Brunei Firemen Tops In S'pore
By Yusrin Junaidi

Bandar Seri Begawan - Fresh from winning the 14th CD Skills Competition in Singapore, the Fire and Rescue Department of Biunei yesterday held a thanksgiving ceremony and a presentation of token of appreciation to the participating senior officers, officer and fire and rescue personnel at its headquarters in Old Airport.

The competition was participated by SCDF's Disaster Assistance Rescue Team (DART) and elite rescue teams from invited countries, namely Fire and Rescue Department Brunei, National Committee for Disaster Management of Cambodia, Fire Service Department of Hong Kong, Jakarta Fire Service (Indonesia), National Disaster Management Office of Laos, Macau Fire Department, SMART Malaysia, Relief and Resettlement Department of Myanmar, Bureau of Fire Protection Philippines, Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation of Thailand and Central Committee for Flood and Storm Control of Vietnam.

The SCDF CD Skills Competition is an annual event organised by the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), where fire-fighters, rescuers and paramedics pit their operational skills, fitness and teamwork in a battle of strength, endurance, perseverance and wit in simulations based on actual scenarios.

According to Acting Senior Superintendent, Ranee Hj Othman, Commending Officer of.Operation C, the Brunei team of ABKS 206 Shamsol bin Idris, ABKS 308 Marhadi bin Ahad, AB 760 Rescydy Bin Rosli, AB 754 Mohammad bin Zaraini and leader ASO Yahya bin Hj Jali won all four event in the competition.

Event 1 called Unstoppable, requires physical endurance such as chopping a wooden block and breaking a hole in a concrete slab.

"Event 2 is Pinnacle which involves height rescue and rappelling, Event 3 is Fortis to test the speed of teams in donning fire-fighting gear and Event 4, Torque, which is a road traffice accident scenario, he said. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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