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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1988

DETAILS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

SATURDAY (DECEMBER 10)

SUNDAY (DECEMBER 11)

SATURDAY (DECEMBER 17)

SUNDAY (DECEMBER 18)

CUSTOMS AND EXCISE DEPARTMENT

FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT

ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE

AUXILIARY SERVICES (INCLUDING

CIVIL AID SERVICES, ROYAL HONG KONG REGIMENT (THE VOLUNTEERS), ROYAL HONG KONG AUXILIARY AIR FORCE, AND AUXILIARY MEDICAL SERVICES)

ADVANCED EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT ON DISPLAY

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A DEMONSTRATION AND DISPLAY OF SOME OF THE WORLD'S MOST ADVANCED EQUIPMENT AND APPLIANCES IN DEALING WITH FIRES AND OTHER EMERGENCIES WILL BE STAGED BY THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT EDINBURGH PLACE IN CENTRAL ON SUNDAY (DECEMBER 11).

AS PART OF ACTIVITIES RELATING ΤΟ THE CAREERS EXHIBITION ORGANISED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT, THE DISPLAY, TO BE HELD FROM 10 AM TO 5 PM, IS INTENDED TO INTRODUCE THE WORK OF THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO THE PUBLIC.

DEMONSTRATIONS WILL INCLUDE LEAPING FROM A HEIGHT ONTO AN AIR-FILLED RESCUE CUSHION, RESCUING INJURED PEOPLE USING TURNTABLE LADDERS, AND RESCUING PROPLE TRAPPED INSIDE A VEHICLE WITH THE USE ADVANCED CUTTING EQUIPMENT.

OF

VISITORS WILL ALSO BE ABLE ΤΟ INSPECT A WEST-GERMAN-MADE 50-METRE TURNTABLE LADDER, AND TO BOARD THE FIREBOAT ALEXANDER GRANTHAM AT QUEEN'S PIER TO SEE ITS FIRE FIGHTING INSTALLATIONS.

OTHER APPLIANCES ON DISPLAY WILL INCLUDE A HYDRAULIC AN AMBULANCE, AMBULANCE AID MOTORCYCLE, MOBILE CASUALTY CENTRE, AND A MOBILE COMMAND UNIT.

PLATFORM, TREATMENT

INCLUDING

EQUIPMENT USED IN DEALING WITH VARIOUS EMERGENCIES, LANDSLIDES, TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, HOUSE COLLAPSES AND MOUNTAIN RESCUES, WILL ALSO BE DISPLAYED.

THE SHOW WILL FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHS DEPICTING THE HISTORY OF FIRE SERVICES, NOTABLE FIRES AND FIRE FIGHTING AT SEA, FROM THE AND ON LAND.

THE

AIR

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