Electric Vehicle Fire Test SCDF conducted an Electric Vehicle (EV) fire test at the Home Team Tactical Centre. The fire test served to validate SCDF’s firefighting procedures during an EV fire, as well as evaluated the effectiveness of the firefighting equipment used for such incidents. As part of the fire test, an EV was intentionally set on fire and allowed to burn until thermal runaway [the uncontrollable self-heating of the EV battery] occurred. First signs of thermal runaway were observed i

Singapore Civil Defence Force firefighters had to deploy hydraulic rescue equipment to free a trapped passenger from the front passenger seat of the overturned car - a BYD electric vehicle. https://asia1.news/4reNEEz #sgnews #Singapore #Road #Accident #Car #Firefighter #Rescue #ElectricVehicle | AsiaOne

The Singapore Civil Defence Force’s (SCDF) Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (Dart) rescued a crane operator who was feeling unwell while 30m up in the crane. https://asia1.news/4nKfea7 #sgnews #Singapore #Firefighter #Rescue #Crane | AsiaOne

The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) contingent in Myanmar assisting in earthquake search and rescue operations worked with local rescuers to help free a man trapped underneath concrete slabs in a three-storey residential building in Zebuthiri Township in Naypyidaw. The building had partially collapsed after the 7.7-magnitude quake on Friday (Mar 28). The man was brought out after a joint 8-hour operation on Sunday, nearly 2 days after the quake struck.The SCDF officers are part of 80-member