Sabah Parks boosts emergency training, seismic monitoring
Safety improvements have been implemented on Mount Kinabalu following the 6.0-magnitude earthquake that claimed 18 lives a decade ago.
Sabah Parks deputy director of operations, privatisation and development Maipol Spait said these include new high-altitude climbing training, enhanced emergency response procedures and formalising the role of mountain guides as first responders.
Earlier this year, the agency signed a memorandum of agreement with the Fire and Rescue Department to boost rescue coordination.
Disaster simulation training, introduced in 2016, continues to involve mountain guides, porters and government agencies.
Participants are trained in search and rescue, rope rescues, first response techniques, how to use automated external defibrillators and Glasgow Coma Scale assessments.