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"THIS EQUIPMENT IS AMONG THE MOST AVAILABLE, HE SAID.
ADVANCED OF ITS TYPE
HE NOTED THAT EQUIPMENT CAPABLE OF GOING HIGHER THAN 50 METRES WAS BEING DEVELOPED BY A MANUFACTURER OVERSEAS.
"THE DEPARTMENT WILL KEEP ABREAST OF EVALUATE THE PERFORMANCE OF NEW EQUIPMENT AS HE SAID.
DEVELOPMENTS AND WILL IT BECOMES AVAILABLE,
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"IN PARTICULAR THE DEPARTMENT WILL NEED TO BE SATISFIED THAT EVEN LONGER EQUIPMENT WILL NOT INVOLVE TOO MANY TECHNICAL PROBLEMS."
HOWEVER, MR JEAFFRESON SAID THAT THE DEVELOPMENT OF "AERIAL EQUIPMENT" COULD NOT BE EXPECTED EVER TO MATCH THE HEIGHT OF HIGH RISE DEVELOPMENT.
FOR THIS REASON, THE APPROACH THAT FIRE SERVICES ADOPTED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD WAS, ABOVE THE APPROPRIATE HEIGHT, TO RELY ON ENHANCED BUILT-IN FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS, HE SAID.
THE FIRK SERVICES DEPARTMENT EXAMINED PLANS FOR ALL NEW BUILDINGS TO ENSURE THAT APPROPRIATE ANTI-FIRE INSTALLATIONS WERE INCLUDED.
DEPENDING ON WHAT THE BUILDING WAS ΤΟ BE USED FOR, THE DEPARTMENT MIGHT REQUIRE IT TO HAVE ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING:
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FIRE HYDRANT HOSE REEL; AUTOMATIC WET SPRINKLER SYSTEM; SMOKE HEAT DETECTORS; SMOKE EXTRACTION SYSTEM; PRESSURISATION OF STAIRCASES; FIREMEN'S LIFTS; EMERGENCY GENERATORS; OR HALON GAS FLOODING SYSTEM.
IN ADDITION, MR JEAFFRESON STATED THAT AN OCCUPATION PERMIT FOR A BUILDING WOULD NOT BE GRANTED UNTIL THE PRESCRIBED EQUIPMENT HAD BEEN INSTALLED.
"THEREAFTER A REGISTERED CONTRACTOR MUST INSPECT THE EQUIPMENT EACH YEAR AND CERTIFY TO THE DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES THAT IT IS IN GOOD WORKING ORDER, HE EXPLAINED.
"IF A FIRE TAKES PLACE IN THE UPPER FLOORS BEFORE A BUILDING IS COMPLETED AND BEFORE THE ANTI-FIRE EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN INSTALLET, TO REACH THE FLOORS ABOVE THE 15TH FLOOR THE DEPARTMENT WOULD HAVE TO LAY HOSES IN ORDER TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE.
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AS REGARDS THE REAR BLOCKS OF DEVELOPMENTS, MR JEAFFRESON SAID THEY MUST BE SO PLANNED THAT FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT EQUIPMENT COULD GET WITHIN 30 METRES OF DOMESTIC BLOCKS AND RIGHT UP 70 INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BLOCKS.
/MR JEAFFRESON