PORTAL RASMI
JABATAN PERDANA MENTERI
AGENSI PENGURUSAN BENCANA NEGARA
JABATAN PERDANA MENTERI
AGENSI PENGURUSAN BENCANA NEGARA
CYBERJAYA: The Special Malaysia Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (SMART) overcame extreme heat, aftershocks, and language barriers in Myanmar, ultimately rescuing a 47-year-old man trapped for six days under debris.
Contingent commander Mohamad Hafiezul Abdul Halim said the man's rescue was the highlight of the team's effort throughout their deployment in Myanmar's Sagaing region, where they were the only international rescue team around.
"The heat was unbearable, ranging from 37 to 41 degrees Celsius, but we stayed focused.
"We managed to rescue a 47-year-old school principal who had been trapped under the ruins of a hotel. We managed to get him out on the sixth day, and he was immediately taken to hospital. This was the triumph in our mission," he said when met at the SMART headquarters, here.
He added that throughout their deployment, the SMART team had also managed to recover 10 bodies. Earlier, the 50-man rescue team received a hero's welcome after their deployment to Myanmar.
They were greeted by family members who had been waiting eagerly for the team who had spent over a week in the disaster-stricken region.
Hafiezul also said that tremors from aftershocks of the quake also posed a challenge to the elite rescuers.
"While we were there, there were several aftershocks. We experienced about three tremors a day, with the strongest being 5.2 in magnitude.
"Though we weren't afraid, the tremors were a reminder of the ongoing risk. When tremors occurred, we could feel the ground shaking, but we weren't overly worried as we had safety officers and structural sensors on hand. We followed safety procedures to ensure everyone was protected," he said.
Meanwhile, the only woman in the mission, Avlyanie Moidi, said language barriers were some of the challenges faced.
"Language was a major barrier. The locals weren't fluent in English, so we needed translators to ensure clear communication," she said.
Avlyanie also said SMART's presence in Sagaing was crucial in speeding up the process of victim extraction.
"While the local teams would have eventually been able to conduct rescues, it would have taken much longer. Our presence certainly helped speed up the process.
"Our equipment was 10 out of 10. It allowed us to assist the local rescue teams in ways they couldn't," she said.
Avlyanie, serving as an information coordinator, shared an insight into her role by evaluating disaster levels, assessing building structures, and gathering vital information about the victims.
"My job was to gather all relevant information, from the condition of buildings to identifying the victims involved. I had to ensure we had all the necessary details to carry out the rescue operation effectively," she shared.
On March 30, Malaysia dispatched the 50-man SMART MAS-01 team after a devastating 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar, with the epicenter near Mandalay.
The quake has since claimed the lives of at least 3,471 people, with thousands more injured and many still missing.
PUCHONG - Pengalaman merasai gegaran susulan gempa bumi di Myanmar ketika sedang melakukan kerja-kerja menyelamat di bawah runtuhan bangunan merupakan antara pengalaman dan cabaran berharga yang tidak akan dilupakan anggota Pasukan Khas Mencari dan Menyelamat Malaysia (SMART), Avlyanie Moidi, 29.
Avlyanie juga merupakan satu-satunya wanita dalam kalangan 50 anggota dan pegawai yang menyertai misi mencari dan menyelamat (SAR) selama enam hari di negara ditimpa bencana besar itu.
“Apa yang saya tidak boleh lupakan secara peribadi adalah sewaktu kami membuat kerja-kerja menyelamat mangsa, kami rasai gegaran susulan dan ketika itu separuh daripada pasukan penyelamat berada dalam bangunan yang tidak stabil.
“Walaupun berdepan dengan detik mendebarkan tapi inilah pengalaman yang bukan saya sahaja tapi juga rakan-rakan lain dalam pasukan yang tidak boleh lupakan. Ia merupakan cabaran yang betul-betul mengancam nyawa,” katanya ketika ditemui di Markas SMART di sini, pada Isnin.
Terdahulu, Timbalan Ketua Pengarah (Operasi) Agensi Pengurusan Bencana Negara (NADMA), Datuk Dr Abdul Gapar Abu Bakar mengetuai sambutan ketibaan 50 anggota SMART yang Operasi MyTeam Relief Gempa Bumi Myanmar.
Kesemua pasukan yang terlibat selamat mendarat di Lapangan Terbang Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia (TUDM) Subang pada 5 petang dengan menaiki pesawat A400M milik TUDM sebelum di bawa ke Markas SMART di sini, dan disambut ahli keluarga masing-masing.
