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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1975.
MORE DANGEROUS GOODS VEHICLES INSPECTED
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THE FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU OF THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT LAST MONTH INSPECTED 124 VEHICLES USED TO CARRY INFLAMMABLE LIQUIDS AND COMPRESSED GASES.
THIS BRINGS TO 460, THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES WHICH HAVE UNDERGONE INSPECTION SINCE APRIL THIS YEAR WHEN NEW REGULATIONS INVOLVING ANNUAL LICENSING OF SUCH VEHICLES WERE INTRODUCED.
DURING NOVEMBER, A TOTAL OF 7,149 COMPLAINTS WAS INVESTIGATED, OF WHICH 5,925 RELATED TO COMPLAINTS ABOUT MEANS OF ESCAPE. INSPECTIONS ON MEANS OF ESCAPE NOT ARISING FROM COMPLAINTS NUMBERED 907.
THERE WERE 2,652 INSPECTIONS ON FACTORIES AND OTHER INDUSTRIAL PREMISĖS, 601 ON PREMISES USED FOR STORING OR MANUFACTURING DANGEROUS GOODS, AND 313 ON BUILDING VENTILATION SYSTEMS.
OTHER INSPECTIONS INCLUDED: SCHOOLS (232), FIRE SERVICE INSTALLATIONS (310), RESTAURANTS AND NIGHTCLUBS (260), PLACES OF PUBLIC ASSEMBLY (113), NEON SIGNS (5), TIMBER YARDS AND STORAGE (16) AND HISCELLANEOUS (142).
ELEVEN FIRES WERE INVESTIGATED BY OFFICERS FROM THE BUREAU. IN ADDITION, 496 PLANS FOX NEW DUILDING PROJECTS SUBMITTED TO THE BUREAU FOR PROCESSING WERE FINALISED- 608 FIRE HAZARD ABATERENT NOTICES WERE ISSUED AND 79 PROSECUTIONS WERE TAKEN OUT FOR VERIOUS OFFENCES RESULTING IN THE IMPOSITION OF FINES ALOUNTING TO OVER $23,500.
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