K (1) 5
CALLS.
15. The number of calls received during the year totalled 245; actual fires 174, Chimney fires 42, collapses 4, landslide 1, and false alarms 24. Compared with the previous year (1937) there was an increase of 70 calls. Forty-two were received by street fire alarms, one hundred and seventy-six by telephone, seven from Police and twenty from messengers.
16. Of the false alarms, eight were maliciously given, eight were given with good intent and eight were due to electrical faults in the street fire alarm system.
THEATRE AND OTHER DUTIES.
17. Special duties at public and private entertainments were performed by members of the Brigade on 31 occasions during the year; the number of men thus employed was 231 for a total of 729 hours duty.
18.
FIRE INSPECTION WORK.
The following inspections were made by officers of the Brigade and reported upon during the year :-
Theatres and Cinemas 256 Boarding Houses 100 478 Garages 72 Licensed Premises (Liquor Licences) 95 Eating Houses 106 Timber and Firewood storages 111 Buildings (Government and Public) 97 High and Low Flash Inflammable Liquid Stores 256 Petrol Pumps 98 Kerosene Stores in shops 771 Dangerous Goods Storages 253 Offensive Trades 13 Fireworks Storages 167 Neon Light Advertising Signs 444 Vernacular Schools 315 Dance Halls and Academies 23 Fire Service Installations 557 Miscellaneous Inspections 232 Total 4,444The number of inspections carried out each month is shewn in Table IV.
19. Fifteen private fire-hydrant services were installed in various premises during the year: Eight private fire-hydrant services, were removed during the year. There are now 274 such installations in the Colony. These were inspected, tested and reported upon during the year.
20. The sixteen Automatic Sprinkler Installations in the Colony were tested and reported upon during the year.
21. 372 Chemical Fire Extinguishers located in various Government buildings were tested and recharged by the Brigade during the year.
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