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We have sufficient equipment to detect gases commonly found and used in Hong Kong. The Fire Services Department has contingency plans to deal with gas leakage incidents. These plans have been developed in consultation with concerned parties including the Police, the Mass Transit Railway Corporation, the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation, Environmental
Environmental Protection Department and the Government Chemist. The contingency measures involve :
( cordoning off the affected area and its nearby vicinity;
(ii)
evacuating all people in the affected area and the vicinity;
(iii)
rescue of casualties, if any, and convey them to hospital for immediate medical treatment;
(iv)
locating the source of discharge and identify the type of
gas; and
(v)
with the assistance of the utilities companies or the advice of other government authorities, stopping the discharge of gas by cutting off the supply or sealing up the gas container and removing it for proper disposal.