Malaysia
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Info received in a 9 January 1985 letter
Ibu Pejabat, Jabatan Perkhidmatan Bomba - HQ - Dept of Fire Services - Malaysia - Jalan [Road] Maharajalela - Kuala Lumpur - Telefon KL03-435454 - Ketua Pengarah 03-435516 - Kawat : FIRESERV
Malaysian Fire Service covers 333,401 square kilometers - 14 million people - 6,000 firefighters - 145 fire station - 221 vehicles (includes hydraulic platforms, water tender, emergency rescue tenders, and others) - ambulance service is provided by local hospital services at this time but the Fire Service is planning to provide this service too - Abd Samad Abd Rahim - Public Relations Officer for the Director General, Fire Service of Malaysia
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Kuala Lumpur FD
info needed
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Terengganu FD
FD website at www.fire-ems.net - 11 stations - to report fires dial 994 - 350,000 population - 80 square kilometers - 380 volunteers plus paid staff
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New HQ at Putrajaya - 25 July 2000 - Some Fire Statistics
30 Oct 00 article about response times, rig levels, HTs, etc - ?260 fire stations - ?400 vehicles - 6 portable radios per station required
25June 2001 - see article at fireradio@yahoogroups.com fro a story about 994 fire / 999 Police problem at house fire that killed 3 children - also see article in May 2001 Dispatch Monthly Magazine
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File Created - 21July00
Updated - 30 Oct 00 - response time article - 26June01 - 999/994 problem at fire