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hances are that you might know someone who
describes his job with one of these three words—
routine, monotonous, lifeless.
Second Warrant Officer Eric Lee Kar Kiat describes his job
as “colourful”.
When things go wrong, you When asked why he joined SCDF, Eric said, “For the first
20 years of my life, I had been monotonous—school, home,
can rely on the specialists of eat, sleep, rest, shop, movies, etc. Just like other teenagers.
I realised, without excitement or responsibility, I would be like
the Singapore Civil Defence a robot in a routine lifestyle. That’s why I signed up with the
The Specialist
Force (SCDF) to save the day. SCDF.”
Eric certainly got the excitement that he wished for.
He and his team respond to an average of four incidents
By Edwin Tam