Firemen show what it takes to always be ready for rescue work

The firemen testing their endurance by carrying a 25-litre barrel of water tied around a stretcher.

A TEAM of firemen has been training almost daily at Penang Botanic Gardens, and park visitors witnessed how gruelling it was for the firemen to stay mentally and physically primed for rescue work.

Wearing steel-toe boots, fire-retardant jackets, pants and helmets and even oxygen tanks, the six firemen trekked and jogged around the gardens’ 2km circuit several times.