S'wak Fire and Rescue Dept: More mountain and cave SAR teams to be set up


Fire and Rescue Department director-general Datuk Hamdan Wahid (second right) chatting with Sarawak fire and rescue director Khirudin Drahman (second left), assistant director Tiong Ling Hii (left) and the department's operations director Datuk Abdul Wahab Mat Yassin at the excellence enhancement programme for zone and fire chiefs in Kuching. - ZULAZHAR SHEBLEE / The Star

KUCHING: The Fire and Rescue Department plans to set up more mountain and cave search-and-rescue teams to respond to emergencies in these areas.

The department's director-general Datuk Hamdan Wahid said so far, there was only one mountain search-and-rescue (Mosar) team at Mount Kinabalu in Sabah.

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