Saturday, November 3, 1973
RIGOROUS TRAINING FOR FIRE FIGHTERS
More than 1,100 officers and firemen have completed six-month
initial training courses at the Fire Services Training School at Pat Heung
since its opening five years ago.
According to a Fire Services spokesman, emphasis is put on tough
physical training, which has become more and more important in the face
of fast development of multi-storey buildings. Lectures are also given
on many subjects including organisation and administration, building
construction, electricity, fire prevention, chemistry, physics, and hydraulics.
Then operational availability permits,experienced officers from
various Fire commands are invited to give talks to the trainees, so that
they may learn from their experiences and benefit from the knowledge mined.
On completion of this training programe, the probationary
officers and firenen are posted to various fire stations, ready to apply the
theoretical knowledge and training to the situations they will encounter
during their day-to-day operational duties.
Besides these initial training courses, the school runs many
other shorter and more specialised courses to train men in the use of
sophisticated equipment. These include breathing apparatus, operating
driving-pumps, helicoptor winches and first aid courses, To date, more
than 290 such short courses had been organised for firemen of various ranks.
Refresher courses are run for serving firemen to keep their
professional knowledge abreast with the latest techniques in modern fire
fighting. A total of 448 serving firemen have attended such courses during
the past five years.
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