The victim, a man in his 50s, survived due to their collective efforts, and Mr Lim received a community award for playing his part.
“I think the greatest satisfaction is that I managed to bring hope and smiles to the affected family members,” he told CNA.
NEW FEATURES
To further improve the public’s emergency response capabilities, the SCDF will update the app with new features at the end of this year.
Its Volunteer and Community Partnership Department’s director Wesley Lim said the force is working on “myResponder 2.0”, which will widen the alert radius from 400m to a maximum of 1.5km, and let users select their mode of response, either on foot or vehicle.
“In addition, a video call function will be added, so that the SCDF operations centre can have a live view of the situation, and if needed, provide live guidance on how to perform CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation),” he said.
“These enhancements to the myResponder application are targeted to roll out from end-2023.”