Kindergarten teachers, pupils visit Bomba station

LIMBANG: Kemas Kindergarten LAKIL A, B, C, and D yesterday took their pupils and teachers on a study tour to the Fire and Rescue Department ( Bomba) Limbang to help them better understand the duties of Bomba and fire safety issues.

Bomba senior officer II Mohamad Ali Mohamad Salleh told the press here the visitors were enlightened not only on firefighters’ roles but also survival skills in the event of a fire outbreak.

“They were taught survival skills such as ‘ Stopping, lying on the ground and rolling to extinguish fire on their clothing. This is just to give early exposure to the pupils on the basic firefighting skills where the firefighters gave a demonstration.

“The pupils also tried on the uniform of Fire Safety Kids Club ( 3K) to give them some form of encouragement to choose becoming firefighters when they grow up later,” he said.

According to Mohamad Ali, Bomba received many requests this year from schools and kindergartens in Limbang District to visit their station due to an increase in awareness among schools, students and parents on the importance of having firefighting skills and knowledge,

“As of November this year, Bomba received over 30 applications for such visits from kindergartens, primary schools and associations,” he said.

Head of the visiting entourage who is also Kemas LAKIL A officer Mariam Usut said: “This is one of the co- curricular activities that we organise before the school holidays and through this visit we hope the children can acquire basic skills on firefighting and understand the role of firefighters.”

Also present were Parents and TeachersAssociation(PTA)Tabika Kemas LAKIL deputy chairman Morshidi Tuah and officers of the Kemas LAKIL B, C and D Safiah Naim, Siti Ardila Pedi and Anne Brahim respectively.