TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1981
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REMINDER ON FIRE SERVICE EQUIPMENT
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ALL FIRE SERVICE INSTALLATIONS OR EQUIPMENT IN BUILDINGS MUST BE KEPT IN EFFICIENT ORDER AT ALL TIMES, THE ACTING CHIEF FIRE OFFICER OF THE FIRE PROTECTION BUREAU, MR LAM LOK-BUN, SAID TODAY.
+ IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF OWNERS, OCCUPIERS, INCLUDING INCORPORATED OWNERS TO ENSURE THAT SUCH INSTALLATIONS ARE NOT DEFECTIVE. IT IS NOT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE FIRE SERVICES,+ HE SAID.
THIS, HE CONTINUED, IS STIPULATED IN REGULATION 8(A) OF FIRE SERVÍCE (INSTALLATIONS AND EQUIPMENT) REGULATIONS.
TO ENSURE THAT FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT ARE IN EFFICIENT WORKING ORDER, A REGISTERED FIRE SERVICE INSTALLATION CONTRACTOR SHOULD BE ENGAGED TO INSPECT THE INSTALLATIONS AT LEAST ONCE EVERY 12 MONTHS, HE ADVISED.
+ACCORDING TO REGULATION 9 OF FIRE SERVICE (INSTALLATIONS AND EQUIPMENT) REGULATIONS, THE CONTRACTOR MUST, WITHIN 14 DAYS AFTER COMPLETION OF THE WORK, PROVIDE A CERTIFICATE TO THE PERSON ON WHOSE INSTRUCTION WORK WAS UNDERTAKEN AND ALSO FORWARD A COPY TO THE DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES, MR LAM SAID.
+ IT IS CLEAR FROM THESE TWO REGULATIONS THAT LEGAL ACTION CAN BE TAKEN BY THE FIRE SERVICES AGAINST ANY PERSON WHO IS FOUND TO HAVE CONTRAVENED THEM AND ON CONVICTION CAN BE FINED $5 000.+
MR LAM POINTED OUT THAT IN THE PAST TENS OF THOUSANDS OF LETTERS HAD BEEN SENT OUT TO OWNERS AND OCCUPIERS REMINDING THEM OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITY. THIS TIME-CONSUMING WORK WAS DONE AT THE EXPENSE OF OTHER MORE PRESSING WORK, AND IT WAS THEREFORE DECIDED TO DISCONTINUE SENDING OUT THESE LETTERS.
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