K3M apps among Esszone's safety improvement aspects
Published on: Thursday, July 12, 2018
Lahad Datu: The maritime community in Sabah, especially residents of the Eastern Sabah Security Zone (Esszone), is urged to download the Maritime Community Safety Awareness Application (K3M) for free from Google Play Store into their smartphones for effective assistance during an emergency situation at the sea.RMN Naval Region 2 Commander Laksamana Muda Datuk N Ganesh said the application allows the maritime community to lodge reports or request for emergency assistance directly to the RMN and the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Operation Centre."By simply pressing the SOS button on the K3M application will help to shorten the response time of security personnel arriving at an emergency site.
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"This is among the safety improvement aspects of the Esszone, but we also need the maritime community to download this application and check-in before using it," he said.He told the press this during the Aidilfitri celebration on Tun Azizan Auxiliary Vessel, in conjunction with the Trilateral Maritime Patrol meeting between RMN's KD Todak and the Philippine Navy vessel, BRP Miguel Malvar, at the border waters, near here, Tuesday.Ganesh said the SOS from K3M would immediately be sent to the TLDM operation centre where the officer on duty would receive a trigger indicating an incident occurred."Then, we will know the exact location and the estimated time of arrival at the scene.
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If necessary, we will send a helicopter and if it's near, we will send a combat ship," he said.Ganesh said the application, which was jointly developed by RNM and the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA), and expected to be downloaded 70,000 times this year, is available in Malay, Chinese and English languages, and also provides the latest maritime news.
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"If there is a need to add another language, it will be added."So far, about 50 per cent of the maritime community in Malaysia has accessed to K3M since it was launched last year," he said, adding that the apps would also be extended to tourists.Ganesh said besides the K3M application, RMN had also introduced Sea Alert system to the Malaysian Ship Owners' Association."The system will be installed on the ship's desktop, we already run the simulation and thus, any real occurrence can be handled immediately," he said.Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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