A 70-year story of vigilance : airport emergency service, a testimony to the officers who have put service before self for 70 years



Digitised Book 3.143.212.252 (0)

2018

A 70-year story of vigilance : airport emergency service, a testimony to the officers who have put service before self for 70 years

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This publication provides a historical account of the Airport Emergency Service from its early days in Kallang Airport to today's Changi Airport. The publication features the history of the formation of the fire fighting service in the 1940s, profiles and biographies of past chief fire officers, accounts of past airport accidents and emergencies encountered by the emergency service, evolution of the equipment acquired and fire fighting training through the years and testimonies from officers who had served in the service.

Subjects

Airports--Security measures--Singapore--History Fire fighters--Singapore--History Airplanes--Fire and fire prevention--Singapore--History

Categories

Airports

Additional Details

Creators
Chandramohan, M.
Subject
Airports--Security measures--Singapore--History
Fire fighters--Singapore--History
Airplanes--Fire and fire prevention--Singapore--History
Publisher
National Library Board Singapore, 2018
ContentWerkz Pte Ltd, 2018
Contributors
Dorai Raja, K.
Digital Description
application/pdf, ill. (some col.)
Provenance
The resource described is part of the National Library Board’s Singapore Collection, digitised as part of the NL-NAS Masterplan by Whole-of-Government (WOG) panel vendor (Konica) in 2020/2021. It was stored in hard disks and kept at Library Supply Centre prior to ingestion into Rosetta.
Table of Contents
the history of the airport fire & rescue services -- Lions among men : our chiefs across the years -- With seconds to respond : the key aircraft emergencies that came to define who we are -- Dragons to the rescue : fire vehicles throughout our entire history -- The fire station: a place in our lives ; fire stations across 70 years -- From the sea, we defend : our sea rescue base -- Honing the art of lifesaving : how training methodologies and facilities have evolved over 70 years -- Why we serve : our mission, our culture, our brotherhood.
Copyright
All rights reserved. Changi Airport Group, M. Chandramohan, K. Dorai Raja, 2018