RM3.5mil fire and rescue department museum to be built in Melaka

Firefighter personnel doing their ‘Kawad Operasi Pemadaman’ while in their weekly training routines at Shah Alam Fire and Rescue Station in Seksyen 15 in June. A museum to display artefacts, equipment and old machinery used by the Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) will be built in Melaka, involving an allocation of RM3.5 million. – Photo: IZZRAFIQ ALIAS/The Star

A museum to display artefacts, equipment and old machinery used by the Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) will be built at Jalan Kubu in Melaka, involving an allocation of RM3.5 million.

Melaka JBPM director, Abu Bakar Katain, said that the museum would be built at the Melaka Tengah Fire and Rescue Station (BBP) compound, and is expected to be fully completed within two years.