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Pasukan Pertahanan Awam Singapura (Malay) 新加坡民防部队 (Chinese) சிங்கப்பூர் குடிமைத் தற்காப்புப் படை (Tamil) | |
Operational area | |
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Country | Singapore |
Agency overview | |
Established | 6 November 1982 |
Annual calls | 191,492 (2018) |
Employees | 6,000 |
Annual budget | S$617 million (2019) |
Commissioner | Eric Yap Wee Teck |
EMS level | ALS |
Motto | The Life Saving Force |
Facilities and equipment | |
Divisions | 5 |
Stations | 23 |
Engines | 42 |
Trucks | 2 |
Platforms | 20 |
Ambulances |
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HAZMAT | 13 |
Fireboats | 6 |
Website | |
Official website |
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) is a uniformed organisation in Singapore under the Ministry of Home Affairs that provides emergency services such as firefighting, technical rescue, and emergency medical services, and coordinates national civil defence programme.[1]