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FIRE SERVICES ORDINANCE. (Chapter 95).

DUTIES OF THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT

NOTICE 1969.

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 7 of the Fire Services Ordinance, the Governor has given the following direc- tions-

1. This Notice may be cited as the Duties of the Fire Services Department Notice 1969.

2. The duties of the Fire Services Department shall be, în addition to the duties prescribed in paragraphs (a) and (b) of sec- tion 7 of the Ordinance, to take lawful measures-

(a) to secure the safety of persons who appear to need

prompt or immediate medical attention;

(b) to resuscitate or sustain the life of any such person: (c) to reduce the suffering or distress of any such person; to convey with the minimum of delay any such person to a hospital or other place where medical attention and treatment is available for such person;

(e) to convey, in co-operation with officers of a hospital or other medical authority, any patient to or from any hospital or medical clinic to or from any other place;

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(f)

to administer care and attention to any person conveyed in a vehicle owned or operated by the Fire Services Department; and

(g) to take such other action as is necessary to carry out the duties specified in this notice and matters connected with the duties of the Fire Services Department pre- scribed in section 7 of the Ordinance.

Citation.

Duties of the Fire Services Department

23rd July 1969.

By Command,

Morgen

Amman bater

Colonial Secretary,