KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 9 — The Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department’s (JBPM) deputy-director (operations) Datuk Nor Hisham Mohammad has been appointed as JBPM’s new director-general effective yesterday.
The Housing and Local Government Ministry (KPKT) said he was appointed following the retirement of Datuk Seri Abdul Wahab Mat Yasin on December 31 last year.
Minister Nga Kor Ming, his deputy Datuk Aiman Athirah Sabu, and the KPKT secretary-general Datuk M Noor Azman Taib were present at Nor Hisham’s appointment ceremony today.
“KPKT would like to congratulate Nor Hisham on his appointment, and the ministry is committed to supporting efforts that can lift JBPM to greater heights and to ensure the department provides efficient service to the people,” it said in a statement.
Nor Hisham, born on October 12, 1972, in Panchor, Perak received his early education in Pahang before pursuing his higher education at Universiti Malaya and received a degree in 1996 and joined JBPM on May 16, 1997.
In 2002, he earned a Business and Technology Education Council (BTEC) Higher National Diploma In Fire Command and Management Studies, University Of Central Lancashire, the United Kingdom, before continuing his MBA at Universiti Teknologi Mara in 2016.
— Bernama
