Food break: Mohamad Hamdan (centre) visiting a cooking station during the Firemen Chef competition. With him are assistant director-general (fire investigations division) Edwin Galan Teruki (second from right) and Penang Fire and Rescue Department director Saadon Moktar (right).
BUTTERWORTH: The Fire and Rescue Department plans to have its own K9 unit in the northern region for Search and Rescue (SAR) operations.
Its director-general Mohammad Hamdan Wahid said the magnitude of the disaster in Bukit Kukus required the use of the K9 unit to find the landslide victims last week.
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