Date : Friday, 4 August 2006
Venue : Basic Rescue Training Centre (BRTC), CDA Complex
Guest-of-Honour : Assoc Prof Ho Peng Kee,
Senior Minister of State for Law and Home Affairs

The Civil Defence (CD) Skills Competition is an annual Competitive Meet in which personnel from SCDF and civil defence agencies from all over the region get a chance to pit their strength, skills and speed in various CD-related challenges and activities. Since the inception of the Competition in 1993, the CD Skills Competition organised by the SCDF has grown both in scale and stature to become one of the most widely anticipated civil defence event in the region. This year, the CD Skills Competition boasts of the most number of international participants to date. (See list below)

More on the Competition

This year"s Competition features two main sections, namely the Local and International segments. The local segment is tailored for front-liners from each of SCDF"s four divisions. The team fielded by each Division will comprise Civil Defence Volunteers, Full-time SCDF National Servicemen (NSF), Operationally Ready National Servicemen (ORNS) as well as regular-service SCDF officers. There will be four challenges in store for the teams from the four SCDF Divisions. Titled "Holler", "The Choice is Yours", "Closed Circuit" and "Race to the End", competitors will not only have to be fast, but they must also perform the correct actions in the stipulated sequence in order to win the events.

In contrast to the local events, the emphasis in the International segment is placed on elements of teamwork rather than competition. There are four "composite teams" participating in this segment. Each team is made up of personnel from the seven participating international civil defence agencies. This "composite" team approach sets the scene for mutual exchanges of operational skills, techniques and tactics amongst the participants from the various international agencies. Similar to the local segment, there are four challenges catered for the teams. In order to emerge victorious in the challenges titled "Unbreakable", Vertical Challenge", "RTA" and "Enduro", these international participants must leverage on the synergy of the team that they have cultivated during the practice sessions days before the actual event.