00:00The Penang Fire and Rescue Department has ramped up preparations for the northeast monsoon season,
00:07with heightened monitoring and additional community resources to tackle potential disasters.
00:13State Fire and Rescue Department Director Mohammad Shoki Hamza said six landslide hotspots have been identified
00:20across Seberang-Peraitenga, Baratdaya Southwest, and Timur-Laut Northeast districts.
00:26At a ceremony at the state headquarters in Batu Kawan on Thursday,
00:31the department carried out an asset inspection and handed over 10 community boats
00:36worth 120,000 ringgit to local community fire brigades.
00:41About 1,700 auxiliary and volunteer firefighters are now on standby throughout the monsoon season.
00:49Shoki said since early October the department has recorded 11 flood-related incidents,
00:54five landslides and 41 fallen tree cases,
00:58with numbers expected to rise by about 18 percent compared to last year.
01:03The ceremony was officiated by local government, rural and town planning committee chairman Heung Moi Lai,
01:10who said the state government has launched 14 major flood mitigation projects worth 1 billion ringgit
01:16to curb recurring floods in Penang.
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