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SCDF to provide
emergency safety tips via mobile phone
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SINGAPORE : Your mobile phone may just end up saving your life
during an emergency crisis.
That is what the Singapore Civil Defence Force is hoping for as it
rolls out its latest public education drive by the end of the
year.
Speaking at the annual Civil Defence Day Parade on Friday, Senior
Minister of State for Law and Home Affairs Ho Peng Kee said the "My
Ready Mobile" initiative will utilise the community's existing
mobile lifestyle.
Associate Professor Ho said, "Short educational video clips on
critical emergency preparedness information, adapted from the Civil
Defence Emergency Handbook, will be made available on a dedicated
webpage on the SCDF website. And to ensure that we have this
information readily on hand, we can download this information and
keep it in our mobile phones."
The Civil Defence also intends to keep tabs on hazardous materials
stored by industrial companies in Singapore.
Come November, a 'Live Inventory Portal' will be launched, where
some 430 participating warehouses, refineries and industrial
premises can update their Hazmat information online. - CNA/ms