Landslide: Rescuers given moral support - JBPM DG
19 Dec 2022 05:49pm
Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail (third, left) was briefed on the landslide incident near the campsite at Father's Organic Farm, Batang Kali today - BERNAMA
JBPM director-general Datuk Seri Mohammad Hamdan Wahid said it is crucial to maintain the mental and physical health of JBPM personnel on duty to prevent ‘burnout’ and trauma.
According to him, senior officers play a role in dispensing moral support to fire-fighters at Ground Zero.
"They work according to the rotation system of duty with sufficient rest and meals.
"That’s why we have facilities like rest areas, prayer rooms and PKTK (Incident Control Post) in the Red Zone and Ground Zero so that sharpness, focus, safety and health are not compromised,” he told Bernama today.
Meanwhile, a Bernama survey at the location found cloudy weather and vehicles of rescue personnel shuttling in and out at the PKTK, as well as two Army excavators (more onsite) being deployed.
The landslide tragedy that struck at 2.42am last Friday at the Father’s Organic Farm hillside campsite in Gohtong Jaya (Batang Kali), has so far left 24 people dead, nine victims still missing and 61 survivors out of a total of 94 people involved. - BERNAMA
