GENERAL SURVEY OF THE YEAR
PARADOXICALLY the one constant factor in Fire Service activities in Hong Kong is the infinite variety of operational challenges which the Service is called upon to meet in discharging its obligations to the com- munity. The year under review has been no exception; the Service has been called upon to deal with incidents involving persons or property in peril ranging from aircraft crashes to traffic accidents, from gasholder breakdowns to a grounded oil tanker, and from mountain rescues to underwater searches.
2. Outbreaks of fire in the year under review were 22% less than in the previous year, and special service calls decreased by 17%.
3. The summer of 1965 produced well above average rainfall, but there were no serious visitations of typhoons and in consequence there was a marked reduction in calls to house collapses, landslides and floods. In 1964, 143 persons were killed or injured in calls of this nature against 42 fatalities or injuries for this year.
4.
(i) OUTBREAKS of fire
April-October (traditional 'fire-free' period) November-March (traditional fire season)
1243 fires (69 major) 1485 fires (84 major)
(ii) SPECIAL SERVICE CALLS
April-October November-March
April 1965
(iii) DIRECT FINANCIAL LOSSES
May 1965 June 1965
舞
July 1965
August 1965
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TYK
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425 185
$
166,504
656,194
548,361
721,883
213,504
920,556
397,826
467,646
279,390
632,803
541,423
5,885,185
$11,431,275