- K 44
This number includes all ranks but it is exclusive of the following Floating Staff:-
Coxswains.
6
Engineers.
8
Stokers.
10
Seamen.
16
ACTUAL STRENGTH ON THE 31ST DECEMBER, 1935.
Europeans,
Chinese.
Total.
Present
10
230
240
Sick or Absent on leave
2
5
Vacancies
75
9
5
Total
12
242
254*
*Not including Floating staff.
STATIONS AND EQUIPMENT.
4. The work in connection with the erection of the new Sub Fire Station at Sham Shui Po was sufficiently near completion to allow of its being opened on the 1st February 1935.
The opening of this Station and the transfer thereto of a Staff of one Chinese Sub Officer and 13 men thus established a Fire Station in a district which has developed considerably in recent years.
The transfer of men and vehicles relieved congestion at the Tsim Sha Tsui and Mong Kok Fire Stations.
5. The two American La France motor fire engines (i.e. Nos. 4 and 15) which were supplied in 1919 became so much worn that it was uneconomical to maintain them longer. They were sold during the year.
One, No. 15, was actually replaced by the new "Dennis" motor fire engine supplied in 1934, while provision has been made in the 1936 Estimates for another new "Dennis" motor fire engine to replace the old No. 4 appliance.
Two new 14 H.P. "Morris" chassis, fitted by the Kowloon Canton Railway Workshops with ambulance bodies, for the removal of destitutes (including mendicants) were supplied to the Brigade in June 1935. This service had previously been performed by employees of the Urban Council, with hand-wheeled ambulances. The supply of these motor vehicles has facilitated the centralization of ambulance work.