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[ASEAN Strategic Policy Dialogue on Disaster Management 2024] The ASEAN Strategic Policy Dialogue on Disaster Management (SPDDM) 2024 was held earlier today (23 Aug) at the Singapore Marriott Tang Plaza Hotel. Mrs Josephine Teo, Minister for Digital Development and Information and Second Minister for Home Affairs, graced the event as the guest-of-honour. Co-organised yearly by SCDF, ASEAN Secretariat, and @AHA Centre since 2015, SPDDM serves as a key platform to chart strategic directions for the ASEAN Committee on Disaster Management and promote thought leadership. The theme for this year's SPDDM is "It Takes a Village: Inclusive Approaches to Enhance Disaster Resilience", placing emphasis on the importance of engaging the community to enhance disaster resilience in the region through a multifaceted approach. About 220 guests comprising government officials, academics, researchers and practitioners attended the event. The event will conclude later tonight with an official dinner, graced by Associate Professor Mr Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim, Minister of State for the Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of National Development. SCDF will continue to work in synergy with our fellow National Disaster Management Organisations towards advancing disaster management in ASEAN🤝. Check out the video below for highlights of the dialogue!

[Ferry Rescue Exercise (FEREX) 2024] Yesterday (22 Aug), SCDF participated in the FEREX 2024, an annual exercise organised by Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) as part of Singapore Safety@Sea Week. The exercise involved over 200 personnel from eight government agencies and industry partners. The multi-agency exercise simulated the collision of two ferries, resulting in a fire onboard one of the ferries and the other ferry at risk of sinking. As part of the exercise, a Rapid Response Fire Vessel, which can reach a top speed of up to 40 knots with high manoeuvrability, was deployed for firefighting, as well as the search and rescue operation. A Heavy Rescue Vessel was also deployed to evacuate passengers, with emergency medical services personnel onboard to triage and render medical assistance to the casualties. FEREX 2024 was a good opportunity for all participating agencies to validate our operational plans and procedures, and test our multi-agency operational response and coordination during a maritime incident. Check out some of the exercise highlights below! Photo 2 📸: Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore

[NFEC Fire Safety Seminar 2024] The annual NFEC Fire Safety Seminar was held at the Singapore Expo earlier today (21 Aug). Organised annually by the NFEC and supported by the SCDF, the NFEC Fire Safety Seminar serves as a key platform to equip participants with the knowledge to prevent fires and handle emergencies at the various industries and workplaces. Gracing the event was COMR Eric Yap, Commissioner SCDF. Speaking to more than 1,200 participants, he highlighted SCDF’s pro-enterprise initiatives which balance fire safety effectiveness against business compliance cost. “𝘈𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 3% 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘴. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯, 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴, 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘠𝘰𝘳𝘬, 𝘛𝘰𝘬𝘺𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘏𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘒𝘰𝘯𝘨, 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳.” - COMR Eric Yap, Commissioner SCDF. Congratulations NFEC on the successful conduct of the annual NFEC Fire Safety Seminar! 👏 SCDF will continue to work closely with the NFEC as well as the public and private sector stakeholders to strengthen the management of fire safety in their respective premises.

[Memorandum of Understanding between SCDF and the Australia National Emergency Management Agency] Earlier today, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed between SCDF and the Australia National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). The MOU was signed by Comr Eric Yap, Commissioner, SCDF, and Mr Brendan Moon AM, Coordinator-General, Australia NEMA. This MOU marks the formation of a cooperation framework that will facilitate the swift deployment of mutual humanitarian assistance and disaster relief during emergency situations. We look forward to the close collaboration with Australia NEMA towards our shared mission of protecting and saving lives and property 🤝 Photo 2: Mr Brendan Moon AM, Coordinator-General, Australia NEMA (seated, left) and Comr Eric Yap (seated, right), Commissioner, SCDF, signing the MOU. The signing was witnessed by His Excellency Allaster Cox, Australian High Commissioner to Singapore (standing, left); and Assoc Prof Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim, Minister of State (MOS) for the Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of National Development (standing, right).

“𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘏𝘈 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱. 𝘈𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘐 𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘶𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘚𝘊𝘋𝘍'𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘺, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘐 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘊𝘋𝘍.” - Yanis Bin Enche' Abdol Rahman, recipient of the Singapore Government Scholarship (SCDF). Last Friday (16 Aug), the Singapore Police Force Scholarship and Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Scholarship Award Ceremony 2024 was held at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre. Mr K Shanmugam, Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Law, was the Guest of Honour. Three recipients were awarded the Singapore Government Scholarship (SCDF) and Local Merit Scholarship (SCDF). The SCDF and MHA offer a range of scholarships for outstanding individuals who share the Home Team’s values of Honour and Unity, and are passionate about our mission to keep Singapore safe and secure. Look out for our next Scholarship application window that begins in Sep 2024. Find out the various career paths and growth opportunities that SCDF has to offer at https://lnkd.in/gy-RQ5W4. Lifesaving. It’s Life Changing. #TheLifeSavingForce Photo 1: Yanis Bin Enche' Abdol Rahman, recipient of the MHA Uniformed Scholarship (SCDF), Singapore Government Scholarship Photo 2: Ding Bowen, recipient of the MHA Uniformed Scholarship (SCDF), Local Merit Scholarship Photo 3: Wong Zhong Qi, recipient of the MHA Uniformed Scholarship (SCDF), Local Merit Scholarship

Happy that the Digital Frontliner 2.0 workshop at HQ SCDF is finally a wrap after months of planning and hard work by our officers and colleagues from HTX (Home Team Science & Technology Agency) and Microsoft Singapore. Did you know that this workshop was also designed as a Continuing Education and Training (CET) session for members of SCDF Senior Management to learn about the array of AI and Generative AI-powered Copilot tools? There's always something new for everyone to learn. Following today, the workshop will next head to our frontline Division HQs to engage and equip even more officers with the suite of new productivity and collaborative tools and capabilities. [Photo Credit: Microsoft and SCDF]

[Digital Frontliner Event 2.0: A Leap Forward in Innovation! 🚀] Over the past two days, SCDF, the Home Team Science and Technology Agency, and Microsoft hosted the highly anticipated Digital Frontliner Event 2.0 at the SCDF Headquarters. Building on last year’s success, this event highlighted cutting-edge innovations developed with HTX to enhance SCDF’s operations and boost efficiency. Highlights included: - Advanced training sessions on Copilot Studio and Power Platform Copilot for SCDF Frontliners and Senior Management. - An in-depth look at the AI roadmap for SCDF’s Holistic Stakeholders Management and Frontliner Super App. DC Daniel Seet, Deputy Commissioner (Future Technology and Public Safety), commended our partners for their invaluable support and shared his confidence in using these technologies to advance SCDF’s frontline operations. We’re eager to continue our collaboration and push the boundaries of digital transformation, setting a new standard in digital innovation! 💪 #DigitalFrontliner #SCDF #Microsoft #HTX #TechTransformation #FutureOfPublicSafety

Showing our love for Team Singapore’s Olympians 🇸🇬 during the open-top bus parade today. SCDF salutes you for doing our country proud!

[Rescue 995 — Together, As One United People: SCDF at the National Day Parade 2024] As our nation celebrated its 59th birthday on 9th August 2024, Rescue 995 is pleased to share a recap of SCDF’s participation in the National Day Parade. Apart from the SCDF and NCDCC marching contingents, SCDF officers were also involved in the spectacular Total Defence 40 Dynamic Defence Display. Experience the jubilation and pride of our officers on Singapore’s most important day! [A 5-minute read] https://lnkd.in/ggphjbj9