Road has been selected for the purpose. It is also intended to make use of this station as a training depot for the Auxiliary Fire Service, since the existing depot is small and unsuitable and will have to be vacated in the near future to make room for the building of the New Police Headquarters.
HYDRANTS AND WATER SUPPLY
25. Fire hydrants were inspected quarterly and all defects reported to the Water Authority for repair.
26. New installations and replacements brought the total number of pedestal and ground hydrants, at the end of the year, to 530 and 1145 respectively.
27. Restrictions on the supply of water are apparently likely to continue until the new reservoir is completed. Arrange- ments have been made with the Water Authority to provide turn- cocks for the operation of the water valves during the hours when water supply is restricted. Although this arrangement reduces the inconvenience to the Brigade to some extent, fire fighting operations are still considerably handicapped at such times.
28. The construction of the sea-water mains system is in its final stages. The necessary booster pumps, mains, hydrants and elevated water tanks have been installed and the whole system is expected to be in operation in the near future.
29. The 74 static water tanks which have been erected in convenient positions were regularly inspected and maintained in good condition by the Water Authority.
INSPECTION BRANCH AND FIRE PREVENTION
30. A total of 6,793 inspections of various types of premises were carried out by officers of the Inspection Branch of the Brigade during the year under review. These inspections, apart from routine inspections required under various Ordinances, include "good-will" inspections and the in- vestigation of complaints of illegal storage of dangerous goods, of obstruction of staircases, and fire escapes which have been prompted by the sense of communal safety of the general public.
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