He is the second SCDF officer to die after fighting a fire.
SINGAPORE - A firefighter with the Singapore Civil Defence Force died in the line of duty while fighting a fire in the early hours of May 16.
In a statement on May 16, the SCDF said it was alerted to a fire on board a marine vessel, anchored in the south-west of Singapore, at about 12.15am.A rota commander, who is a regular officer, paired up with another firefighter to combat the blaze inside the engine room. He was moving around the room with a thermal imager to detect other hot spots there, while the other firefighter directed a water jet at the source of the fire.
SCDF said: “While the firefighting operation was ongoing, another team of firefighters entering the engine room to support the operation saw the rota commander lying at the bottom of a staircase about 4m down.”He subsequently became unconscious and was given cardiopulmonary resuscitation before being taken to the Pasir Panjang Ferry Terminal, and then the National University Hospital.“SCDF is deeply saddened by the death of our officer.
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