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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1978

KEEP BATHROOMS PROPERLY VENTILATED

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THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT TODAY REMINDED THE PUBLIC OF THE NEED TO MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT VENTILATION IN BATHROOMS WHEN USING WATER HEATERS BURNING GAS FUEL.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE FIRE SERVICES MADE THE APPEAL WITH THE ADVENT OF COOL WEATHER WHEN MORE PEOPLE USE HOT WATER FOR BATHING.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID: +DESPITE REPEATED WARNINGS, ACCIDENTS STILL OCCUR EACH YEAR AS A RESULT OF PEOPLE USING WATER HEATERS IN BATHROOMS WITHOUT PROPER REGARD TO VENTILATION,

+THESE ACCIDENTS ARE FATAL AT TIMES BECAUSE THE VICTIMS

MAY DIE FROM SUFFOCATION.+

HE NOTED THAT THESE MISHAPS OFTEN OCCUR IN OLDER BUILDINGS WHICH HAVE NO PROPER VENTILATION FOR SUCH EQUIPMENT OR IN POORLY VENTILATED CUBICLES WHERE GAS HEATERS ARE INSTALLED.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID GOOD AIR FLOW IN A ROOM WHERE A HEATER

IS IN USE CAN BE MAINTAINED BY KEEPING A WINDOW OR DOOR OPEN

OR BY INSTALLING A DOOR LOUVRE OR VENTILATION CHUTE.

+GAS APPLIANCES SHOULD ALSO BE PROPERLY MAINTAINED, HE ADDED.

FIRE SERVICES DIRECTOR TO ATTEND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN SINGAPORE ****

THE DIRECTOR OF FIRE SERVICES, MR. FRED WATSON, WILL LEAVE FOR SINGAPORE TOMORROW (SUNDAY) EVENING TO ATTEND THE 10TH GENERAL CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE CHIEFS' ASSOCIATION OF ASIA.

THE THREE-DAY CONFERENCE BEGINS ON MONDAY,

THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION AIMS TO CREATE AND MAINTAIN INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY RELATIONS AMONG FIRE CHIEFS IN ASIA, TO PROMOTE THE STUDY OF TECHNIQUE AND MEASURES FOR PROTECTING LIFE AND PROPERTY FROM FIRE AND DISASTER AS WELL AS TO EXCHANGE KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION ON THE FIRE SERVICE AND THUS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FIRE SERVICES IN ASIA.

MR. WATSON WILL RETURN TO HONG KONG ON WEDNESDAY (NOVEMBER 8) EVENING.