Kota Setar Civil Defence District Officer Saifuddin Abdullah,32, (right) carried out inspection on the equipments of the department comprising of lifejackets, floats, department's trucks, 4-wheel drive vehicles, fuel, batteries of the vehicles , speed boats, speed boat paddles and other related equipments in preparation for the coming monsoon season around November and December 2013 at the open space of their new headquarters complex where they newly moved in a few months ago at Anak Bukit, Kedah yesterday. (Captioned by photographer G.XC.TAN / THE STAR -19th November 2013)
PETALING JAYA: While the Philippines and Vietnam are recovering from the devastation of super typhoon Haiyan, Malaysia is bracing itself for the onset of the annual year-end floods and storms.
About 57,000 personnel from the Fire and Rescue Department, Civil Defence Department, police and military have been put on alert while resources that can cater to up to 1.3 million flood evacuees have been set aside throughout the country, said the National Security Council.
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