Two new mountain rescue teams for peninsular M’sia

A file picture of MOSAR personnel training to use breathing apparatus in the course of their duties.

KOTA KINABALU: The Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) will set up two Mountain Search and Rescue (MOSAR) teams in peninsular Malaysia, director-general Mohammad Hamdan Wahid said.

He said the department drafted the plan to establish the MOSAR teams in Pahang and Kelantan, which would be implemented this year.