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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1974

13,508 FIRE INSPECTIONS MADE LAST MONTH

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THE FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU CARRIED OUT 13,508 INSPECTIONS DURING AUGUST, BRINGING THE TOTAL SO FAR THIS YEAR TO 123,594.

AS USUAL, THE LARGEST NUMBER OF INSPECTIONS RELATED TO COMPLAINTS ABOUT MEANS OF ESCAPE (4,112), FOLLOWED BY INSPECTIONS OF FACTORIES AND OTHER INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (4,098). A TOTAL OF 884 GENERAL COMPLAINTS WERE LOOKED INTO AND THERE WERE 658 INSPECTIONS CONNECTED WITH DANGEROUS GOODS. APPROXIMATELY 80 PLACES OF PUBLIC ASSEMBLY WERE VISITED.

VISITS WERE MADE TO 608 SCHOOLS AND 250 RESTAURANTS AND NIGHTCLUBS. INSPECTIONS OF VENTILATION SYSTEMS IN BUILDINGS AND INDUSTRY TOTALLED 936.

SIX HUNDRED FIRE HAZARD ABATEMENT NOTICES WERE ISSUED AND 86 PROSECUTIONS TAKEN OUT, RESULTING IN FINES AMOUNTING TO $32,390 BEING IMPOSED. THE BUREAU EVEN FOUND TIME TO GIVE 19 LECTURES DURING THE MONTH.

DURING THE FIRST EIGHT MONTHS OF 1974, 875 PROSECUTIONS WERE. UNDERTAKEN BY THE BUREAU, WITH FINES TOTALLING $360,000 BEING IMPOSED.

WATER SITUATION REPORT

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THE TOTAL WATER STORAGE IN ALL RESERVOIRS AS AT 9 A.M. TODAY (SATURDAY) STOOD AT 36,140 MILLION GALLONS, REPRESENTING 53.7 PER CENT OF THE FULL CAPACITY OF 67,300 MILLION GALLONS. AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR THERE WERE 66,412 MILLION GALLONS IN STORE.

THIS MORNING'S STORAGE AT PLOVER COVE WAS 27,729 MILLION GALLONS, COMPARED WITH 50.533 MILLION GALLONS ON THE SAME DAY LAST YEAR. PLOVER COVE'S PRESENT STORAGE REPRESENTS 54.9 PER CENT OF ITS FULL CAPACITY OF 50,500 MILLION GALLONS.

0.9 MM (0.04 IND OF RAINFALL WAS RECORDED AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS ENDING AT 9 A.M. TODAY. TOTAL RAINFALL RECORDED SO FAR THIS YEAR IS 1,366.6 MM (53.8 IN).

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THE MEAN AVERAGE RAINFALL SINCE JANUARY 1 STANDS AT 1,917.0 MM (75.47 IN), REPRESENTING A SHORTFALL OF 28.7 PER CENT.

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