Sementara itu, ditanya mengenai cabaran menjadi satu-satunya anggota wanita yang menyertai misi berkenaan, anak kelahiran Tuaran, Sabah tersebut menjelaskan tiada sebarang perbezaan baginya.
Ini kerana katanya, sepanjang menyertai Jabatan Bomba dan Penyelamat Malaysia (JBPM) sebelum ditugaskan dalam pasukan SMART, semua anggota dan pegawai dilatih untuk tidak menjadikan jantina sebagai halangan untuk melaksanakan tanggungjawab.
“Kami telah dilatih sejak daripada agensi asal (JBPM) kami telah dilatih untuk tukar mindset (cara berfikir) tidak melibatkan jantina ketika bertugas. Malah, saya juga berasa sangat bangga membawa nama Malaysia.
“Semua orang boleh ke luar negara tapi sangat susah kita ke luar negara membawa bendera Malaysia dan atas sebab itu saya sangat berbangga,” katanya.
Dalam pada itu, seorang anggota SMART yang menyertai misi berkenaan, Norhisham Che Mohd Daud, 38, tidak dapat menahan sebak apabila hasratnya untuk menyambut Aidilfitri bersama bapa tersayang tidak kesampaian.
Lebih memilukan lagi, berita mengenai pemergian bapa, Che Mohd Nor Che Daud diterima ketika sedang bertungkus lumus melakukan misi SAR di Myanmar.
“Pada 5 April saya keluar ke lokasi untuk membuat penilaian dan menghantar peralatan logistik dan line telefon ketika itu tidak ada dan saya tidak tahu mengenai pemergian ayah saya ketika itu.
“Selepas sampai ke pusat operasi barulah saya dimaklumkan berkenaan dengan kematian ayah. Jadi, saya terpaksa menahan dan mengetepikan perasaan itu dan bohonglah kalau saya kata tidak ada perasaan sebak,” katanya.
Myanmar quake: SMART team returns home
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- Berita
PETALING JAYA: The Special Malaysia Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (SMART) returned home following their mission to assist earthquake victims in Myanmar.
The National Disaster Management Agency (Nadma) confirmed that the team had returned on Monday (April 7) on X.
Previously, members of the elite search and rescue team were dispatched to assist victims in Myanmar following a 7.7 magnitude earthquake that also caused tremors to impact Thailand.
The team managed to rescue a 40-year-old man who had been trapped under rubble, as well as retrieve several bodies.
SEPANG: Pergerakan Pasukan MAS-01 SMART NADMA, operasi MyTeam Relief Gempa Bumi Myanmar, berhadapan pelbagai risiko ketika melaksanakan operasi mencari dan menyelamat (SAR) mangsa kejadian gempa bumi di Myanmar, yang berlaku pada 28 Mac lalu.
Antara cabaran utama Pasukan MAS-01 SMART adalah terpaksa melalui kerenah birokrasi lebih 10 pos sekatan dan pemeriksaan oleh pihak yang menguasai kawasan-kawasan tertentu ketika menuju ke kawasan terjejas akibat gempa bumi di Naypyidaw, Mandalay dan Sagaing.
Selain itu, cuaca panas sehingga 42 darjah celcius, kekangan sumber elektrik akibat gempa bumi serta masalah komunikasi dengan penduduk setempat turut memberi cabaran besar untuk pasukan penyelamat negara.
Komander Kontinjen MAS-01, Penguasa Kanan Bomba II, Mohamad Hafiezul Abdul Halim berkata, meskipun berhadapan pelbagai rintangan dan cabaran, Pasukan MAS-01 SMART menerima kerjasama yang sangat baik dari pasukan kecemasan dan bencana di Myanmar iaitu Pihak Pengurusan Bencana dan Kecemasan Tempatan (LEMA) sebelum kita ditugaskan di tiga lokasi utama 'ground zero' di sana.
"Sepanjang kita berada di sana, kita diberikan satu polis pengiring dan pergerakan kita adalah amat terhad.
"Apabila kita hendak bergerak dari satu ke satu kawasan SAR, kita perlu lapor dan hanya diberi kebenaran untuk melaksanakan tugas di satu kawasan saja dan tidak boleh ke kawasan lain dan kami harus memberi tumpuan tugas SAR di 'worksite' berkenaan saja walaupun ada kawasan berhampiran lain turut terjejas.
"Pada kebiasaannya dalam operasi SAR di misi-misi yang lain, kita akan membuat proses mengesan mangsa yang masih hidup dari satu kawasan ke kawasan yang lain.
