FORM 1

SITUATION REPORT REPORT FROM NATIONAL MONITORING CENTRES TO ASEAN CENTRE

1. General Information

Office Reference No. : AS U 91/120/022/011 Jld. 6 ( 68 )

From : Department of Environment,

To : ASEAN Interim Coordinating Centre

Day / Date / Time : Monday, 27 August 2018 / 11.00 am

2. General Description of the Incident (please provide general description of the incident, cause of fire, affected area, impact on human health and environment, possible threats and risks, problems encountered, and other relevant information)

Two hotspots were detected on the 26th of August 2018 in the state of Sabah and Sarawak.

Starting 16 August 2018, the API will report based on PM2.5.

As of 11.00 am today, no stations recorded ‘unhealthy’ level (API>100), 62 stations recorded ‘moderate’ level (API between 51-100) and 2 stations recorded good air quality level (API < 51).

3. Fire Related Information

1. No : 2. Location : 3. Number of fire : 4. Latitude : 5. Longitude : 6. Size (ha) : 7. Type of fire [forest fire/peat fire/other (please describe)] : 8. Fuels : 9. Topography :

10. Causes (natural, incendiary, accidental, unknown) :

11. Resources currently mobilised/actions taken :

12. Additional resources required (gaps) :

4. Air Quality Information or Visibility (please indicate index if available)

4.a. PSI reading Moderat Unhealth Hazardou Good Very Unhealthy No Location e y s (0-50) (51-100) (101-200) (201-300) (>300) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Refer to http://apims/public_v2/home.html

or

4.b. Visibility Location Km No Station Names Time (0800 Local Time) 1 2 3 1 ALOR SETAR 6 2 BATU EMBUN 6 3 BATU PAHAT 7 4 BAYAN LEPAS 7 5 BINTULU >10 6 BUTTERWORTH 6 7 CAMERON HIGHLANDS >10 8 CHUPING >10 9 GONG KEDAK 10 10 IPOH 8 11 KAPIT 8 12 KENINGAU >10 13 8 14 KLUANG 10 15 KOTA BHARU 10 16 KOTA KINABALU >10 17 KUALA KRAI 6 18 KUALA PILAH 8 19 KUALA >10 20 KUANTAN >10 21 KUCHING 7 22 KUDAT >10 23 LABUAN >10 24 LANGKAWI >10 25 LIMBANG >10 26 LUBOK MERBAU 8 27 MELAKA 1 28 MERSING >10 29 MIRI >10 30 MUADZAM SHAH 6 31 MULU >10 32 PETALING JAYA 7 4.b. Visibility 33 RANAU >10 34 SANDAKAN >10 35 SENAI 5 36 SEPANG (KLIA) 5 37 SIBU >10 38 SITIAWAN 7 39 SRI AMAN >10 40 SUBANG 6 41 TAWAU >10 42 TEMERLOH 8 [Source: Malaysian Meteorological Department (MMD)]

5. Current and Forecast Weather Report (please provide information on current and three-day forecast weather condition) No Location Max Humidity Remarks Temp (RH) 1 2 3 4 5 Current weather condition, date: 27.08.2018 Peninsular Malaysia 34 50-90%

East Malaysia 34 50-90% Forecast weather condition, date: 28.08.2018 Peninsular Malaysia 33 50-95%

East Malaysia 33 50-95% Forecast weather condition, date: 29.08.2018 Peninsular Malaysia 33 50-95%

East Malaysia 33 50-95% Forecast weather condition, date: 30.08.2018 Peninsular Malaysia 33 50-95%

East Malaysia 33 50-95% [Source: Malaysian Meteorological Department (MMD)]

6. Current and Forecast Wind Report (please provide information on current and three-day forecast wind condition) No Location Speed Direction Remarks (km/h) 1 2 3 4 5 Current wind condition, date: 27.08.2018 Peninsular Malaysia 10 – 20 SW

East Malaysia 10 – 20 SW Sabah - Variable Sarawak

Forecast wind condition, date: 28.08.2018 Peninsular Malaysia 10 – 30 SW

6. Current and Forecast Wind Report (please provide information on current and three-day forecast wind condition) East Malaysia - Variable

Forecast wind condition, date: 29.08.2018 Peninsular Malaysia 10 – 20 WSW

East Malaysia 10 - 20 W Sabah 10 W Sarawak Forecast wind condition, date: 30.08.2018 Peninsular Malaysia 10 W

East Malaysia 10-20 E Sabah - Variable Sarawak [Source: Malaysian Meteorological Department (MMD)]

