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In May 2017, the SCDF Marine Division launched two new custom-made Rapid Response Fire Vessels (RFV), the Red Swordfish and the Blue Swordfish. Equivalent to the land-based Red Rhinos, the two vessels are high-speed fireboats that can project 5,000 litres (1,100 imp gal) per minute. Their maximum speed is 40 knots (74 km/h). Subsequently, a ...
In October 2018 the SCDF commissioned the White Swordfish, with similar specifications to the Red Swordfish and the Blue Swordfish. [6] [7] In 2019 three new fireboats were commissioned in Singapore, boosting the size of the Singapore Civil Defence Force fleet to eight vessels.
The SCDF and SFS were merged on 15 April 1989 into one organization. [3] The newly integrated SCDF mainly used facilities which were handed over from the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) or the Singapore Police Force (SPF). Since the early 2000s, its headquarters and territorial divisions have all moved into purpose-built facilities.
SCDF's DART is the first in the Asia-Pacific region to be classified as a Heavy Urban Search And Rescue (USAR) Team by the International Search and Rescue Advisory Group (INSARAG) in 2008. This Heavy USAR Team classification is the highest level of recognition that can be accorded to USAR Teams by the United Nations. This seal of approval ...
SCDF may refer to: Singapore Civil Defence Force , an emergency service in Singapore under the Ministry of Home Affairs Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith , a Congregation of the Roman Curia
Tributes have been paid to an Italian surfer after she was stabbed in the chest by a swordfish and died off the western coast of Indonesia, the travel agency where she worked said this week.
1 eight ounce, ¾-inch-thick swordfish steak, skin and bloodline removed; kosher salt, to taste; black pepper, to taste; 6 tbsp olive oil; 1 avocado, peeled, pitted, and diced; 1 tbsp very finely ...
The Civil Defence Auxiliary Unit (CDAU) is part of the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) consisting of uniformed volunteers.. The volunteering programme in SCDF was first started in 1982 under the National Civil Defence Plan and Volunteer Scheme which provided an avenue through which residents can volunteer their service in civil defence roles within their local community.