Pasukan Khas Jabatan Bomba dan Penyelamat Malaysia () is a term used by JBPM to its special trained firefighters. To differentiate with regular firefighters, Special Force firefighters wear a unit patch on the right shoulder and use different styles of camouflage and operations uniform. MUST Team, Smoke Jumpers (PASKUB), and STORM can be sent to overseas to help handling any disaster with STORM being the primary unit being sent.
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HAZMAT & CBRNE Team Formed on 29 October 1992 based on the recommendation made by the Royal Commission of Enquiry on the
Bright Sparklers Fireworks disaster. Initially, the team was known as Hazmat Team and in 2001 after the September 11 disaster the department decided to incorporate the CBRNe component to its name. This elite team are well trained to deal with both man made and toxic industrial disaster. They are part of training provider for Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and also the main rescue agency under the National Security Council Directive No.18 and 20in Malaysia. it was
Hazardous Material Unit Team or commonly known as "HAZMAT" is a JBPM's Special Force trusted to handle with five types of hazards which is: • Handling hazardous chemical spills. • Decontaminate JBPM personnel that have been exposed to hazardous materials. • Handling radioactive and radiation-emitting materials. • Handling fire caused by hazardous materials. • Handling
Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear Exposure (CBRNe) during wartime.
MUST Team Multi-Skill Team (MUST) is an elite airborne team of JBPM. Formed on 11 September 1998, MUST is formed by combining all special trained firefighters into one team and supported by helicopters from JBPM Air Wing. MUST units are usually deployed whenever a certain special unit is unavailable in a certain area or when extra assistance is requested by other special units. MUST primarily serve as helicopter-borne firefighters mainly tasked with rescue involving airborne rappelling insertion. Although MUST is primarily an elite airborne unit, MUST can conduct support operations to assist other divisions (that are unavailable or requested) such as: •
High Rise Rescue • Water Rescue • Major Road and Traffic Accident management • HAZMAT Operations (Support unit) • General
Search and Rescue (basic) first responder • Emergency Medical and Rescue (helicopter-borne extraction) • Jungle Firefighting •
High Angle Rescue •
Air Rescue (rappel insertion) All MUST members are trained in helicopter-borne, emergency management in aircraft, jungle survival and sea-land navigation. Elite JBPM
Rescue Swimmer Unit is attached to MUST.
RIM Rapid Intervention Motorcycle Team (RIM) was formed in 1999 to tackle problems of late arriving rescue caused by traffic jammed in the big city. With superbikes equipped with basic Firefighting and rescue equipment, RIM team can handle small scale fire and Road and Traffic Accident (RTA) without having traffic problems. During bigger scale of fire, RIM team will arrive early and assess the size and type of incident, building, and materials involve and victim if any. RIM team also will help control the traffic for the fire truck movement.
Water Rescue Unit Pasukan Penyelamat Dalam Air (PPDA); also known as Water Rescue Unit, their role is to deal with incidents and emergencies that occur in the water. This unit consists of qualified officers and men trained at local and overseas diving training centres. All members of the JBPM Water Rescue Unit are certified divers from the
National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI).
PASKUB Pasukan Khas Udara Bomba (PASKUB) () is a command for elite
Smokejumper with support of helicopters from JBPM Air Wing. Smoke Jumpers Unit () is an elite unit of JBPM and trained in parachute insertion (static line and freefall), helicopter-borne operation and jungle survival. The formation of elite Smoke Jumper began in 2000 after JBPM sent five firefighters to enter the
Basic Static Line Parachuting Course held at
Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) Sempang Air Force Base,
Sungai Besi as the pioneer team Smoke Jumpers. The course was conducted by RMAF Special Operations Force,
PASKAU until 2007 when JBPM established their own
Static Ramp Air Course. Among the task of Smoke Jumper is: • Combat Air Rescue Medic •
Medical Evacuation (Medevac) • Deep jungle/Isolated Area Firefighting Operations Smoke Jumper enjoys good relations with
Malaysian Armed Force Special Operations Forces as they always train with RMAF PASKAU,
Malaysian Army Grup Gerak Khas from
PULPAK and
Royal Malaysian Police VAT 69 Commando. PASKUB members are selected from various units including STORM, MUST and EMRS.
