It’s safe to say that Malaysia has lived through multiple forest fires, though they may not have happened in Malaysia (cough cough, Indonesia), we’ve felt the effects of it through the haze.
But, have you ever seen how the Malaysian authorities would put out a forest fire should it happen in Malaysia?
The Malaysia Coast Guard TikTok page recently shared a video of how the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (Maritim Malaysia) assisted in efforts to put out a forest fire in Johor with an amphibious aircraft.
They wrote, “A Bombardier CL415MP amphibious aircraft of the Malaysia Maritime Enforcement Agency (Maritim Malaysia) was flown to the location of a forest fire in the Sebana Cove – Punggai Bypass area to assist the Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) in carrying out firefighting operations today (October 17).”
“Assistance was provided after the Fire Drone Unit carried out aerial monitoring of the forest fire for 3 days and found that the area of the fire was spreading from an estimated area of 2 hectares to 32 hectares.”
Considering the scale of the forest fire, Maritim Malaysia received a request for assistance, leading them to carry out water bombing with the Bombardier CL415MP amphibious aircraft, which is capable of carrying 6,000 liters of water, to help extinguish the fire.
“As for today’s (October 17), the aircraft has successfully carried out 18 water bombings and will continue tomorrow until the entire fire is successfully extinguished. Nurul Hizam (the Johor State Maritime Director) also advised the public not to make the situation worse by doing open burning activities, especially near the affected area,” they added.
You can check out the video here:
@malaysiacoastguard ??????? ??????? ????? ????? ????????? ????? ??????? ??????? ?????? ?????? ???? – ??????? . ???? ??????, ?? ??????? – Sebuah pesawat amfibia jenis Bombardier CL415MP Agensi Penguatkuasaan Maritim Malaysia (Maritim Malaysia) telah diterbangkan ke lokasi kebakaran hutan belukar di kawasan Bypass Sebana Cove – Punggai bagi membantu Jabatan Bomba danPenyelamat Malaysia (JBPM) melaksanakan operasi memadam kebakaran di sini hari ini. Bantuan diberikan setelah Unit Drone Bomba membuat pemantauan udara selama tiga hari kebakaran hutan terbabit dan mendapati keluasan kebakaran semakin merebak dari anggaran keluasan 2 hektar kepada 32 hektar. Pengarah Maritim Negeri Johor, Laksamana Pertama Maritim Nurul Hizam Zakaria berkata, setelah menerima permohonan bantuan daripada Pejabat Daerah Kota Tinggi bagi memadamkan kebakaran terbabit, Maritim Malaysia mengatur gerak pesawat Bombardier CL- 415 ke lokasi kejadian dan melakukan water bombing untuk memadamkan kebakaran. Nurul Hizam turut berkata, pesawat terbabit mampu membawa sehingga 6 ribu liter air bagi setiap kali water scooping. Bagi operasi pada hari ini, pesawat telah berjaya membuat 18 kali water bombing dan akan disambung pada esok hari sehingga keseluruhan kawasan kebakaran berjaya dipadamkan. Nurul Hizam dalam pada itu turut menasihati orang ramai supaya tidak memburukkan lagi keadaan dengan melakukan pembakaran terbuka khususnya berhampiran kawasan terbabit. Terdahulu hutan belukar di kawasan Bypass Sebana Cove – Punggai dilaporkan mengalami kebakaran pada petang kelmarin dan pihak JBPM dari Sebana Cove, Sungai Rengit dan Kota Tinggi dengan keanggotaan 18 orang telah dikerahkan ke lokasi kejadian bagi memadam kebakaran tersebut. . #MalaysiaCoastGuard #MaritimeNation #MaritimMalaysia #MalaysiaMadani #KDNMadani #WeTakeItSeriously Kementerian Dalam Negeri (KDN) Jabatan Bomba & Penyelamat Malaysia (Fire & Rescue Department of Malaysia)#fypシ
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