Nor Hisham Mohammad

Dato' Sri Ts. Nor Hisham bin Mohammad (; born 12 October 1972) is a Malaysian fire officer who has served as the Director-General of the Fire and Rescue Department of Malaysia (JBPM) since 10 January 2024.

Early life and education Nor Hisham bin Mohammad was born at Panchor, Perak, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) on 12 October 1972. Nor Hisham received his early education at Pahang, Malaysia. After that, he continued his studies at the University of Malaya (UM) for the Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Environmental Studies in 1996. He received his Higher National Diploma in Fire Management and Operations of the Business and Technology Education Council (BTEC) from the University of Central Lancashire in 2002. Nor Hisham also had the Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the MARA Technological University (UiTM) in 2016.

Firefighting career Nor Hisham's career in the civil service at the Fire and Rescue Department of Malaysia (JBPM) began on 16 May 1997 as a Grade KB41 Fire Chief at the Fire Safety Division of the Fire and Rescue Department of Malaysia Headquarters (HQ), Federal Territory of Putrajaya.

Nor Hisham has held several important positions in JBPM such as Deputy Head of JBPM (Development), Director of the Fire and Rescue Operations Division (2020–2023), Director of Pahang JBPM (2018–2020), Director of Sarawak JBPM (2011–2018) and Commandant of the Malaysian Fire and Rescue Academy Central Region (2009–2011).

Nor Hisham also led several large-scale fire and rescue operations, including as Senior Commander of the search and rescue operation for the helicopter crash in Sebuyau, Sarawak on 5 May 2016 and Director of Operations of the National Emergency Management Committee (NEMC) for the floods in Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Negeri Sembilan on 17 December 2021.

Honours Honours of Malaysia