EMRS Emergency Medical Rescue Services (EMRS) Team was formed in 2006 with cooperation from the
Malaysian Ministry of Health and Malaysian Association of Traumatology and Emergency Medicine (MASTEM). EMRS was established as a Special Force
Paramedic to rescue and conduct medical care to other JBPM Special Forces members if any incident occurs to them. However, EMRS can rescue and conduct medical care to civilians if there are no other ambulance or paramedics from the Malaysian Ministry of Health or State Health Department around. Typically, EMRS team is assigned to HAZMAT and Water Rescue unit and EMRS vehicle will go out in pairs with the other JBPM Special Forces vehicle to operations. EMRS members are also usually tasked as paramedics during JBPM Special Forces and Special Operations Forces Selections. Some EMRS members are trained in HAZMAT and Scuba diving.
K9 Unit Detection Unit (K9), commonly known as K9 Unit, uses
trained dogs to operate in the
Search and Rescue (SAR) operations and investigation. The K9 Unit can be attached to the regular firefighting unit or JBPM Special Forces. The K9 Unit are typically deployed for
fire investigation,
urban search, bodies recovery, and wilderness search. and
Sarawak, thereby extending the unit's coverage to
East Malaysia. with nine dogs for Peninsular Malaysia, five for Sabah, and two for Sarawak. They were expected to arrived in Malaysia in October 2025 and operational by November. 15 out of the 16 K9 dogs arrived in Malaysia in October 2025, with the remaining one dog disqualified due to underwhelming performance. It's replacement is slated to arrived by the end of October and all 16 dogs will be deployed for official duties in December 2025. In August 2025, it's revealed that the department is planning to set up new K9 centres in
Penang and on the East Coast to cut down deployment time. On 17 November 2025, it's confirmed that the new K9 centre in Penang will be built on a 5 acres (2.02 hectares) site at the
Bertam Fire Station and JBPM Northern Region Air Base, which allow fast deployment to East Coast areas as well through JBPM's air unit. In 2023, K9 Unit under JBPM has been deployed for 308 cases. In 2024, the unit also handled 345 cases, a 12% increase from the previous year. and the
National Day parade in 2023.
Special Force Boat Team A support team task to support JBPM Special Forces with water transportation during operations involving of lake, river and sea. The boat crews are trained in water survival and able to perform water rescue to JBPM personnel and civilians if necessary.
Special Operations Force STORM Special Tactical Operation and Rescue Team of Malaysia (STORM) unit is a part of the
Malaysian Rapid Deployment Force () together with
10 Parachute Brigade (10 PARA) but with different task and role. Formed in March 2011, STORM winning is a Search and Rescue (SAR) experts and on standby for 24/7 at JBPM Airbases and State Branch Headquarters. Storm unit mainly task with SAR operations involving: • Night rescue operations •
Heavy Urban Search and Rescue (Advanced) and
Technical Rescue • Deep-jungle rescue •
Cave rescue •
Air-sea rescue •
Mountain rescue • Large-scale natural disaster • Airplane and Helicopter crash Dubbed as Komando Bomba (), to be selected as STORM members, firefighters need to pass the rigorous selection course which is on par as Basic Commando Course. Eligibility requirements including
Individual Physical Proficiency Test (IPPT) standards of physical fitness that is also used by the
Singapore Armed Forces (SAF),
Singapore Police Force (SPF) and
Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) before trainee can even enter the Basic Storm Course. Once pass the Storm Survival Course, the graduate will receive a tactical knife, the same sort used by RMAF PASKAU, STORM patch and permission to wear STORM Red Helmet and STORM Version Camouflage Dress. Many of STORM members are drawn from Water Rescue Unit (PPDA), EMRS, HAZMAT Unit and MUST. For big operations, STORM work together with other federal SAR Special Force;
Special Malaysia Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (SMART) which under administration of the
National Security Council. They are usually supported by the jungle experts, the aboriginal police unit;
Senoi Praaq,
Royal Malaysian Police's (RMP) VAT 69 Commando and
General Operations Force,
Malaysian Armed Force special operations force and
Malaysian Civil Defence Force. == Current inventory ==