SINGAPORE \u2013 More than 600 personnel from various agencies took part in an emergency-preparedness exercise on Nov 11 and 12 at the Rapid Transit System (RTS) Link Woodlands North station.<\/p>\n
The two-day Exercise Quicksilver 12 aimed to assess the operational readiness, response capabilities and inter-agency coordination in managing public security incidents at the station ahead of the RTS Link <\/span><\/a>opening<\/span><\/a>, the police said in a statement on Nov 14.<\/p>\n The RTS Link, which can carry more than 600 passengers a train, will connect Singapore\u2019s Woodlands North station to Bukit Chagar in Johor Bahru, with a journey time of about five minutes.<\/p>\n It is expected to open in February 2027, according to a joint statement by the RTS Operations, Singapore\u2019s Land Transport Authority (LTA) and Malaysia\u2019s Ministry of Transport on Oct 2.<\/p>\n Exercise Quicksilver 12 involved a series of simulated security incidents to test the coordination, decision-making and deployment efficiency of the participating agencies and stakeholders.<\/p>\n Personnel from the Singapore Police Force (SPF), Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA), Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), LTA, Certis Cisco and SMRT took part.<\/p>\n During the exercise, SPF officers responded to a simulated hostage situation at the station through checks on suspicious luggage and patrols.<\/p>\n Through discussion and coordination with ICA officers, an arrest was made to resolve the simulated emergency.<\/p>\n Officers responding to one of the simulated security incidents staged during Exercise Quicksilver 12 at RTS Link Woodlands North station.<\/p>\n PHOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n The SCDF was also mobilised to extinguish a burning vehicle using a water jet.<\/p>\n \u201cSuch exercises underscore the agencies\u2019 collective commitment to safeguarding public safety and security, particularly at critical transport infrastructure,\u201d said the police.<\/p>\n \u201cThe SPF will continue to work closely with relevant government agencies and key stakeholders to strengthen inter-agency coordination, enhance operational preparedness and ensure a swift, coordinated and effective response to public security incidents,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) was mobilised to extinguish a vehicle on fire using a water jet.<\/p>\n PHOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n Earlier in October, a joint cross-border field training exercise was held at the Wadi Hana RTS Link depot in Johor Bahru<\/span><\/a>, involving security, border protection and civil defence agencies from Singapore and Malaysia.<\/p>\n Officers from the SPF and ICA coordinated their responses to the simulated emergencies.<\/p>\n PHOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n The exercise covered joint firefighting, medical triage, casualty evacuation and cross-border emergency response, according to a joint statement by Singapore\u2019s Ministry of Home Affairs and Malaysia\u2019s National Security Council.<\/p>\n \u201cWith the (RTS Link\u2019s) capacity to serve up to 10,000 passengers per hour per direction, ensuring the safety and security of RTS Link passengers, infrastructure and operations is a shared priority for both countries,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n SINGAPORE \u2013 More than 600 personnel from various agencies took part in an emergency-preparedness exercise on Nov 11 and 12 at the Rapid Transit System…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":99428,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=99427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/99428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=99427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=99427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=99427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/picture><\/div>
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