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香港政府
GIS 新聞處
1976
DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN
FIRE SERVICES TRAINING SCHOOL
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SET AGAINST THE SCENIC SURROUNDINGS OF PAT HEUNG IN THE NEW TERRITORIES IS A TRAINING SCHOOL RESPONSIBLE FOR PRODUCING ONE OF THE MOST EFFICIENT FIRE FIGHTING FORCES IN THE WORLD.
THE FIRE SERVICES TRAINING SCHOOL, OCCUPYING AN AREA OF ABOUT EIGHT ACRES, IS THE PLACE WHERE NEW RECRUITS ARE TURNED INTO CONFIDENT AND PROFESSIONAL FIREMEN,
LAST YEAR, A TOTAL OF 20 FIRE OFFICERS, 100 FIREMEN AND 18 AMBULANCEMEN RÉCEIVED TRAINING AT THE SCHOOL AND WERE POSTED TO VARIOUS FIRE STATIONS. IN ADDITION, THREE FIRE OFFICERS FROM BRUNEI ALSO COMPLETED A COURSE AT THE SCHOOL.
ACCORDING TO A FIRE SERVICES SPOKESMAN, OPERATIONAL TRAINEES ARE REQUIRED TO UNDERGO 26 WEEKS' INSTRUCTION COVERING MORE THAN
1,000 PRACTICAL PERIODS, LECTURES AND VISITS.
HE SAID: THE RANGE OF INSTRUCTION IS EXTREMELY WIDE, COVERING SUCH SUBJECTS AS CHEMISTRY, PHYSICS, HYDRAULICS, LAW, MECHANICS, FIRE PREVENTION, RESCUE PROCEDURES AND FIRST AID.✦
DURING THE EARLY STAGES OF THE TRAINING, STUDENTS ARE TAUGHT HOW TO OPERATE VARIOUS TYPES OF FIRE FIGHTING APPLIANCES AND EQUIPMENT, SUCH AS LADDERS AND PUMPS. LATER, THEY ARE TRAINED TO FIGHT DIFFERENT TYPES OF FIRES AND TO RESCUE PEOPLE FROM VARIOUS SITUATIONS.
THROUGH CONSTANT REHEARSALS IN THE SCHOOL'S 80-FOOT +DRILL TOWERS+, TRAINEES BECOME USED TO HEIGHTS AND CONDITIONS IN MULTI- STOREY BUILDING FIRES. THEY ALSO RECEIVE TRAINING, FULLY EQUIPPED, IN A SIMULATED SEWER TO BECOME ACCUSTOMED TO CRAMPED CONDITIONS.
+AS A FIREMAN'S JOB REQUIRES ALL HIS STRENGTH AND COOL- HEADEDNESS, THERE IS MUCH EMPHASIS ON PHYSICAL FITNESS, + THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT.
+THEREFORE, BESIDES PHYSICAL TRAINING AND REGULAR SWIMMING AND SPORT ACTIVITIES, CROSS COUNTRY RUNS ARE ORGANISED.+
AT THE END OF THE SIX-MONTH INTENSIVE TRAINING, ALL RECRUITS HAVE TO PASS AN EXAMINATION BEFORE BEING POSTED TO STATIONS FOR DUTY.
FOR SERVING FIREMEN, REFRESHER COURSES ARE HELD THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THESE ARE DESIGNED TO EVALUATE THEIR PHYSICAL CONDITION AS WELL AS TO ENSURE STANDARDISATION OF PROCEDURES, DRILLS AND EQUIPMENT USAGE.
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