Water-bombing is ineffective: Fire and Rescue Dept
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TEOH PEI YING | New Straits Times – Tue, Oct 13, 2015
SEREMBAN: The Indonesian government’s effort of fighting forest fire that caused transboundary haze using “water-bombing” is ineffective, said Fire and Rescue Department director general Datuk Wira Wan Mohd Nor Ibrahim.
Wan Mohd Nor said at the moment, Indonesia was keen on getting expert assistance on how to manage peat land fire as well as requesting for asset, such as airplane from Malaysia to support the operation.
However, he said the best approach to dealing with peat fire (like in Indonesia’s case) is ground troop.
“It is difficult to completely extinguish fire on peat land by using airplane as it only sprays water from above.
“When deal with peat fire, we need to flood the area to douse the fire,” he told reporters at a press conference after the Kualiti Alam Sdb Bhd’s Emergency Response Command Centre (ERCC) opening ceremony at Bandar Seri Sendayan, here.
He said the department is ready to dispatch 1,500 personnel to the different hotspots in the republic to help combat the fire.
“We are ready to deploy and send the manpower to the different hotspots. I believe it is a more effective method.
“However, we still waiting for the instruction,” he added.
By TEOH PEI YING | New Straits Times – Tue, Oct 13, 2015
SEREMBAN: The Indonesian government’s effort of fighting forest fire that caused transboundary haze using “water-bombing” is ineffective, said Fire and Rescue Department director general Datuk Wira Wan Mohd Nor Ibrahim.
Wan Mohd Nor said at the moment, Indonesia was keen on getting expert assistance on how to manage peat land fire as well as requesting for asset, such as airplane from Malaysia to support the operation.
However, he said the best approach to dealing with peat fire (like in Indonesia’s case) is ground troop.
“It is difficult to completely extinguish fire on peat land by using airplane as it only sprays water from above.
“When deal with peat fire, we need to flood the area to douse the fire,” he told reporters at a press conference after the Kualiti Alam Sdb Bhd’s Emergency Response Command Centre (ERCC) opening ceremony at Bandar Seri Sendayan, here.
He said the department is ready to dispatch 1,500 personnel to the different hotspots in the republic to help combat the fire.
“We are ready to deploy and send the manpower to the different hotspots. I believe it is a more effective method.
“However, we still waiting for the instruction,” he added.
