Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association, which provides professional search and rescue operations, has launched the country’s first off-road ambulance. \r\nMalaysian Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association (MVFRA) founder and safety activist K Balasupramaniam said the specially-built vehicles are meant to overcome emergency situations, such as landslides and floods, among others.“This ambulance is mainly to deal with earthquakes, landslides and floods. It can withstand the kind of terrain that ordinary ambulances would not be able to handle,” Balasupramaniam said, adding that it was a 2.4cc four-wheel drive ambulance. |
