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Teong How Hwa (SCDF Deputy Commissioner for Strategy & Corporate Services) - left, Dr. Peter Wagner (Chair, Center for Fire Statistics of CTIF) - right.
27 Nov 2025

Singapore made a significant book donation to CTIF: Integration of robotics is a major milestone in Singapore emergency response, says SCDF

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Teong How Hwa (SCDF Deputy Commissioner for Strategy & Corporate Services) - left, Dr. Peter
Wagner (Chair, Center for Fire Statistics of CTIF) - right.

On November 20 the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) took advantage of the good opportunity to hand over a significant book donation at the meeting of the CTIF Center of Fire Statistics  Center  in the SCDF head quarters. 

The handover of books occurred on November 20 when Dr. Peter Wagner attended SIDEX 2025, a carefully curated three-day conference and exhibition from 19 to 21 November 2025 in the exhibition halls of the city of Singapore. 

The books will find a place in the CTIF library in Pribyslav (Czech Republic).
 

The book “100 Years of the Singapore Fire Service” by Joan Hon reflects the history of the Singapore
Fire Service in the relation the Singapore nations development from a rural setting to a modern city.
 

“In Safe Hands” by David Miller tells the story of the Singapore Civil Defence Force in the time interval 1989-
2000. This publication highlights the multi-faceted involvement of everyone in creating, building and
enhancing the state of emergency readiness and preparedness.
 

The book “Operation Lionheart” by Koh Buck Song gives an inside view of SCDF's 35 years of humanitarian assistance and disaster relief beyond Singapore.


“Transforming Through the Years – Building A Nation Of Lifesavers” by Koh Buck Song is the latest
of the publications (2025). 

 

"We have developed our concept of operations through technology. A defining milestone in this journey was the integration of robotics to complement emergency response"

 

As Eric Yap (Commissioner SCDF) stated: 

“As Singapore's urban landscape evolved, so too did SCDF. We have developed our concept of operations through technology. A defining milestone in this journey was the integration of robotics to complement emergency response”.