SCDF Ambulances Responding To Life-Threatening Medical Emergencies To Be Exempted From Laws Prohibiting Running Of Red-Lights And Unauthorised U-Turns

Currently, the law does not expressly provide for ambulances to run red lights, or make U-turns at places where such is not authorised by traffic rules.   However, when attending to life-threatening emergencies such as cardiac arrest and...

Operational Exercise at the F1 Race Circuit

SCDF will be conducting an operational exercise at the F1 Race Circuit area on Wednesday, 13 September 2017. The exercise will begin at 8:00 pm and end by 10:30 pm.Such exercises are part of SCDF"s on-going efforts to validate and update...

Conclusion of SCDF Open Mobilisation Exercise

Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) conducted the Open Mobilisation Exercise today with four NS units bearing the following codewords being activated:   Giant...

SCDF Takes Immediate Actions to Ensure Fire Safety of Buidlings

A fire broke out at an industrial building at 30 Toh Guan Road on 4 May 2017, resulting in one fatality. The Singapore Civil Defence Force"s (SCDF) investigations into the fire found that the composite panels used as cladding on the building"s...

• fire safety
• cladding

SCDF Operational Exercise off Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal

SCDF, supported by the Police Coast Guard (PCG) and Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), will be conducting a marine deployment exercise off Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal and at Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal on Tuesday, 6 June 2017. The...

SCDF's "995" number to be displayed on phones' caller ID

The SCDF Operations Centre manages all "995" emergency calls. The SCDF Operations Centre specialists, upon dispatching SCDF resources to an emergency, may contact a caller to get more information on the latest development to the emergency, or...