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SUNDAY, JULY 7, 1974
VENTILATION SYSTEMS MUST DE INSPECTED REGULARLY
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A SPOKESMAN FOR THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTIENT TODAY REMINDED BUILDING OWNERS OF THE STATUTORY RECUICERENT TO HAVE THEIR VENTILATION SYSTEMS CHECKED THOROUGHLY AT LEAST ONCE EVERY TWELVE KONTHS.
THE REQUIREMENT APPLIES TO ANY SYSTEM CONTAINING DUCTS WHICH PASS THROUGH WALLS, FLOORS OR CEILINGS.
+THE REGULATIONS GOVERNING VENTILATION SYSTEMS ARE DESIGNED TO ENSURE THAT MACHINERY FILTERS AND TRUNKING ME KEPT FREE FROM INHERENT FIRE RISK,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID, AND ALSO TO ENSURE THAT, WHEN A DUCT DOES PASS THROUGH A WALL, FLOOR OR CEILING. THE POINT OF PENETRATION IS PROTECTED DY A FICS RESISTING DAMPER WHICH CLOSES IF THERE IS A FIRE.+ WITHOUT THIS PROTECTION, A FIRE ORIGINATING IN ONE PART OF A BUILDING COULD SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING VIA THE DUCTS,
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT SHOKE WAS ALSO A PARTICULAR HAZARD IN THE EVENT OF A FIRE. +WHERE CONDITICHED AIR CAN PASS, SO CAN SMOKE, UNLESS THE DAMPERS ARE IN GOOD WORKING GODER AND IN POSITION,+ HE POINTED OUT."
+FOR THESE REASONS, IN THE INTERESTS OF FIRE PREVENTION AND FIRE SAFETY, WE URGE OUNERS TO COMPLY WITH THE REGULATIONS,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE REGULATIONS REFERRED TO ARE THE BUILDING CVENTILATION SYSTEM) REGULATIONS AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND URBAN SERVICES ORDINANCE. THE FORMER WAS AMENDED IN 1971, EN RESPONSIBILITY FOR ENSURING THAT A VENTILATION SYSTEM INSTALLATION WAS OPERATING PROPERLY TRANSFERRED FROM THE DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES TO THE OWNER, ALTHOUGH THE FIRE SERVICES STILL CONDUCTS INSPECTIONS TO SEE THAT SYSTEMS ARE ESING MAINTAINED SATISFACTORILY.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID A LIST OF CONTRACTORS QUALIFIED TO CARRY OUT CHECKS ON VENTILATION SYSTEMS AND CERTIFY THAT THE FIRE DAMPERS, AIR FILTERS AND PRECIPITATORS ARE IN EFFICIENT WORKING ORDER IS KEPT IN ALL FIRE STATIONS. THE LIST, CONTAINING THE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF 87 CONTRACTORS IN HONG KONG, KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES, IS AVAILABLE FOR PERUSAL BY THE PUBLIC.
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+IF BUILDING OWNERS ARE IN ANY DOUBT ABOUT THEIR VENTILATION SYSTEM, THE SPOKESMAN SAID, +VE RECOMMEND THEY CONSULT THE LIST TO FIND THEIR NEAREST CONTRACTOR AND DISCUSS THE MATTER WITH HIM.+
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