KUCHING, Nov 13 – According to the Sarawak Records, Fire Department losses RM324.3 million which starting from January to October this year due to fire in Sarawak, a steep increase from the RM116.5 million recorded in the corresponding period in 2014.
Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) director Nor Hisham Mohammad also said from January to October, the property saved was valued at RM1.7 billion, very much higher than RM318.5 million worth of assets saved in the corresponding period of 2014.
“Meanwhile, the number of deaths due to fire in the 11 months this year was 10 compared to 11 in 2014,” he said when he was speaking to reporters after an award presentation centre for rank-and-file personnel at the Sarawak JBPM headquarters here on Wednesday.
