SCDF Commissioner Eric Yap at a doorstop interview at the SCDF HQ regarding the death of Edward Go .A 38-year-old Singapore Civil Defence Force officer will be charged on Monday in relation to the death of full-time national serviceman Edward Go, said the police in a statement today .
The police have also separately referred another SCDF officer for "departmental action", said the SCDF in their statement on Saturday . The officer has since been re-deployed to a non-supervisory and non-operational post pending the outcome of the investigation. "The audit found that the operations had been conducted competently and safely, although there were occasional individual lapses, not uncommon in a dynamic situation like a firefighting operation," said the SCDF.
The BACO is typically set up for larger and more complex fires, but has been introduced for smaller fires since Sept 18 this year.In light of the results of the investigation, SCDF Commissioner Eric Yap said during a doorstop interview at the SCDF HQ in Ubi on Saturday evening that the agency "feels very deeply for Sergeant Edward's parents".
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