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FIRE FIGHTING IN HONG KONG
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN AN ALARM IS SOUNDED
UNTIRING WORK THE YEAR ROUND
(SPECIAL TO THE "DAILY. PRESS ")
(The following article on the work of the local Fitr Brigade, which has been specially written for the Daily Prem, is of more than usual interest in view of the fact that the work of the Bri.. gude was recently commended by the jury in an inquiry at thi Kowloon Moyistrncy-Ed.)
nis engine and an American La France engine in addition to EL -"motor turniable ladder and an am- bulance. The Shaukiwan station has one appliance and the Peak has two fire cycles, which...... are shortly to be replaced by a small motor appliance.
On the mainland the Kowloon Fire Station has a Merryweather A Dennis and a Rolls Royce fire ap- pilance and three motor ambulan- ces, and of which goes to the New Territories, which as stated previ- ously is served by the Un Long Station which has one appliance. The Mongkok Station has American La Fratice and a Den- nis engine in addition to an am- bulance
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In connection with the American La France engines, it is interest- Day and night, Sundays and ment on the old wooden stair-ing to state here that these ap- holidays, all the year round, the way which has rightly been depliances were ordered during the Fire Brigade of the Colony is on scribed as a "death trap-that war years and owing to the un duty, and it is difficult for the outbreaks of a serious nature in certainty prevailing at that time average citizen to realise exactly concrete houses are practically of goods shipped from Europe how much work is entailed in or unknown and certattily there has reaching Hong Kong, the safer THE STANDARD OPTICAL CO. der to be ready to answer all calls ben no fatality where there are course of ordering these appliances for help, in the Island, on the concrete floors and stairs. The from America was adopted. Mainland or in the Harbour, whent whole of the area on the Wanchal ever a fire breaks out, or a bulid-1,Reclamation is covered with houses ing collapses.
that comply with the new regula- tions and fires in that district are extremely rare.
Fire Floats.
The Fire Brigade in Hong Kong has grown tremendously in recent
Then there is the work of, ex- years and its activities have spread with its growth. The emcient amining the lighting and wiring of way in which they carry out their big buildings and the examination duty, of fire fighting and the no of fire extinguishers and automa lesa arduous duty of Are preventie sprinkler installations of which tion can be measured by the ab- latter there are at oven mure of 200 pounds of steam is the Colony. Building over eighty sence of great fires in the Colony.
feet in height have her own are escapes constructed
To the average man, the Fire Brigade is a rather picturesque body of men who attend whenever The Fire Brigade a fire is reported and do their best acquired a new to night the names. In reality turn
table ladder t
In addition to these land ap pliances there are three are floats attached to the Brigade, one šta- toned in Hong Kong and two at Yaumat The No. 1 Fire" float" is stationed at Yaumati. It is a steam are float (oll driver) and a pres-
the year. Her delivery is 4,000 maintained day and night during
gallons per minute and she is the biggest fire float we have got. In the Colony. The No. 2 Fire Loat steel is stationed in Hong Kong. She can is a petrol kerosene motor fre 100 font and her bump output fa 3,000
them.
this 15 a very finadequate ideareas, and some galons per minute. The faird, Sre as the Brigade, has much else to feet
do besides actual fire-fighting. To mover of any are engine in the do that work efficiently the men world, being of 170 brake horse have to be kept physically fit for power which will enable the ap such work at all times, and to pllance to ascend a gradient of 4 prevent outbreaks of fire, innumer-in 17 at 20 miles an hour. able Inspections have to be car- ried out during the year. Below is given an account of some of the work the Brigade has to do, the personnel and equipment with which they carry out their task. "Prevention Is Better Than Cure"
The Personnel.
boat is a comparatively mali ods, but her putput has been improved considerably in recent years o that she can deliver two forceful Jets to a height of 120 feet.
