# K 44
REPORT BY SUPERINTENDENT, HONG KONG FIRE BRIGADE.
CALLS TO FIRES.
The number of calls received during the year totalled 170; 104 to fires, 31 to chimney fires, 29 false alarms, 5 to collapses or landslides, and 1 to a rescue from sewer.
IV.
There were 6 serious fires, details of which appear in Table IV.
Compared with the previous year (1925) there is a decrease of 10 calls.
Of the false alarms; 5 were maliciously given, 12 were due to electrical faults, while 12 were given with good intent.
LIVES LOST; PERSONS INJURED; PERSONS RESCUED.
Five persons lost their lives or received such injuries that they subsequently succumbed.
Two persons received minor injuries from which they recovered.
One person was rescued by means of Brigade appliances.
Eleven persons were extricated alive by the Brigade from collapses and landslides, while 6 corpses were recovered.
PERSON KILLED WHILE GIVING ASSISTANCE.
Able Seaman E.E. Batchelor of H.M.S. Hawkins was accidentally killed while assisting the Brigade at the Hong Kong Hotel fire on the 1st January 1926.
STAFF INJURED IN THE EXECUTION OF DUTY.
Injuries received by members in the execution of duty are summarised as follows:-
Injuries to head and face 1
hands and arms 19
body 3
feet and legs 2
HEALTH OF STAFF.
During the year there were 157 cases of illness mostly due to beri-beri and malaria.
- K 44
REPORT BY SUPERINTENDENT, HONG KONG FIRE BRIGADE.
CALLS TO FIRES.
The number of calls, received during the year totalled 170; 104 to fires, 31 to chimney fires, 29 false alarms, 5 to collapses or landslides, and 1 to a rescue from sewer.
IV.
There were 6 serious fires, details of which appear in Table
Compared with the previous year (1925) there is a decrease of 10 calls.
Of the false alarms; 5 were maliciously given, 12 were due to electrical faults, while 12 were given with good intent.
LIVES LOST; PERSONS INJURED; PERSONS RESCUED.
Five persons lost their lives or received such injuries that they subsequently succumbed.
Two persons received minor injuries from which they recovered.
One person was rescued by means of Brigade appliances.
Eleven persons were extricated alive by the Brigade from collapses and landslides, while 6 corpses were recovered.
PERSON KILLED WHILE GIVING ASSISTANCE.
Able Seaman E.E. Batchelor of H.M.S. Hawkins was accidentally killed while assisting the Brigade at the Hong Kong Hotel fire on the 1st January 1926.
STAFF INJURED IN THE EXECUTION OF DUTY.
Injuries received by members in the execution of duty are summarised as follows:-
Injuries to head and face
J
hands and arms
19
body
feet and legs
1
$
3
2
HEALTH OF STAFF.
During the year there were 157 cases of illness mostly duc to beri-beri and malaria.
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