Fire Dept to conduct safety checks at 14,000 premises nationwide

Know their stuff: Fire and Rescue Department personnel briefing a visitor on some of their equipment at a fire awareness exhibition booth in Kuala Lumpur. — FAIHAN GHANI/The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: Close to 35,000 distress calls for fires were received last year, the Fire and Rescue Department revealed.

Of the 34,389 cases recorded, 4,942 involved buildings, said department director-general Datuk Nor Hisham Mohammad.