KUCHING: Malaysian Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Zuraida Kamarudin on Friday officiated at the launch of the Mountain Cave Search and Rescue Team (Moscar) logo of the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba).
The event was held in conjunction with a dinner event with the fire officers of Sarawak Bomba at its headquarters in Tabuan Jaya on Friday.
The team consisted of 10 auxiliary fire officers who are also residents of Mulu and have been given rescue training. They are also appointed by the department to help conduct search and rescue operations in Mulu.
Sarawak Bomba said in its statement that the logo will also be used nationwide for the same team.
Also present at the ceremony were Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) director-general Datuk Seri Mohammad Hamdan Wahid, Minister of Local Government and Housing Sarawak Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian, Sarawak Fire Department director Khirudin Drahman, and senior officers of the department.