FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1979
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FIREMEN MUST BE PHYSICALLY AND TECHNICALLY FIT
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TODAY'S FIREMEN MUST BE PHYSICALLY AND TECHNICALLY FIT TO KEEP PACE WITH THE INCREASING SOPHISTICATION OF INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES AND TECHNOLOGY, THE CHIEF FIRE OFFICER OF THE FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU, MR. B.G. FENDER, TOLD A PASSING-OUT PARADE TODAY (FRIDAY).
ON PARADE WERE 75 FIREMEN AND 14 SENIOR AMBULANCEMEN WHO HAVE JUST COMPLETED SIX MONTHS' BASIC TRAINING AT THE FIRE SERVICES TRAINING SCHOOL IN PAT HEUNG.
+THE PUBLIC WILL JUDGE YOU ON SUCH TRADITIONAL STANDARDS AS APPEARANCE, PERSONAL BEHAVIOUR AND HONESTY, MR. FENDER SAID.
+THEY ALSO EXPECT FIREMEN TO KEEP UP WITH IMPROVEMENTS IN MODERN TECHNOLOGY AND MAINTAIN AND UPHOLD THEIR PHYSICAL FITNESS, COURAGE, PERSEVERANCE, DISCIPLINE, DEDICATION TO DUTY AND COMPASSION WHICH HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE HALLMARK OF THE PROFESSIONAL FIREMEN IN HONG KONG
THE WHOLE BASIS OF THE TRAINING, HE ADDED, WAS AIMED AT MAKING RECRUITS CONFIDENT AND AWARE OF THEIR OWN ABILITIES AND BE SELF- RELIANT AND, AT THE SAME TIME, UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE THE NECESSITY FOR TEAM WORK, DISCIPLINE AND GOOD MORALE.
+FROM YOUR BREATHING APPARATUS TRAINING YOU WILL HAVE REALISED THAT WHEN YOU AND YOUR PARTNER ENTER A BURNING BUILDING YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN AND THERE IS NO ONE TO ASK WHAT TO DO OR HOW TO DO IT AND IF THERE WAS, THERE IS NO TIME -- PEOPLE DEPEND UPON YOUR PERSONAL COMPETENCE AND INDIVIDUAL DISCIPLINE TO SAVE THEM,+ MR. FENDER SAID.
POINTING OUT THAT IT WAS NO EASY TASK TO BECOME A FIREMAN, MR. FENDER SAID: +YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO JOIN A HARD AND DEMANDING PROFESSION WITH STRINGENT REQUIREMENTS.
+OUR STANDARDS ARE HIGH AND IN RESPECT OF PHYSICAL STANDARDS, UNMATCHED BY ANY OTHER DISCIPLINED SERVICE IN HONG KONG,+
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