Malaysian Fire Department Battles Surge in Prank Calls Wasting Resources
Director general Nor Hisham Mohammad calls for multipronged approach as false alarms increase 30%
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- Malaysia's fire department is grappling with a surge in prank calls, with false alarms occurring every other day and often around midnight.
- Director general Nor Hisham Mohammad is urging stricter enforcement, technological enhancements, public education, and operational improvements to address the issue, which has seen a 30% increase in recent years.
Résumé généré par IA
Firefighters rushed to the scene only to discover there was no such blaze. The department gets a prank call every other day. Many of these calls are usually made about an hour before or after midnight. Its exasperated director general Nor Hisham Mohammad is now calling for a multiprong approach to deal with the problem. “There should be stricter enforcement, use of technological enhancement, more public education and also operational improvements,” Nor Hisham said. He said the department wasted much time, manpower and unnecessary burning of fuel in attending to such calls, which had been increasing about 30 per cent in the past few years.
