How To Train A Volunteer Firefighter - Gallery Test Case

Busting down doors, fighting off flames and rescuing victims from a wrecked car. Potential volunteer firefighters were put through these adrenaline-pumping scenarios as they learn to perform life-saving acts. Challenge trails 11 trainees through a 16-week Civil Defence Auxiliary Unit volunteer firefighting course that prepares them to be volunteer firefighters with the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF).
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This is the third in a series of stories celebrating 150 years of civil defence volunteerism in Singapore.

Keen to volunteer as a firefighter? Find out more: go.gov.sg/firefighter

  • POSTED ON
    Nov 13, 2019
  • TEXT BY
    Qiao Wei
  • PHOTOS BY
    Norman Ng
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