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THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1993
FIREMEN PRAISED FOR RESCUE WORK
TODAY SIX FIRE PERSONNEL AND AN AMBULANCEMAN WERE
FIRE OF
MR SERVICES, DIRECTOR HIGHLY COMMENDED BY THE CHEK-YUEN, FOR THEIR ROLES IN THE FIRE-FIGHTING AND RESCUE AT AN ELDERLY HOME IN KOWLOON LAST WEEK.
(THURSDAY)
JERRY
LAM OPERATION
AT THE FIRE
SPEAKING AT THE AWARD CEREMONY, MR LAM SAID ALL STAFF SCENE HAD DEMONSTRATED GOOD TEAM WORK IN FIGHTING THE NO.3 ALARM AND SAVING LIVES.
19 MINUTES
HE SAID.
AND
"THEY RESCUED ALL THE TRAPPED PEOPLE WITHIN QUICKLY CONTROLLED THE FIRE WITHIN 38 MINUTES,
"THEIR ACTIONS HAD REDUCED THE NUMBER OF DEATHS, LOSS OF PROPERTY TO THE MINIMUM," HE SAID, ADDING THAT FULLY EXEMPLIFIED THE SPIRIT OF THE 'ELITE'
BRIGADE.
INJURIES AND ALL OF THEM
THE FIRE BROKE OUT ON THE SECOND BUILDING AT 108 BOUNDARY STREET AT 4.34 PM ARRIVED THERE WITHIN FOUR MINUTES AFTER RECEIVING THE CALL.
WAS SUSPECTED
FLOOR OF A
ON JUNE 24.
THREE-STOREY FIREMEN
ARSON
CASE
INVOLVING
то BE AN
IT SINCE COMBUSTIBLE SUBSTANCES, THE FIRE DEVELOPED RAPIDLY.
ΤΟ BE THE
MR LAM POINTED OUT THAT THERE WERE MANY PEOPLE WAITING RESCUED AND THE MEANS OF ESCAPE WERE HEAVILY SMOKE-LOGGED, MAKING RESCUE AND FIRE-FIGHTING WORK MUCH MORE DIFFICULT.
TWO ELDERLY WOMEN DIED WHILE 30 INJURED PEOPLE WERE RESCUED AND SENT TO HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT.
DEPARTMENT'S STATUTORY MR LAM SAID: "IT IS THE FIRE SERVICES
AND OTHER DUTY TO PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTY IN THE EVENT OF FIRE
EFFICIENT AMBULANCE CALAMITIES AND, AT THE SAME TIME, TO PROVIDE AN SERVICE.*
"TO KEEP PACE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMUNITY, EVERY UNIT SERVICE STANDARD AND OF THE DEPARTMENT IS STRIVING TO IMPROVE THE ENHANCE MEMBERS' PROFESSIONALISM,
UNDER
A PERFORMANCE
I HE SAID.
PLEDGE ANNOUNCED
SIX MONTHS AGO, DEPARTMENT HAS UNDERTAKEN TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF ITS SERVICE.
AWARDED THE DIRECTOR'S COMMENDATIONS ARE STATION
LO OFFICER STATION
WAI-WA, PROBATIONAL
KONG SIU-MING AND CHEUNG KAM-TONG, AND KA-WA.
THE
OFFICER HO KIT-HUNG, SENIOR FIREMEN FIREMEN LAI KAM-PUI AND PUN
SENIOR AMBULANCEMAN LAM SHING WAS AWARDED THE FAVOURABLE ENTRY.
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