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The number of inspections carried out each month is shewn in Table IV.
15. Forty-seven private fire-hydrant services were installed in various premises during the year. There are now 183 such installations in the Colony. They were inspected and tested during the year.
16. Seven Automatic Sprinkler Installations were installed during the year: the largest being in the China Emporium (467 heads). There are now nine such installations in the Colony. The Brigade tests and reports on these installations twice a year.
17. 258 Chemical Fire Extinguishers located in various Government buildings were tested and recharged by the Brigade during the year,
18. The Fire Brigade took over the entire inspection and licensing of Dangerous Goods, with the exception of Explosives, from the Police Department early in the year.
In the course of the year all types of stores were standardized as far as possible. Kerosene stores were removed from inside of buildings to yards or open spaces thus con- siderably diminishing fire risk.
All dangerous goods stores in the Colony are
now dis- tinguished by licence plates fixed on the frontage of the build- ings in which the store is located. The total number of Licences in force at the end of the year was 982, fees $10,545.00.
19. Fifty-one prosecutions, resulting in fines amounting to $3,580.00 altogether, were undertaken by the Brigade during the year for contraventions of various Ordinances providing for safety against fires.
LEGISLATION.
20. Regulations, providing for better protection against fire, were promulgated during the year under the following Ordi-
nances:-
No. 19 of 1912.-Advertisements.
signs).
No. 26 of 1913.-Education.
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No. 14 of 1901-Gunpowder and Fireworks. No. 27 of 1932.--Factories and Workshops.
No. 1 of 1903.-Public Health and Building. (Eating
Houses).
AMBULANCE SERVICE.
21. The eight Motor Ambulances maintained by the Fire Brigade attended altogether 4,299 cases during the year and travelled 34,437 miles.
The undermentioned summary shews the number of cases attended and mileage during the past five years.
No. of cases
attended
Distance run (miles)..
1933
1932. 1931. 1930. 1920.
4,299 4418 3,872 3,709 3,289
34,437 31,635 | 26,111 | 20,391 | 23,802
ANNUAL DISPLAY.
22. The Annual Display of the Brigade which included the finals of certain Competition Drills took place in the compound of No. 2 Police Station, Wanchai, on the 22nd November and was witnessed by H.E. the Governor and a large number of the public.
(Neon, etc., light
(Schools).
Hong Kong, 1st March, 1984.
E. D. C. WOLFE, Chief Officer, Fire Brigade.
No. 30 of 1915.-Asiatic Emigration. (Asiatic hotels).
No. 23 of 1917.-Boarding Houses.
No. 1 of 1873.-Dangerous Goods.
No. 25 of 1933.-Miscellaneous Licences. (Dancing
Halls and Academies).
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