'Firefighting was his calling': SCDF officer who died in the line of duty wanted to help others, was only child
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SINGAPORE - The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) regular officer who died in the line of duty was a nursing graduate who wanted to help others, and eventually found his calling as a firefighter. Friends and relatives of Captain Kenneth Tay Xue Qin spok'Firefighting was his calling': SCDF officer who died in the line of duty wanted to help others, was only child
SINGAPORE - The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) regular officer who died in the line of duty was a nursing graduate who wanted to help others, and eventually found his calling as a firefighter. Friends and relatives of Captain Kenneth Tay Xue Qin spoke highly of him as they paid their respects to him on Friday (May 17), the first day of his wake in Telok Blangah. The 30-year-old rota commander, an only child, died on May 16 after fighting a fire on board a marine vessel anchored at Raffles Reserved Anchorage in the south-west of Singapore. Rota commanders lead a team of front-line officers to respond to fire, rescue and hazardous material incidents. SCDF said CPT Tay had aced many proficiency and certification tests that firefighting officers are required to take. His friends told The Straits Times on May 17 that he studied nursing at the National University of Singapore (NUS), and will be remembered as a kind-hearted man bent on helping others. Read more
