PUTRAJAYA, Jan 24 — From February 1, all firefighters working 12- and 24-hour shifts will be entitled to 26 rest days per year.

LOS ANGELES, Jan 16 — Firefighters last night confronted persistently strong and dry winds fueling two giant wildfires that have terrified Los Angeles for eight days, testing the resolve of a city upended by the worst disaster in its history.

GENTING HIGHLANDS, Oct 3 — Over 16,000 personnel from the Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) are on high alert ahead of the northeast monsoon, following heavy rains and floods in parts of the country.

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 29 — The collaboration and knowledge exchange programme in disaster management between Malaysia and China, under the ‘Fire Safety Exchange Activities’, was held for the first time in Henan and Shaanxi, China, from September 9 to 15.

BRUSSELS, July 19 — Raging wildfires have claimed at least two lives and injured four others as of Thursday, as flames devastate mountain forests and vegetation in several southern European countries amid an intense heatwave.

By Sheeda Fathil SEPANG, Oct 29 — A total of 1,553 members of the Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) in Selangor are preparing for the North East Monsoon season which is expected to occur from November to March next year. Its director Wan Md Razali Wan Ismail said all its members had...

MELAKA, May 14 — The Ministry of Local Government Development (KPKT) will take a comprehensive look at the proposed restructuring of the Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM), said its Minister Nga Kor Ming.

BUTTERWORTH, Feb 6 — Fifteen passengers on an express bus experienced scary moments, when the bus they were travelling in skidded before overturning, in an incident at KM 5.5 of the Butterworth Outer Ring Road, here early this morning.

KUANTAN, May 29 — A girl who was reported missing while attending an Aidilfitri open house organised by her family at a raft house in Bukit Rangin here, on Friday night was found drowned today.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 24 — Only 20 per cent of the more than 15,000 firefighters and officers of the Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) nationwide will be allowed to go on leave in conjunction with Hari Raya Aidilfitri this year.

By Norrasyidah Arshad SHAH ALAM, March 31 — Nearly 60 per cent of the state's firefighters who had registered for the Covid-19 vaccine have received their first dose. Selangor Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) director Norazam Khamis said it involves 979 out of the 1,642 firefighters who had...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 1 — Residents near the Taman Kelab Ukay 4, Bukit Antarabangsa neighbourhood, who were affected by the landslide last Saturday, need not worry although there is still active land movement, said Selangor State Disaster Management Unit (SDMU) chief Ahmad Fairuz Mohd Yusof.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 1 — An army personnel was killed when his motorcycle was run over in a five-vehicle accident at kilometre 44.1 Shah Alam Expressway (Kesas) here, today.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 4 — The Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah, expressed his gratitude to all members of the Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) who have been at the front lines with other personnel to curb the spread of Covid-19.

KUALA LANGAT, March 4 — The Selangor Fire and Rescue Department has put out nearly 50 per cent of the fire engulfing some 50 hectares of forest areas nearby the Kuala Langat Selatan Forest Reserve here over the past few days.