Personnel from various agencies that are involved in disaster and relief operations having a discussion during the MBSJ Disaster Relief Operations Strategic Plan Workshop 2.0.
SUBANG Jaya City Council (MBSJ) will send its quick response squad (Pantas) for training and ensure all relief centres are ready for the northeast monsoon season.
“The monsoon season is expected to bring heavy rain along with strong winds within a short period, especially in the evening and night in most areas, including Selangor.
“Such weather conditions could cause flash floods, topple trees and damage unstable structures,” Subang Jaya mayor Datuk Amirul Azizan Abd Rahim said in his speech at the city council’s full board meeting held in Johor Baru, Johor, where MBSJ’s senior management and councillors also attended a series of briefings and meetings.
He said MBSJ has implemented several measures to ensure its staff and equipment are ready to deal with any potential incidents during this period.
Amirul said the city council had organised MBSJ Disaster Relief Operations Strategic Plan Workshop 2.0 in early October in Puchong, which served as a review session of the existing operations plan.
It included the mapping of 25 flood-prone areas and nine landslide-prone areas within the city council’s jurisdiction in MBSJ’s Geographical Information System.
Attendees included representatives from the Fire and Rescue Department, Welfare Department and Petaling District Office.
This plan included information regarding measures to be taken by several government agencies based on their respective jurisdictions, such as location of temporary evacuation centres, safe spaces for residents to temporarily relocate their vehicles, assembly points for security agencies and rescue teams as well as locations where rescue assets will be deployed.
The northeast monsoon season is expected to start in early November and last until March 2025.
Amirul said MBSJ’s Pantas team also underwent a series of training to improve their skills and efficiency in swimming and water rescue, under the guidance of the Fire and Rescue Department.
“In addition, MBSJ carried out maintenance work on trees at risk of falling in 18 locations within the city council’s administrative area.
“This maintenance work will cover Subang Jaya, Puchong, Kinrara and Seri Kembangan.
“It started in early October and is expected to take four months to complete,” the mayor added.
It involves pruning tree branches, assessing tree structures and felling trees identified as high-risk.
Amirul said the initiative was part of MBSJ’s ongoing efforts to reduce the risk of trees toppling and to protect the safety of residents and motorists.
On the dengue situation, he said MBSJ recorded 6,927 cases as of epidemiology week 41.
“There is one hotspot locality at Apartment Seri Mutiara in Putra Heights and two uncontrolled epidemic localities at Taman Bukit Serdang 9 and Jalan Intan area in Batu Tiga,” he said.
According to Health Ministry, a hotspot is when the epidemic period exceeds 30 days, while an uncontrolled epidemic is when more than 14 days have passed since the onset of the second case.
