FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1978
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GRADUATION OF AMBULANCE AND FIREMEN ******
ELE EN SENIOR AMBULANCEMEN AND 50 FIREMEN TODAY TOOK PART IN A PASSING-OUT PARADE AT THE FIRE SERVICES TRAINING SCHOOL AT PAT HEUNG, SEX KONG TO MARK THE COMPLETION OF THEIR TRAINING.
THE AMBULANCEMEN HAVE COMPLETED THE FIRST PART OF THEIR TRAINING LASTING 13 WEEKS AND THE FIREMEN 26 WEEKS.
ADDRESSING THE GATHERING, THE CHIEF AMBULANCE OFFICER, R. GORDON DOORE, SAID THE SERVICE NESD THEM IN ORDER TO KEEP PACE WITH THE INCREASE IN DEMAND WHICH AVERAGED OVER 42 FIRES AND SPECIAL SERVICES AND 450 AMBULANCE CALLS A DAY LAST YEAR.
HE ADDED THAT FIREMEN AND AMBULANCEMEN. WILL USE THE FINEST FIRE FIGHTING AND MEDICAL EQUIPMENT THAT ARE AVAILABLE TODAY, +EUT YOU MUST REMEMBER THAT THE BEST EQUIPMENT IN THE WORLD IS NO USE WITHOUT THE EXPERTISE OF THE USER, NCT ONLY I KNOWING HOW TO HANDLE THE EQUIPMENT BUT TO BE FIT, AGILE AND STRONG ENOUGH TO GET THE BEST RESULTS,+
MR. DOORE WARNED THEIR JCE WOULD NOT BE AN EASY ONE AS IT IS SOMETIMES UNCOMFORTABLE AND DANGEROUS.
HE EMPHASISED, HOWEVER, THAT THE TRAINING THEY HAVE RECEIVED ILL MINIMISE THE DANGER TO THEMSELVES AND OTHERS, AND THE UNCOMFORTABLE CONDITIONS WILL BE OVERCOME BY THE COMRADESHIP CF THEIR TEAM-MATES.
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