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The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) is a uniformed organisation in Singapore under the Ministry of Home Affairs that provides emergency services such as firefighting, technical rescue, and emergency medical services, and coordinates national civil defence programme.
SCDF then established two Marine Fire Stations, West Coast Marine Fire Station and Brani Marine Fire Station. In May 2017, the SCDF Marine Division launched two new custom-made Rapid Response Fire Vessels (RFV), the Red Swordfish and the Blue Swordfish. Equivalent to the land-based Red Rhinos, the two vessels are high-speed fireboats that can ...
The DART Amphibious Vehicle (DAV) enhances SCDF's response to fire and rescue incidents in Singapore's inland and coastal waters. Operated by a four-men crew, the DAV is able to achieve speeds of up to 100 km/h on land and up to 25 knots in water via its twin water jet propulsion system.
In 2012 the Singapore Civil Defence Force took over responsibility from the Maritime and Port Authority for fighting maritime fires. [3] In March 2013 the legacy fireboats Firefighter I and Firefighter II were modernized. [4] In May 2017 the SCDF Marine Division acquired two new fireboats, the Red Swordfish and the Blue Swordfish. [5]
Public warning system, Dresden. Electronic sirens by Telegrafia. A siren of the Public Warning System. The Public Warning System (PWS) is a network of civil defense sirens installed by the Singapore Civil Defence Force on over 2,000 strategic points in Singapore to warn Singaporeans of impending dangers, air raids and atomic bomb blasts.
The oldest fire station in Singapore, it is located in the Museum Planning Area, which is within the Central Area. The building currently houses the Civil Defence Heritage Gallery, the official museum of the Singapore Civil Defence Force. The fire station is gazetted as a national monument of Singapore in 1996.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force's (SCDF) newest fire station officially commenced operations on the island of Sentosa at 8am on Monday (6 June 2016). Sentosa Fire Station, which is located at 37 Artillery Avenue, has a fleet of five emergency vehicles: two fire engines, a fire bike, an ambulance and an aerial firefighting and rescue support ...
The Civil Defence Auxiliary Unit (CDAU) is part of the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) consisting of uniformed volunteers.. The volunteering programme in SCDF was first started in 1982 under the National Civil Defence Plan and Volunteer Scheme which provided an avenue through which residents can volunteer their service in civil defence roles within their local community.