These Arefloats are a consider- able fraprovement on the firefloats of say fifteen years ago. Then The personnel of the Fire Bri- there were two coal driven floats gade consists of nine regular Euro- and ateam was not raised until pean officers and two executive required and sometimes it took officers. The Hon. The Inspector more than half an hour to get General of Police is the executive started after receiving a call. To- One of the biggest task of the head of the Brigade and Mr. H day the firefloats are got under Brigade, of course, is the work of T. Brooks is the Superintendent way within two minutes of a call. fire prevention. Since 1922 the Another officer attached to the The writer has actually seen fire- Brigade has undertaken an enor-Brigade is the Assistant Govern floats on the move about ninety mous amount of work in this ment Marine Surveyor who is con- seconds after a telephone message direction.
nected with the fire floats as con- has been received. Incidentally. suiting engineer."
the floats are connected with the and station by telephone, the lines (Continued on Paye 12.)
:
Hong Kong is peculiar in many respects, and the manner in which, at one time, fire crackers and There are 283 Chinese officers other dangerous goods were stored and men in the Brigade, consist- in tenement houses, rendered the ing of sub-officers, foremen, fire- danger of fire very great indeed. men, motor drivers, coxswains, en- Thanks, however, to the untiring gineers, seamen, engine drivers, work that has been put in by the clerks, telephone operators and ar- Fire Brigade, and the introduction tisans In connection with the of measures calculated to abate last class it is interesting to add the danger, outbreaks of fire in that, the Fire Brigade have their tenement houses because of the own motor mechanics, atters, car- storage of firecrackers, have been penters, painters, etc. In addition greatly reduced.
to this staff there are men con- The Brigade is also called uponnected with the ambulance service to inspect theatres and other pub-which is under the direct control lic places of entertainment. Tue of the Fire Bilgade. safety of the public is their chiet
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Rotary Club in. Gloucester Buliding. 1 p.m.-
Questions and discussions on
concern and they make it their The staff has to undergo special duty to see that nothing is over- training and every member of the looked that helps to render the force has to be physically fit for public as safe as possible in the the strenuous work that they are event of fire. Hotels and restaurants called upon to do in the event of are inspected and recommenda- a fre. All the European officers
St. Stephen's College re-opens tions are made, wherever neces-of the force are, to a greater or sary. O installations, and go- lesser degree
proficient in the After Summer Vacation downs where inflamable goods are stored are also inspected and quite Chinese language while the Chin: Sunday's address; Lane, Crawford's,
ese sub-omicers and clerks are (for men), 1 p.m. a number of ships are examined.
Enrolment for beginners of Chi- Any commodity that is consider only recruited after tests in the
English language. After enrol-nese Language, General Chamber ed "dangerous" from the point of view of the Fire Brigade is looked ment the men undergo very strict of Commerce Board Room, 5.15 into and Its storage examined, training and are given about four Even schools and churches are months in which to attain a state inspected and in some cases fbecome members of the brigade.
of proficiency, after which they escapes and ladders are recom. fmanded and concrete stairs and
floors
wooden substituted for
floors, and stairs. In the theatres are screens are demanded and suitable means of egress provides for the public.
Equipment."--"
With regard to the equipment of the Brigade, it is interesting” to note that in Hong Kong there are three fire stations within the city, [namely," Central; Wanchal and Kennedy Town, and there are two All this entails work which does others outside the city, The Peak not come to the notice of the pub and Bhauldwan. In Kowloon there
8,000 Inspections.
p.m.
Theatres.
Kings; "Best of Enemies." Central: Happy Ever After.” World: "Girl In The Moon.20 Star: "Words and Muse." Queen's "Mads On Broadway." Oriental:"State Fair." Majestic: Wicked."
Dances.
Tea Dances at Gloucester Build- King King's Restaurant; Hong
trong and Repulse Bay Hotels.
lt, and, beste going on to the are two stations within the city actual fre-aghting, work with namely, the Talm Tsa Taul Station which the Brigade has to contend and Mongkok, while in the New Dinner Dances at Hong Kong with it is well to dwell at some Territories there is one station at and Repulse Bay Hotels Kur
Restaurant and Peninsula Ho further length at the little known Un Lons side of its activity, since no less than 7,000 to 8.000 inspections are carried out each year.
Thanks to the recommendation
of the Britade we hav new tenement house cars and concreta guarded by
This is such an
In the Central Station, there are
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Rolia Hores, a
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also a Motor General
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