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Wednesday, December 6, 1972
"If the power fails you will be trapped. If you see the staircases,
corridors and lobbies blocked during your every day travels, ring the Fire
Prevention Bureau who will send along an Inspection Officer to deal with the
hazard."
The spokesman said that discounting the Jumbo Floating Restaurant
fire, some 65 persons met their deaths last year from the causes mentioned
earlier, but strict observance or basic safety precautions can help to reduce
this terrible loss of life.
"As good citizens, we not only have to be on the alert when the Red
Signal is showing.. but at all times and more especially during these cold winter
months," he stressed,
"The Fire Prevention Bureau, and of course, our operational staff are
most anxious to see that incidents of fire such as those previously covered are
reduced to the minimum and many of them do not occur, but appeals to the public
to play their part in ensuring that each and every one of them become fire
prevention minded."
He said the Bureau's motto is "Help us to Help You" and residents
can all help themselves, their friends, their relatives and help tremendously,
by carrying out the few basic rules enumerated above, "Should you require
additional advice, guidance or assistance with your fire prevention problems
the Bureau's officers are only too pleased to offer their sound advice 24 hours
a day. The number to ring is H-222101.”
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