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MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1975.

MORE DANGEROUS GOODS LORRIES INSPECTED

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ANOTHER 68 VEHICLES USED FOR CARRYING FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS AND COMPRESSED GASES WERE INSPECTED LAST MONTH BY OFFICERS OF THE FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU IN CONNECTION WITH THE DANGEROUS GOODS VEHICLE LICENSING SCHEME INTRODUCED ON APRIL 1 THIS YEAR.

THIS BRINGS TO 224 THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES INSPECTED SO FAR. OLDER LORRIES ARE BEING CALLED FORWARD FIRST FOR INSPECTION.

DURING SEPTEMBER, THE BUREAU CARRIED OUT A TOTAL OF 14,015 INSPECTIONS, COMPARED WITH 12,606 THE PREVIOUS MONTH. THERE WERE 6,217 INSPECTIONS RELATED TO COMPLAINTS ABOUT MEANS OF ESCAPE, ABOUT 700 MORE THAN THE PREVIOUS MONTH. AND THE FIGUREOF FACTORY INSPECTIONS 3,348 WAS 500 UP ON AUGUST.

GENERAL COMPLAINTS INVESTIGATED TOTALLED 1,259

AND THERE WERE 867 ROUTINE INSPECTIONS OF MEANS OF ESCAPE TO ENSURE THEY WERE FREE OF OBSTRUCTIONS. THERE WERE 854 INSPECTIONS OF PREMISES USED FOR STORING OR MANUFACTURING DANGEROUS GOODS, 346 INSPECTIONS OF FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT INSTALLED IN RESIDENTIAL AND INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS AND 391 SCHOOL INSPECTIONS.

BUREAU EXPERTS ALSO INVESTIGATED SEVEN FIRES.

OTHER INSPECTIONS INCLUDED RESTAURANTS AND NIGHTCLUBS

(261), VENTILATION SYSTEMS (256), PLACES OF PUBLIC ASSEMBLY (83), TIMBER YARDS AND STORAGE (40), NEON SIGNS (3) AND MISCELLANEOUS (15).

A TOTAL OF 575 NEW BUILDING PLANS WERE SUBMITTED TO THE BUREAU FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE MEANS OF ESCAPE AND THE INSTALLATION OF FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT, DANGEROUS GOODS AND TIMBER STORE LICENCES ISSUED AND RENEWED TOTALLED 338.

THE NUMBER OF FIRE HAZARD ABATEMENT NOTICES ISSUED WAS 376, AND THERE WERE 66 PROSECUTIONS RESULTING FROM FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THESE NOTICES, LEADING TO FINES AMOUNTING TO $21,700.

DURING THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF 1975, THE BUREAU HAS CARRIED OUT A TOTAL OF 119,713 INSPECTIONS, OR AN AVERAGE OF 13,300 EACH MONTH. REVENUE COLLECTED FROM 682 PROSECUTIONS AMOUNTED TO $271,785.

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