20. Salt water Pumping Stations have been established in various parts of the City of Victoria. These pumps are operated in the event of a fire for which a salt water hydrant can be used.
21. The Static Water Tanks were regularly inspected and maintained in good conditions.
22. In view of the continued restriction of water supply, this department continued to advise owners or occupiers of buildings which had private fire service installations fed by street mains to provide roof water storage tanks. As the result of its encouragement and with co-operation of the Public Works Department many such tanks were erected. These tanks are supplied by well water, and usually have a capacity of 2,000 gallons, which ensures that water is always available for dealing with fires in the initial stages.
INSPECTION BRANCH & FIRE PREVENTION
23. Officers attached to the Inspection Branch made a total of 8,459 inspections of premises of various descriptions during the year under review. Apart from routine inspections in connexion with the administering of various Ordinances, these inspections included goodwill visits and investigations of com- plaints of illegal storage of dangerous goods, or of obstruction to staircases or fire escape, etc.
24. Prosecutions of offenders for infringements of the Dangerous Goods Ordinance, the Miscellaneous (Timber Stores) Ordinance, and the Celluloid and Cinematograph Film Ordinance, were undertaken on 110 occasions and convictions were register- ed in all cases with fines totalling $10,115.00. In many cases, illegally stored dangerous goods were confiscated in addition to fines being imposed. A detailed Summary of inspections is shown in Appendix II.
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