SINGAPORE: The first Singapore Global Fire Fighters
& Paramedics Challenge organised by the Singapore Civil Defence
Force (SCDF) was held on Saturday at the National Service Training
Institute.
SCDF said the event is a platform in which SCDF
personnel from the fire stations and Operationally Ready National
Servicemen from the various divisions pit their strength, speed and
skills against one another in challenging events related to
fire-fighting and rescue scenarios.
The challenge consisted of two segments -- a local
segment and an international segment.
Elite rescuers from Singapore and nine other countries -- such as
Australia, Indonesia and Malaysia -- participated in the
international segment.
SCDF said a composite team approach, which involved teams made up
of representatives from different countries, was adopted for the
international segment. This allowed for the cultivation of
comradeship amongs international participants.
- CNA/al