7. Rainfall 7a. Rainfall (please indicate rainfall from the last 24 hours – 26.08.2018) No Location < 20 mm 20-50 mm > 50 mm Remarks 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 ALOR SETAR 0.0 2 BATU EMBUN 0.0 3 BATU PAHAT 0.0 4 BAYAN LEPAS 0.0 5 BINTULU 0.0 6 BUTTERWORTH 0.0 7 CAMERON HIGHLANDS 0.0 8 CHUPING 0.0 9 GONG KEDAK 0.0 10 IPOH 0.0 11 KAPIT 0.2 12 KENINGAU 0.0 13 KERTEH 4.0 14 KLUANG 0.0 15 KOTA BHARU 0.0 16 KOTA KINABALU 0.0 17 KUALA KRAI 0.2 18 KUALA PILAH 0.0 19 0.0 20 KUANTAN 0.0 21 KUCHING 0.0 22 KUDAT 0.0 23 LABUAN 0.0 24 LANGKAWI 0.0 25 LIMBANG 2.2 26 LUBOK MERBAU 0.0 27 MELAKA 0.0 28 MERSING 0.0 7. Rainfall 7a. Rainfall (please indicate rainfall from the last 24 hours – 26.08.2018) 29 MIRI 0.0 30 MUADZAM SHAH 0.0 31 MULU 0.0 32 PETALING JAYA 0.0 33 RANAU 1.2 34 SANDAKAN 6.0 35 SENAI 0.0 36 SEPANG (KLIA) 0.2 37 SIBU 0.0 38 SITIAWAN 0.0 39 SRI AMAN 0.2 40 SUBANG 0.0 41 TAWAU 3.4 42 TEMERLOH 2.0 [Source: Malaysian Meteorological Department (MMD)]

7b. Rainfall Outlook(please indicate three-day rainfall outlook) No Location Unlikely Chance Likely Very Likely Showers Rain 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Date: 27.08.2018 Peninsular Malaysia YES YES

East Malaysia YES YES

Date: 28.08.2018 Peninsular Malaysia YES YES

East Malaysia YES YES

Date: 29.08.2018 Peninsular Malaysia YES YES

East Malaysia YES YES Note: § Showers: rain that falls intermittently over a small area. The rain from an individual shower can be heavy or light, but does not cover a large area or last more than an hour or so § Rain: falling drops of water larger than 0.02 inch in diameter. In forecasts, “rain” usually implies that the rain will fall steadily over a period of time.

[Source: Malaysian Meteorological Department (MMD)]

8. Current Fire Danger Rating System (please attach relevant maps) Information on regional Fire Danger Rating System (FDRS) is available on Malaysian Meteorological Services (MMS) website (http://www.kjc.gov.my). Member Countries that have their own FDRS may wish to fill up the table below.

Current No Location (Extreme, High, Moderate Remarks or Low) 1 2 3 4 8a. Ignition Potential (FFMC – Fine Fuel Moisture Code)

8b.Drought Condition (DC – Drought Code)

8c. General Fire Danger (FWI – Fire Weather Index)

9. Climate Outlook (please provide information on climate outlook for the following month)

No Location Above Slightly Normal Slightly Below Normal Above Below Normal Normal Normal 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Peninsular Malaysia All parts of Peninsular Malaysia East Malaysia Labuan, All parts of Limbang, Sarawak All parts of except Sabah Limbang

[Source: Malaysian Meteorological Department (MMD)]

10. Preparations and Action Taken (In addition to Box 3, please summarise preparations and actions taken in response to the current situation, and provide feedback on recommendations from the ACC)

At National Level

a) A special meeting was held on 20 August 2018 and chaired by the Honourable Minister of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change to further strengthen the preparation and coordination on managing the local fires at national level and local levels through implementation of national open burning action plan

b) The peatfires in Johan Setia Klang and in Permyjaya in Miri were fully extinguished and reduced the impact of local haze.

At Regional Level

a) Malaysia delegation attended the 20th Sub-Regional Technical Working Group / Ministerial Steering Committee (TWG/MSC) on Transboundary Haze Pollution on 31 May to 1 June 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand.

11. Possibility of Resource Requirements (Based on Box 3, please indicate where additional resources will be helpful to fill up the gaps)

12. Others(please describe if there is any impact to community (threats to human lives, endangered species) – fire located near residential areas, industrial areas or ecologically-sensitive areas; provide other information that not fall into the above categories)

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(MASHITAH DARUS) [Department of Environment], [Malaysia]