The police have completed their probe into a fire at Henderson Road on Dec 8 last year which resulted in the death of firefighter Edward H Go
SCDF said that the police have referred another officer to it for"departmental action" in relation to the case The 38-year-old was a superior of Go and had allegedly"left Edward alone in the housing unit to fight the ongoing fire, against SCDF’s firefighting doctrine, without informing anyone of this fact" said the police.
In a separate statement, the SCDF said that the police had also referred another officer to the SCDF for"departmental action". Overall, the review found that SCDF's firefighting doctrine is systematically taught to its firefighters and its principles are well established on the ground. Commissioner Yap said that to minimise such lapses, measures have been taken to enhance operational procedures on the ground which include conducting closer monitoring of personnel that are deployed for firefighting, starting from the point of their arrival at an incident, to ensure that officers conduct checks again on the equipment before they enter the fire.