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TUESDAY, JULY 5, 1977
379 PEOPLE PROSECUTED FOR BREAKING FIRE SAFETY LAW
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A TOTAL OF 379 DOMESTIC DWELLERS, COMMERCIAL AND FACTORY PROPRIETORS WERE PROSECUTED BY THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT IN MAY FOR BREAKING THE LAW ON FIRE SAFETY.
THE PROSECUTIONS RESULTED IN FINES AMOUNTING TO OVER $145,800,
A FIRE SERVICES SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT MOST OF THE 379 PEOPLE WERE PROSECUTED FOR OBSTRUCTING STAIRCASES AND MEANS OF ESCAPE AND FAILING TO COMPLY WITH FIRE HAZARD ABATEMENT REQUIREMENTS.
IN THEIR EFFORT TO REMOVE POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARDS, FIRE OFFICERS CONDUCTED MORE THAN 21,800 INSPECTIONS, RE-INSPECTIONS AND FOLLOW-UP VISITS DURING THE MONTH TO RESIDENTIAL AND INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS THROUGHOUT HONG KONG.
MORE THAN HALF OF THESE INSPECTIONS WERE PROMPTED BY COMPLAINTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, THE MAJORITY OF WHICH RELATED TO BLOCKAGE OF MEANS OF ESCAPE.
AS A RESULT OF THE INSPECTIONS, 785 FIRE HAZARD ABATEMENT NOTICES WERE ISSUED, REQUIRING THE HAZARDS TO BE REMOVED WITHIN A STIPULATED PERIOD.
DURING THE SAME PERIOD, THERE WERE 1,425 ROUTINE INSPECTIONS OF ESCAPE ROUTES SOME 3,650 VISITS TO FACTORIES, AND 2,300 VISITS TO SCHOOLS, RESTAURANTS AND NIGHTCLUBS, PLACES OF PUBLIC ASSEMBLY, VENTILATION SYSTEMS AND FIRE SERVICE
INSTALLATIONS.
NEARLY 200 INSPECTIONS WERE CARRIED OUT ON VEHICLES USED FOR CARRYING COMPRESSED GASES AND INFLAMMABLE LIQUIDS, AND 564 INSPECTIONS WERE MADE OF CHILD CARE CENTRES.
A TOTAL OF 844 NEW BUILDING PLANS WERE RECEIVED AND PROCESSED AND 247 DANGEROUS GOODS AND THREE TIMBER YARD STORAGE LICENCES WERE ISSUED OR RENEWED.
IN ADDITION, FIRE OFFICERS CONDUCTED FOUR FIRE PREVENTION LECTURES AND INVESTIGATED THREE FIRES IN DEPTH.
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