"Jika ada mangsa yang telah mati kita akan memberikan tanda terhadap lokasi itu dan datang semula untuk tindakan selanjutnya atau diteruskan oleh pihak yang lain, namun kali ini pergerakan tugas SAR kami terhad.
"Di sini, kita menfokus dari satu kawasan ke satu kawasan, kita menggunakan segala peralatan dan kaedah-kaedah kepakaran yang kita ada serta gunakan kamera iris selepas mendapatkan maklumat dari penduduk kampung (penduduk setempat)," katanya kepada BH hari ini.
Beliau berkata, paling membanggakan, Pasukan MAS-01 SMART turut diraikan oleh penduduk tempatan dan pasukan bomba tempatan di sektor Sagaing selepas menemui dan menyelamatkan seorang guru berusia 47 tahun yang terperangkap dalam runtuhan sebuah hotel.
Katanya, akibat konflik domestik di Myanmar juga, Pasukan MAS-01 SMART terpaksa mengambil masa melalui pemeriksaan dan sekatan jalan raya oleh pihak-pihak yang menguasai wilayah dan daerah tertentu sebelum dibenarkan untuk meneruskan perjalanan ke kawasan bencana.
Anggota wanita Pasukan SMART, Avlyanie Moidi, yang bertugas sebagai penyampai maklumat dan penyelamat berkata, cabaran yang dihadapi adalah ketiadaan sumber elektrik akibat kerosakan ketika gempa dan bekalan air bersih di kawasan pelaksanaan operasi SAR.
Meskipun pasukannya mempunyai bekalan air sendiri, namun ia hanya untuk tempoh yang terhad.
"Kami berhadapan kesukaran ketika mendapatkan maklumat daripada penduduk setempat mengenai kawasan 'worksite' atau kerja SAR kami disebabkan komunikasi dan pertuturan.
"Ini kerana mereka (penduduk setempat) tidak fasih berbahasa Inggeris dan kami hanya berkomunikasi dengan terpaksa mendapatkan bantuan pihak lain yang pastinya akan mengambil masa.
"Komunikasi penting dalam operasi SAR kerana kami harus mengetahui berapa ramaikah orang yang mungkin terperangkap dalam sesuatu runtuhan," katanya.
Beliau yang juga anggota pasukan bomba dan menyertai Pasukan SMART sejak 2021 berkata, kehadiran pasukan Malaysia sebenarnya mempermudahkan operasi SAR di Myanmar.
CYBERJAYA: The Special Malaysia Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (SMART) returned home to a hero's welcome this evening after completing their search and rescue (SAR) mission in Myanmar.
They were reunited with their families in an emotional gathering at their headquarters in Pulau Meranti, here.
As the convoy rolled into the base, family members who had been waiting eagerly rushed forward with cheers and tears, embracing their loved ones who had spent over a week in the disaster-stricken region.
The 50-member team had earlier landed at the Subang Air Base at 5pm aboard two Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) Airbus A400M aircraft, bringing home 31 tonnes of rescue equipment and vehicles.
Their return was welcomed by Armed Forces Chief General Datuk Mohd Nizam Jaafar and National Disaster Management Agency (Nadma) director-general Datuk Khairul Shahril Idrus, along with representatives from the Foreign Ministry, Nadma and the armed forces.
Nadma deputy director-general (operations) Datuk Dr Abdul Gapar Abu Bakar said the MAS-01 SMART team said upon arrival, all team members underwent health screenings and were reported to be in good physical and mental condition.
"The team, which arrived in Myanmar on March 30, was deployed to the Sagaing sector, where they were the only international SAR team assigned.
"During their deployment, the team operated at 11 worksites, many of which involved complex collapsed structures that local rescuers were unable to access.
"The team's efforts led to the rescue of a 47-year-old man who had been buried for more than 72 hours at one of the sites. They also recovered the bodies of 10 other victims, including four children," he said at a press conference at the SMART headquarters, here.
He added that the team worked tirelessly under extremely hot weather conditions and frequent aftershocks throughout the mission.
He also praised the elite rescue team for their resilience, expertise, rapid deployment capabilities and the use of advanced equipment, adding that their success further strengthened Malaysia's reputation in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief efforts.
He said the team's sacrifice was even more meaningful as they were deployed just a day before Hari Raya Aidilfitri on April 1. "Their performance demonstrated Malaysia's unwavering commitment to humanity and regional solidarity in disaster management," he said.
On March 28, 2025, a devastating 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar, with the epicenter near Mandalay. As of yesterday, reports said the death toll has risen to at least 3,471, with thousands more injured and many still missing.
