50 villagers complete fire safety programme
BARIO: The Sarawak Zone 6 Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba), in collaboration with Petronas, successfully concluded its three-day Kita Selamat programme at Balia Raya here yesterday. The closing ceremony, graced by political secretary Charles Balan Seling, representing Deputy Minister in the Premier’s Department Datuk Gerawat Gala, gathered 50 individuals from various villages, including Pa Derung, […]
Nurture fire safety education from young
KABONG: Fire safety education should be instilled from a young age with the hope that children can protect themselves in emergency situations, says Kalaka assemblyman Mohamad Duri. He suggested that schools collaborate closely with the Fire and Rescue Department to disseminate knowledge about fire safety. “Knowledge and preventive education about the dangers of fire need […]
Helping housewives to handle fire situations
SIBU: Housewives will find the Celik-SURI (Skuad Urus Risiko Isirumah) programme useful as it enhances awareness when it comes to dealing with fires. Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) director Datuk Khirudin Drahman that the programme organised by Bomba in collaboration with Sarawak Energy Berhad can educate the community to practise the 3Ps, namely prevention, […]
Stay cool when facing a fire situation
BY NAZRUL ZAWAWI KUCHING: Being in a panic situation when facing a fire outbreak is among the causes of failed fire prevention at the early stage. The director of the Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department, Datuk Khirudin Drahman stated that in the event of a fire, there was no need to panic but rather prevent […]
Fire safety drive: BOMBA targets Chinese schools
KUCHING: Pupils from Chinese kindergartens and primary schools throughout Sarawak will take part in the Children Fire Safety Champion programme. Fire and Rescue Department (BOMBA) Sarawak director Datuk Khirudin Drahman said the programme will be conducted in Mandarin to help the Chinese community to acquire knowledge about fire safety. He said organisers of the programme, […]
Foundation educates students on fire safety
KUCHING: Yayasan Farley’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme aims to build a high-quality community. For example, the foundation initiated the Children Fire Safety Champion programme to instil the importance of fire safety in school children. Yayasan Farley president Eijing Lau said the programme is a collaboration between his foundation and its strategic partners Fire and […]
Women get training on fire safety
MIRI: Eleven women from the interior were shown the ropes on fire safety and ways to handle an emergency in the event of a fire in their homes here Saturday. The one-day Celik Suri programme held under the auspices of the Miri Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) Zone 6 saw the women from the Long […]
Longhouse folk briefed on fire safety
TATAU: The Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) organised a ‘Fire Point’ programme at three longhouses here to create awareness on fire safety today (April 8). The programme was held at Rumah John Asan, Rumah Pada Selan and Rumah Jumput Sendok. During the event, longhouse residents were given a briefing on how to properly extinguish a […]
Fire safety lessons for housewives
SIBURAN: Housewives will be trained in fire safety through the Housewives Programme (Program Suri Rumah), said Bomba Sarawak director Khirudin Drahman. “This programme focuses on housewives who are at home full time while their husbands and children are at work and in school. “They will be trained by women fire officers,” he revealed in his […]
Learning how to handle fires
MIRI: Civil servants were taught how to handle fires in a ‘Race on Fire’ programme today. The programme, organised by the State Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) in conjunction with the Sarawak Public Service Innovation Week, took place at the Lopeng fire and rescue station. Sarawak Federal Secretary, Datuk Mohd Shahabuddin Omar and Sarawak Bomba […]
