Maureen (centre) witnessing the handing over of the fire extinguishers from SSGP to one of the longhouse headmen.
MIRI: Zone 6 of the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) and Sabah Sarawak Gas Pipeline (SSGP) recently held a fire safety campaign for longhouses along the gas pipeline in Niah near here.
It was held at Clarence Unjun longhouse and involved fire safety working committees from nearby longhouses – Merudi Jalin longhouse, Robert Antas Gani longhouse, Sabang Empungan longhouse and Ngalantar Senggaling longhouse, including Clarence Unjun longhouse.
The campaign included auditing longhouses close to the SSGP gas pipeline to assess their level of fire safety.
The longhouse residents were taught on the security measures around the gas pipeline by SSGP and given fire safety talk and demonstration on how to use fire extinguishers by Bomba.
Each longhouse was given two fire extinguishers by SSGP.
Among those present were Zone 6 Bomba chief Maureen Sim Ah Lian, PBK II Nasir Razali from JBPM and Walter Anyie Tomy, Mohd Jais Daud and James Jimbau Jelema from Petronas SSGP.