KUALA LUMPUR, March 10 — The body of a foreign man was found floating in Sungai Pantai near the Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) Angkasapuri station here at 4.39pm yesterday.

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 29 — The collaboration and knowledge exchange programme in disaster management between Malaysia and China, under the ‘Fire Safety Exchange Activities’, was held for the first time in Henan and Shaanxi, China, from September 9 to 15.

SIBU, March 7 — Two policemen are among four victims reported missing after the longboat they were travelling in capsized in the Batang Baleh River near SK Lepong Baleh in Kapit on Thursday afternoon.

IPOH, March 4 — A bus driver and passenger were seriously injured in a crash involving an express bus and a four-wheel drive on the Ipoh-Lumut Highway near Changkat Cermin, about 60 km from here, yesterday.

CAMERON HIGHLANDS, Jan 26 — The search and rescue (SAR) operation for three remaining landslide victims in Kg Raja, Blue Valley here can only be done manually, as heavy machinery still cannot enter the disaster area.

IPOH, June 6 — The search and rescue (SAR) mission for an eight-year-old child who was feared drowned in Lubuk Gelap, Simpang 4, Tanjung Malim, will be widened after the third day still reached a dead end when it was stopped at 6.30pm yesterday.

IPOH, March 11 — The fire and rescue team plays the role of not only saving lives and property, but also reducing the losses incurred by the country, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

RAWANG, Feb 20 — The body of a boy, Muhammad Adam Fahmi Mohd Hizlan, who was swept away by gushing water after falling into a drain in a residential area in Taman Pelangi, Rawang, was found hours later at about 7.45pm last night.

KUANTAN, Jan 20 — A 14-year-old girl died after she was believed to have been crushed by a falling tree at Taman Permainan Balok Baru 1 here, yesterday.

SHAH ALAM, Nov 23 — Repair work is in progress on two sea embankments that were breached in Tanjong Karang, Kuala Selangor, due to the high tide phenomenon early this morning which caused flooding in the area.

ALOR SETAR, Nov 15 — Fourteen students and a teacher of the SK Seri Kulim in Taman Berlian near Kulim were sent to hospital after experiencing itching due to mercury spillage.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 15 — A family of three were jolted out of bed when a five-storey bungalow at Taman Halaman in Ampang was hit by a landslide causing part of the backwall to collapse.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 14 — In a twist of fate, a teenage boy drowned after saving his friend while swimming at Serendah Waterfall near here today.

KOTA KINABALU, Aug 7 — A 51-year-old man died while climbing Mount Kinabalu at Kundasang, Ranau this afternoon.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 17 — The Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) is ready to face any eventuality during the drought due to the current southwest monsoon phenomenon.

SHAH ALAM, March 5 — A man who ran amok was arrested by police with the help of a Fire and Rescue team this morning after he went on a rampage on a container truck at Persiaran Hamzah Alang, Taman Meru Indah, Kapar near here.

KOTA TINGGI, Jan 10 — Fire and rescue personnel play a vital role in the search and rescue (SAR) operations in the event of a natural disaster, an accident or a boat capsized tragedy.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 18 —  A man who attempted to help a friend who had slipped when taking a selfie in a dam area at the Kampung Pertak bridge, in Kuala Kubu Bharu, Selangor this afternoon had been found drowned.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 18 —  A total of 19 double-storey terrace houses and 28 families were affected by a landslide along Jalan Kemensah Heights here last night.

DENGKIL, Aug 30 —  Ten individuals who were trapped due to flooding, while on a fishing trip at a mining area in an oil palm plantation at Jalan Kampung Sungai Melut, Dengkil yesterday (August 29),  were rescued by a Fire and Rescue team.