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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1976
REGISTERED FIRE SERVICE INSTALLATION CONTRACTORS WARNED *****
THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT TODAY WARNED ALL REGISTERED FIRE SERVICE INSTALLATION CONTRACTORS THAT PROSECUTIONS WOULD BE TAKEN OUT AGAINST THOSE WHO DID NOT COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS LAID DOWN UNDER THE FIRE SERVICES ORDINANCE.
THE WARNING WAS ISSUED FOLLOWING A COURT CASE ON MONDAY IN WHICH A MAGISTRATE FINED A REGISTERED FIRE SERVICE INSTALLATION CONTRACTOR $400 FOR ISSUING A FALSE CERTIFICATE TO A CENTRAL RESTAURANT OWNER. THE PROPRIETOR OF THE RESTAURANT WAS FINED $300 FOR FAILING TO KEEP THE FIRE SERVICE EQUIPMENT IN EFFICIENT ORDER.
THE CONTRACTOR WAS ADDITIONALLY SUMMONSED FOR FAILING TO FORWARD A COPY OF CERTIFICATE TO THE DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES WITHIN 14 DAYS AFTER THE COMPLETION OF MAINTENANCE TO THE RESTAURANT'S FIRE SERVICE EQUIPMENT.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THE OFFENCE WAS DISCOVERED DURING A RECENT ROUTINE INSPECTION OF THE RESTAURANT BY FIRE PREVENTION OFFICERS.
HE SAID THE CONTRACTOR HAD ISSUED A LABEL CERTIFYING THAT THE RESTAURANT'S TWO-GALLON FOAM FIRE EXTINGUISHER TO BE IN GOOD WORKING ORDER DESPITE THE CONTRARY.
HE SAID IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT A REGISTERED CONTRACTOR WAS PROSECUTED.
+ACTION WILL BE TAKEN AGAINST THOSE WHO INFRINGE THE FIRE SAFETY REGULATIONS, HE WARNED.
TO BUILDING OWNERS, THE SPOKESMAN ADVISED THAT THEY SHOULD FULLY ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR KEEPING FIRE SERVICE INSTALLATIONS, SUCH AS FIRE EXTINGUISHERS OR SPRINKLERS, IN PROPER WORKING ORDER.
+THE LAW HAS LAID DOWN INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS FOR BUILDINGS AND IT IS UP TO THE OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT SUCH EQUIPMENT FUNCTION EFFICIENTLY AT ALL TIMES,+ HE STATED.
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