FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1985
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DB MEMBERS LEARN ABOUT FIRE FIGHTING
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SOUTHERN DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS TODAY (FRIDAY) HAD A CLOSER LOOK AT THE WORK OF THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT DURING VISITS TO A FIRE STATION AND THE FIRE BOAT PIER IN ABERDEEN.
THE VISIT IS PART OF A PROGRAMME ARRANGED BY THE DISTRICT OFFICE TO FAMILIARISE MEMBERS WITH THE OPERATION OF VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.
MEMBERS WERE BRIEFED ON THE GENERAL ASPECTS OF FIRE FIGHTING AND FIRE PREVENTION WORK AS WELL AS THE TRAINING OF FIREMEN.
DURING THE TOUR OF THE ABERDEEN FIRE STATION, MEMBERS WATCHED A DEMONSTRATION ON THE USE OF FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT.
IT WAS NOTED THAT FIRE WATCH TEAMS SET UP IN SQUATTER AREAS RECEIVED TRAINING AND ADVICE FROM LOCAL FIRE STATIONS. AT PRESENT, THERE ARE 24 FIRE WATCH TEAMS IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT, AND ANOTHER TEN WILL BE FORMED IN 1985-86 WITH THE DISTRICT BOARD'S SPONSORSHIP.
AT THE ABERDEEN FIRE BOAT PIER, MEMBERS WERE TOLD THAT THE FIRE BOAT, MANNED 24 HOURS, WAS BACKED UP BY FIRE-FIGHTING SERVICES FROM THE ABERDEEN AND AP LE1 CHAU FIRE STATIONS TO SERVE THE POPULATION IN THE TYPHOON SHELTER AS WELL AS AREAS ON THE SOUTHERN SHORE OF ABERDEEN AND THE NORTHERN SHORE OF AP LEI CHAU.
BOARD MEMBERS WERE THEN TAKEN ON A TOUR OF ABERDEEN HARBOUR IN ONE OF THE FIRE BOATS.
BOATS' USE OF RADIOS MADE EASIER
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IT WILL BE EASIER FOR PLEASURE CRAFT OWNERS TO INSTALL AND OPERATE RADIO-COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT TO IMPROVE SAFETY AT SEA, UNDER NEW LICENSING ARRANGEMENTS, BASED ON ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE OSPREY INQUIRY.
UNDER THE TELECOMMUNICATION (AMENDMENT)(NO. 2) REGULATIONS 1985 PUBLISHED TODAY. THE GOVERNMENT HAS INTRODUCED A +PLEASURE VESSEL RADIO NETWORK STATION LICENCE+, DESIGNED FOR OWNERS OF PLEASURE VESSELS.
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT THE FITTING OF RADIO EQUIPMENT TO PLEASURE CRAFT REMAINS ENTIRELY VOLUNTARY UNDER THE NEW REGULATIONS.
+THE MAIN INTENTION IS TO SIMPLIFY LICENSING REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURES FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO INSTALL RADIO EQUIPMENT IN THEIR BOATS, HE SAID.
/PLEASURE CRAFT