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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1976
FIRE PREVENTION INSPECTIONS
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THE FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU OF THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT CONDUCTED INSPECTIONS ON 130 VEHICLES USED FOR CARRYING INFLAMMABLE LIQUIDS AND COMPRESSED GASES IN JANUARY.
THIS IS THE LARGEST BATCH OF SUCH VEHICLES INSPECTED IN A SINGLE MONTH AND BRINGS TO 676 THE TOTAL EXAMINED SINCE APRIL LAST YEAR.
DURING THE MONTH, ALMOST 16,000 INSPECTIONS, RE-INSPECTIONS AND FOLLOW-UP VISITS WERE MADE BY THE BUREAU TO BUILDINGS THROUGHOUT HONG KONG. AS IN THE PAST. THE MAJORITY OF INSPECTIONS (9,003) RELATED TO COMPLAINTS CONCERNING MEANS OF ESCAPE, FOLLOWED BY INSPECTIONS OF FACTORIES AND OTHER INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (2,427).
BUREAU EXPERTS INVESTIGATED 45 FIRES AND 1,436 GENERAL COMPLAINTS IN DETAIL. THERE WERE 958 ROUTINE INSPECTIONS OF MEANS OF ESCAPE TO ENSURE THEY WERE FREE OF OBSTRUCTIONS 528 INSPECTIONS OF PREMISES USED FOR STORING OR MANUFACTURING DANGEROUS GOODS AND 419 INSPECTIONS OF FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT IN RESIDENTIAL AND INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS.
OTHER INSPECTIONS INCLUDED BUILDING VENTILATION SYSTEMS (376), RESTAURANTS AND NIGHT CLUBS (257), SCHOOLS (141) PLACES OF PUBLIC ASSEMBLY (107), TIMBER YARDS AND STORAGE (14), NEON SIGNS (6) AND MISCELLANEOUS (123).
A TOTAL OF 700 NEW BUILDING PLANS SUBMITTED TO THE BUREAU FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE MEANS OF ESCAPE AND THE INSTALLATION OF FIRE SERVICE INSTALLATIONS WERE FINALISED. DANGEROUS GOODS AND TIMBER STORE LICENCES ISSUED AND RENEWED NUMBERED 310.
IN ADDITION, 853 FIRE HAZARD ABATEMENT NOTICES WERE ISSUED AND 176 PEOPLE WERE PROSECUTED RESULTING IN THE IMPOSITION OF FINES AMOUNTING TO OVER $97,000.
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