Firefighting and Rescue services in Malaysia are primarily provided by the Bomba (Fire and Rescue Department). The professional services offered by the department address incidents and disasters such as fire, leakage, spillage, explosion of dangerous materials, road accidents, air and sea disasters, and control of open burning.

Contact Information

Emergency Contact:

994 (from landline)
999 (from landline)
112 (from mobile phone)

Head Office:

Jabatan Bomba Dan Penyelamat Malaysia, Lebuh Wawasan,Presint 7,
62250 Putrajaya Malaysia.

Tel:  03-88880036/37/38/40
Fax: 03-88880025


 

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Fire Extinguisher

A fire extinguisher is an active fire protection device used to extinguish or control small fires, often in emergency situations. Typically, a fire extinguisher consists of a handheld cylindrical pressure vessel containing an agent which can be discharged to extinguish a fire. A vial was suspended in the cylinder containing concentrated sulphuric acid.

Depending on the type of extinguisher, the vial of acid could be broken in one of two ways. One used a plunger to break the acid vial, while the second released a lead bung that held the vial closed. Once the acid was mixed with the bicarbonate solution, carbon dioxide gas was expelled and thereby pressurize the water. The pressurized water was forced from the canister through a nozzle or short length of hose.

The first automatic fire extinguisher of which there is any record was patented in England in 1723 by Ambrose Godfrey.