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THREE FIREMEN COMMENDED FOR SAVING LIFE
THREE OFFICERS FROM THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT WERE TODAY (TUESDAY) COMMENDED FOR THEIR EXEMPLARY
IN RESCUING A MAN WHO ATTEMPTED TO JUMP FROM A BUILDING IN SHEUNG WAN LAST YEAR.
PERFORMANCES
THE CHIEF FIRE OFFICER (HONG KONG), MR CHAN HOI, PRESENTED COMMENDATIONS TO SENIOR STATION OFFICER LIU TZE-LEUNG, PRINCIPAL FIREMAN NG SEK-JONG AND SENIOR FIREMAN YIP SIU-KEUNG AT THE SHEUNG WAN FIRE STATION.
LIU WAS COMMENDED FOR HIS EXEMPLARY LEADERSHIP, INITIATIVE AND JUDGEMENT WHICH LED TO THE SUCCESSFUL RESCUE OF THE MAN.
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NG WAS COMMENDED FOR HIS EXEMPLARY LEADERSHIP PROMPT ACTION AND DEVOTION TO DUTY WHILE YIP WAS COMMENDED FOR HIS RESOURCEFULNESS, BRAVERY, PROMPT ACTION AND PROFESSIONAL SKILL IN THE RESCUE OPERATION.
THE INCIDENT OCCURRED ABOUT 9.30 PM ON DECEMBER 26 LAST YEAR AT A BUILDING AT PO HING FONG, SHEUNG WAN.
WAS STANDING
ON ARRIVAL, THE OFFICERS FOUND THAT A MAN
ON A CANOPY ON THE 10TH FLOOR AND WAS THREATENING ΤΟ JUMP. THERE WAS ANOTHER MAN TRYING TO STOP HIM BY GRASPING HIS COLLAR.
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THE SITUATION WAS DIFFICULT AS THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH SPACE ON THE GROUND LEVEL TO INFLATE THE "ESSER" RESCUE CUSHION OR
OPEN A
JUMPING SHEET.
ON APPROACHING THE MAN, LIU TOLD NG TO GET HOLD ARM WHILE YIP CLIMBED OUT THE WINDOW TO TIE A RESCUE MAN'S WAIST PREVENTING HIM FROM FALLING.
OF THE MAN'S LINE ROUND THE
/THE OFFICERS
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