: CERT, civil defence, Gul, oil rig, SCDF, shipyard | Leave a Comment »
500 civil defence personnel from 25 countries participated in the first ASEAN Regional Forum – Volunteer Display of Response (ARF-VDR) on Disaster Relief Exercise held in the Philippines from 4 to 8 May 2009. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) was glad to be one of the participating organisations other than forces from Australia, China, [...]
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