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6. All vehicles and fire floats were satisfactorily overhauled during the year. All appliances and equipment were examined and tested every month.
7. The number of Pedestal and Ball hydrants were increased by 25 and 2 respectively during the year: the total number of hydrants now being 1,385 viz:—
Pedestal hydrants Hong Kong (including Peak) Kowloon 173 132 Ball hydrants:- Hong Kong (including Peak) Kowloon (including New Territories) 698 382 Total 1,385The above were regularly inspected every quarter.
FIRES, LOSS OF LIFE AND RESCUE.
8. Fatalities at fires amounted to forty-nine in all. Forty-one lost their lives as a result of the disastrous Gasometer fire which occurred in May. One person was burned to death as a result of a fire which occurred in a biscuit factory in Shum Shui Po. One person died from burns received from the igniting of 100 lbs. of fireworks he was drying with the aid of a charcoal fire. One person was suffocated by the smoke from a comparatively small fire which occurred on a junk. Five persons lost their lives in three other fires which occurred in old type tenement houses where their only means of escape by a wooden staircase was cut off by the fire.
9. Five persons lost their lives as a result of collapses and landslides.
10. One person, aged 85 years, was rescued from a fire in Shum Shui Po and six persons were extricated alive from landslides and collapses.
CALLS.
11. The number of calls received during the year totalled 195; actual fires 152, chimney fires 14, collapses 4, landslides 3 and false alarms 22. Compared with the previous year (1933) there was a decrease of fifteen calls. Thirty-four were received by fire alarms, one hundred and forty-two by telephone, four from Police and fifteen from messengers.
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6. All vehicles and fire floats were satisfactorily overhauled during the year. All appliances and equipment were examined and tested every month.
7. The number of Pedestal and Ball hydrants were increased by 25 and 2 respectively during the year: the total number of hydrants now being 1,385 viz:—
Pedestal hydrants
Hong Kong (including Peak)
Kowloon
173
132
Ball hydrants:-
Hong Kong (including Peak)
698
Kowloon (including New Territories)
382
Total
1,385
The above were regularly inspected every quarter.
FIRES, LOSS OF LIFE AND RESCUE.
8. Fatalities at fires amounted to forty-nine in all. Forty- one lost their lives as a result of the disastrous Gasometer fire which occurred in May. One person was burned to death as a result of a fire which occurred in a biscuit factory in Shum Shui Po. One person died from burns received from the igniting of 100 lbs. of fireworks he was drying with the aid of a charcoal fire. One person was suffocated by the smoke from a com- paratively small fire which occurred on a junk. Five persons lost their lives in three other fires which occurred in old type tenement houses where their only means of escape by a wooden staircase was cut off by the fire.
9. Five persons lost their lives as a result of collapses and landslides.
10. One person, aged 85 years, was rescued from a fire in Shum Shui Po and six persons were extricated alive from landslides and collapses.
CALLS.
11. The number of calls received during the year totalled 195; actual fires 152, chimney fires 14, collapses 4, landslides 3 and false alarms 22. Compared with the previous year (1933) there was a decrease of fifteen calls. Thirty-four were received by fire alarms, one hundred and forty-two by telephone, four from Police and fifteen from messengers.
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