KUCHING: A total of 21,188 officers and personnel from seven departments and agencies will be deployed to face floods in Sarawak, said Deputy Chief Minister, Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas.
The relevant departments and agencies involved are the Malaysian Armed Forces, Civil Defence Force, Fire and Rescue Department, Royal Malaysia Police, People’s Volunteer Corps, Social Welfare Department and Health Department. Uggah, who is also Sarawak State Disaster Management Committee (JPBN) chairman, said the leave of personnel under the committee was also frozen with immediate effect.
“The number of personnel this year has been increased to 21,188 from 17,097 last year,” he told a media conference after chairing the Sarawak JPBN meeting in preparations for the northeast monsoon at Wisma Bapa Malaysia here yesterday.
In addition, he said five helicopters, 205 lorries, 472 fourwheel drive vehicles, 290 boats, 117 ambulances from the various departments and agencies were also on standby.
