KUALA LUMPUR: For nearly three decades, the Special Malaysia Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (SMART) has been at the forefront of search and rescue (SAR) operations and humanitarian aid efforts, not only within the country but also globally.
PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department has frozen the leave of 70% of its staff or 11,500 personnel to ensure maximum emergency preparedness during the Aidilfitri festive season.
PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department has established two rapid action teams in Johor to be mobilised if the flood situation in the state worsens.
SHAH ALAM: An AirAsia flight bound for Shenzhen, China, had to make a turnback to Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (KLIA 2) shortly after takeoff due to a reported engine fire.
SHAH ALAM: A 40-year-old man drowned while attempting to save his 11-year-old son from a river in Kampung Bukit Jati, Klang while they were fishing here late Wednesday (March 26) afternoon.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) will investigate the AirAsia flight which made an emergency landing after an engine caught fire mid-flight on Wednesday night (March 26).
KLANG: Two jetties and a house were destroyed in a fire at Jeti Achok Lorong 11 in Sekinchan.
KLANG: Two jetties and a house were destroyed in a fire at Jeti Achok Lorong 11 in Sekinchan on Tuesday (March 25) morning.
LABUAN: A 53-year-old man was killed when his wooden house in Kampung Lubok Temiang was destroyed in a fire early Monday (March 24).
SUBANG: Two Royal Malaysian Air Force A400 Airbus aircraft, each carrying 25 Special Malaysia Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (SMART) members are waiting to depart for the Mandalay region in Myanmar, where a massive 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck on Saturday (March 28).
MELAKA: A 59-year-old man perished while five others were injured when their two-storey house at Lorong Bandar Hilir 3 in Banda Hilir here was engulfed in an inferno on Friday.
KUANTAN: A man was burnt to death after his house in Kampung Kuala Semantan in Raub caught fire just after midnight on Thursday (March 20).
SIBU: The Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department has asked the state government to help build three new stations along the Pan Borneo Highway to ensure faster response times in handling road accidents.
BINTULU: A longhouse fire in Ulu Sebauh, Bintulu left 300 residents homeless on Thursday (March 20).
BUKIT MERTAJAM: A recycling factory in Jalan Perindustrian Bukit Minyak was destroyed in a fire with no casualties or injuries reported.
KUANTAN: The forest and pineapple plantation fire near Kampung Cenderawasih, Pekan since March 7 has increased to 113ha compared to 94ha on Wednesday, said Pahang Fire and Rescue Department director Mohd Razam Taja Rahim.
GEORGE TOWN: A pair of volunteer firefighters were injured during a firefighting operation involving two factories and a shop in Jalan Patani here Sunday (March 16).
ALOR SETAR: Four business premises near a fast-food restaurant in Jitra have been destroyed in a fire.
JOHOR BARU: An 84-year-old man died in a fire that engulfed three terraced houses in Taman Permas Jaya, Masai, in the early hours of Saturday (March 15).
JASIN: Only fewer than 100 firemen in Melaka are allowed to go on leave during this year's Hari Raya.