JBPM Records 76 Fire Cases In School Areas This Year
Its director-general, Datuk Nor Hisham Mohammad said that 60 per cent of the total cases were identified as being caused by electrical-related factors.
"Whether due to wiring, the use of electrical equipment or 'resistance' to the electricity supply, these three elements contributed to approximately 60 per cent of the causes.
'We did not catergorise fire incidents as happening in classrooms, laboratories, stores or others. But we categorised them as the entire school area,' he told reporters after the JBPM's 'National Firefighter Drill 2025' closing ceremony at the parade ground, Fire and Rescue Academy (Eastern Region) in Wakaf Tapai near here today
In another development, Nor Hisham said the fire department had begun moving heavy machinery into locations of four current wildfires in Sarawak.
He said the entry of the heavy machinery was to enable 'cutting' of the fire line to be carried out to control the rapidly spreading fires.
'Our concern is that if the hot days continue, there will be a descent (of fires) into the peatland areas. So, we have to prepare ourselves to carry out a total flooding,' he said.
He said the fire department also received assistance from various parties who were working together to control the fires, such as large companies that have land in the affected areas.
A spokesperson for the Sarawak JBPM Operations Centre today announced that wildfires were still reported to be occurring in four locations in the state, involving a total area of more than 88 hectares.
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