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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1975
FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU INSPECTIONS IN OCTOBER
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THE FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU OF THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT INSPECTED ANOTHER 112 VEHICLES LICENSED TO CARRY FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS AND COMPRESSED GASES IN OCTOBER AS A MEASURE TO IMPROVE SAFETY STANDARDS OF VEHICLES CARRYING DANGEROUS GOODS.
THIS BRINGS TO 336 THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES WHICH HAVE UNDERGONE INSPECTION SINCE APRIL WHEN NEW REGULATIONS INVOLVING THE ANNUAL LICENSING OF DANGEROUS GOODS CARRYING VEHICLES WERE INTRODUCED.
DURING THE MONTH, A TOTAL OF 6,692 COMPLAINTS WERE INVESTIGATED, OF WHICH 5,412 RELATED TO MEANS OF ESCAPE FROM BUILDINGS. ANOTHER 1,106 INSPECTIONS ON MEANS OF ESCAPE WERE CARRIED OUT WHICH DID NOT ARISE FROM COMPLAINTS.
THERE WERE 718 INSPECTIONS MADE ON PREMISES LICENSED TO STORE OR MANUFACTURE DANGEROUS GOODS- 1,811 INSPECTIONS ON FACTORIES AND 351 INSPECTIONS ON PLACES OF PUBLIC ASSEMBLY.
BUREAU OFFICERS INVESTIGATED ELEVEN FIRES IN DEPTH.
OTHER INSPECTIONS WERE: FIRE SERVICES INSTALLATIONS (386), NEON SIGNS (7), SCHOOLS (373), TIMBER YARDS AND STORAGE (29), VENTILATION SYSTEMS (216) AND MISCELLANEOUS (180).
IN ADDITION, BUREAU STAFF FINALISED 441 PLANS FOR NEW BUILDING PROJECTS AND ISSUED AND RENEWED A TOTAL OF 277 DANGEROUS GOODS AND TIMBER STORES LICENCES.
MORE THAN 300 FIRE HAZARD ABATEMENT NOTICES WERE ISSUED, AND 86 PROSECUTIONS FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WERE UNDERTAKEN RESULTING IN THE IMPOSITION OF FINES AMOUNTING $28,550.
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