SCDF officer who died battling blaze on marine vessel aced many firefighting tests
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) officer who died after fighting a fire on board a marine vessel in the southwest had a stellar track record, according to a second press statement released by the SCDF on Thursday (May 16) night.
The firefighter, identified as Captain Kenneth Tay Xue Qin, was from the West Coast Marine Fire Station, which was alerted to the fire in the early hours of Thursday.
The 30-year-old, a Rota Commander, was found lying at the bottom of a staircase on the vessel and pronounced dead at the hospital.
Tay joined the SCDF as a regular officer and started 28 weeks of training in the Rota Commander Course in December 2017.
During the course, Tay achieved outstanding results, acing his Individual Physical Proficiency Test and Breathing Apparatus Proficiency Test.
After completing the course eight months later, he was posted to Changi Fire Station as a Rota Commander, where he stayed until November 2020.