MONDAY,
OCTOBER 18, 1976
SHORT FIRE FIGHTING COURSES
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OVER 1,640 STAFF MEMBERS OF PRIVATE FIRMS AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS ATTENDED 85 SHORT FIRE FIGHTING COURSES ORGANISED BY THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT ITS TRAINING SCHOOL AT PAT HEUNG, YUEN LONG, DURING THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR.
MOST OF THE COURSES LASTED FROM ONE TO FIVE DAYS, BUT
A COMPRESSED AIR BREATHING APPARATUS COURSE FOR MEN OF THE PREVENTIVE SERVICE AND THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TOOK TEN DAYS.
THE SHORT COURSES COVER A VARIETY OF SUBJECTS, SUCH AS PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF COMBUSTION, FIRE EXTINGUISHERS, PRACTICAL FIREMANSHIP AND FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT, PLUS A NUMBER OF PRACTICAL PERIODS.
THE TEN-DAY BREATHING APPARATUS COURSE IS MADE UP OF 22 LECTURES AND 48 PRACTICAL PERIODS WITH AN EXAMINATION HELD ON THE LAST DAY.
THE LARGEST GROUP - TRAINING EVENING SCHOOL, FOLLOWED BY HONG KONG PRE-SEA TRAINING
347 - CAME FROM ASSOCIATED VOCATIONAL SCHOOL AND WORLD-WIDE SHIPPING WHICH SENT 250 AND 225 MEN RESPECTIVELY.
OTHER ORGANISATIONS WHICH SENT THEIR STAFF FOR TRAINING
INCLUDED FAR EAST SEA TRAINING EVENING SCHOOL, CROSS HARBOUR TUNNEL, LION ROCK TUNNEL, HOTELS AND FLOATING RESTAURANTS.
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