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A new Motor Ambulance, to replace one worn out, was ordered during the year and will be supplied early in 1936.
6. All vehicles and fire floats were satisfactorily overhauled during the year. All appliances and equipment were examined and tested every month.
7. The numbers of both Pedestal and Underground hydrants were increased by 28 in each case during the year; the total number of hydrants now being 1,441 viz:-
Pedestal hydrants:- Hong Kong (including Peak) Kowloon 187 Underground hydrants:- Hong Kong (including Peak) Kowloon (including New Territories) 146 392 Total 716 1,441All were regularly inspected every quarter.
FIRES, LOSS OF LIFE AND RESCUE.
One
8. Fatalities at fires amounted to twelve in all. One woman lost her life as a result of jumping into the street at a fire in Belcher Street, Kennedy Town, on the 25th February. Ten persons lost their lives as a result of the disastrous fire which occurred on a cargo junk laden with petrol and oil in Tsun Wan Bay, New Territories, on the 11th May. One man was burned to death before the arrival of the Brigade at a fire in a paper-dyeing factory in Mong Kok on the 19th August.
9. One man lost his life as a result of a landslide on 16th July at Government Quarry, Tsat Tse Mui.
10. Five persons were rescued from a fire in Belcher Street, Kennedy Town, on the 25th February while one person was extricated alive from a landslide which occurred in Quarry Bay on the 16th July.
CALLS.
11. The number of calls received during the year totalled 139; actual fires 97, chimney fires 26, collapses 2, and false alarms 14. Compared with the previous year (1934) there was a decrease of 56 calls. Twenty-eight were received by fire alarms, ninety-two by telephone, seven from Police and twelve from messengers.
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A new Motor Ambulance, to replace one worn out, was ordered during the year and will be supplied early in 1936.
6. All vehicles and fire floats were satisfactorily overhauled during the year. All appliances and equipment were examined and tested every month.
7. The numbers of both Pedestal and Underground hydrants were increased by 28 in each case during the year; the total number of hydrants now being 1,441 viz:-
Pedestal hydrants":—
Hong Kong (including Peak) Kowloon
Underground hydrants:-
Hong Kong (including Peak)
Kowloon (including New Territories)
Total
All were regularly inspected every quarter.
FIRES, LOSS OF LIFE AND RESCUE.
187
146
716
392
1,441
One
8. Fatalities at fires amounted to twelve in all. woman lost her life as a result of jumping into the street at a fire in Belcher Street, Kennedy Town, on the 25th February. Ten persons lost their lives as a result of the disastrous fire which occurred on a cargo junk laden with petrol and oil in Tsun Wan Bay, New Territories, on the 11th May. One man was burned to death before the arrival of the Brigade at a fire in a paper-dyeing factory in Mong Kok on the 19th August.
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9. One man lost his life as a result of a landslide on 16th July at Government Quarry, Tsat Tse Mui.
10. Five persons were rescued from a fire in Belcher Street, Kennedy Town, on the 25th February while one person was extricated alive from a landslide which occurred in Quarry Bay on the 16th July.
CALLS.
11. The number of calls received during the year totalled 139; actual fires 97, chimney fires 26, collapses 2, and false alarms 14. Compared with the previous year (1984) there was a decrease of 56 calls. Twenty-eight were received by fire alarms, ninety-two by telephone, seven from Police and twelve from messengers.
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