Frontliners want better equipment, allowance from Budget 2022

Doing their part: Muhammad Shiddique conducting routine inspections of equipment at a fire station in Bukit Mertajam. — ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star

BUKIT MERTAJAM: Several frontliners from the Civil Defence Force (APM), Fire and Rescue Department, and healthcare sector in Penang are calling on the Federal Government to provide them with better equipment and overtime allowance under Budget 2022.

Central Seberang Prai APM personnel Nurul Huda Che Lah, 43, said the government should look into improving the equipment used by the force during operations.