20
THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1991
QUANTITY
THE CASE INVOLVED THE DEATH OF TWO WORKERS IN A FIRE CAUSED
A LARGE ALIGHT SETTING WELDING WORK SPARKS INFLAMMABLE SUBSTANCES NEARBY.
BY
OF HIGHLY
OF
CHAN
"THE INCIDENT WAS A HARD LESSON ON THE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES
MR INSPECTOR, THE DEPUTY CHIEK NEGLECTING SAFETY,"
TAT-KING, SAID.
HAD
FACTORY
THE
CONTRACTOR
WORKERS
ΤΟ SUBSTANCES,
HAD TAKE
"I
IF AVOIDED **THE TRAGEDY COULD HAVE BEEN
HIS TRAINED SUPERVISED THE WORK PROPERLY AND SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ON THE USE OF CHEMICALS AND DANGEROUS MR CHAN ADDED.
HE STRESSED
THAT UNDER
REQUIRED TO LABEL THE CONTAINERS
WARNING SYMBOLS ON THEM, SAFETY PRECAUTIONS.
TIIK
OF
THE AND STATE THEIR
REGULATIONS,
DANGEROUS
PROPRIETORS
SUBSTANCES,
WERE PUT
RISKS AND THE
APPROPRIATE
OMELCO MEMBERS VISIT FSD
MEMBERS VISITED
LEARN
THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT SIX OMELCO HEADQUARTERS IN TSIM SHA TSUI EAST THIS (THURSDAY) AFTERNOON TO MORE ABOUT THE FUNCTIONS AND OPERATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT.
ORGANISED BY THE OMELCO BETTER UNDERSTANDING
THIS WAS PART OF A SERIES OF VISITS OFFICE FOR ITS MEMBERS TO ENABLE THEM TO HAVE A OF THE OPERATIONS OF VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS.
CHAN MR
YING-LUN, MR POON
THE NEMBERS WERE DR HENRIETTA IP, CHI-FAI, MR TAM YIU-CHUNG, MR EDWARD HO AND MR KINGSLEY SIT.
SERVICES, MR OFFICER
THEY WERF MET ON ARRIVAL BY THE DIRECTOR OF FIRE JOHN MARCH; DEPUTY DIRECTOR, MR LAM CHEK-YUEN; AND CHIEF FIRE (HEADQUARTERS), MR PETER CHEUNG.
THE MEMBERS FIRST ATTENDED A BRIEFING AND WATCHED A SLIDE INTRODUCING THE DEPARTMENT.
THE
SHOW
FIRE SERVICES
MEMBERS, NON-UNIFORMED
SIX FIRE BOATS
AND
TO
AND
UNI FORMED SERVICE HAS OVER 7,000
ABOUT 700 AMBULANCE STAFF, SUPPORTED BY OPERTATE 64 FIRE STATIONS, 24 AMBULANCE DEPOTS, THE AIRPORT FIRE CONTINGENT AT THE AIRPORT.
THE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO 23,299 FIRE CALLS IN 1990.
SERVICES
IN A
TOLD THAT WIDE
THE
RANGE
OF
APART FROM FIGHTING FIRES, OMELCO MEMBERS WERE
ALSO SERVICE
PROVIDES SITUATIONS WHERE LIFF
EMERGENCY
IS IN PERIL.
/THE TOTAL