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MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 1975
BUSY MONTH FOR FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU
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THE FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU OF THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT CARRIED OUT 12,458 INSPECTIONS IN JULY, BRINGING THE TOTAL FOR THE FIRST SEVEN MONTHS OF THE YEAR TO MORE THAN 93,000.
AS IN PREVIOUS MONTHS, THE LARGEST NUMBER OF INSPECTIONS (5,384) WERE AS A RESULT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT MEANS OF ESCAPE, AND A FURTHER 1,226 GENERAL COMPLAINTS WERE INVESTIGATED. INSPECTIONS OF MEANS OF ESCAPE NOT ARISING FROM COMPLAINTS TOTALLED 818.
THE NUMBER OF FACTORY INSPECTIONS TOTALLED 2,641 AND THERE WERE 764 INSPECTIONS CONNECTED WITH THE MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF DANGEROUS GOODS.
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EIGHT FIRES WERE INVESTIGATED BY BUREAU SPECIALISTS.
SCHOOL INSPECTIONS NUMBERED 481, FIRE SERVICE INSTALLATION INSPECTIONS 316, RESTAURANTS AND NIGHTCLUBS 273, VENTILATION SYSTEMS 264 AND TIMBER YARDS 74. OTHER INSPECTIONS INCLUDED PLACES OF PUBLIC ASSEMBLY (99), NEON SIGNS (11) AND MISCELLANEOUS (83).
A TOTAL OF 16 VEHICLES WERE INSPECTED AT HARBOUR ROAD FIRE STATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE SCHEME TO LICENSE DANGEROUS GOODS CARRYING VEHICLES ANNUALLY.
OTHER WORK CARRIED OUT BY THE BUREAU DURING THE MONTH INCLUDED THE FINALISATION OF PLANS FOR 497 NEW PROJECTS, AND THE ISSUE OR RENEWAL OF 272 DANGEROUS GOODS AND TIMBER LICENSES. A TOTAL OF 468 FIRE HAZARD ABATEMENT NOTICES WERE ISSUED LEADING TO 70 PROSECUTIONS AND FINES TOTALLING $20,580 BEING
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