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As far as the equipment of the Fire Services
Department is concerned, the highest aerial equipment
# the department now has in use is three 50m turntable
ladders which can reach to about the 15th floor of a
building. This equipment is among the most advanced of
its type available (its equivalent used by fire services
in London and New York is 30m in length). Equipment
capable of going higher than 50m is being developed by a
manufacturer overseas. The Department will keep abreast
of developments and will evaluate the performance of new
equipment as it becomes available. In particular the
Department will need to be satisfied that even longer
equipment will not involve too many technical problems.
They have had technical difficulties with the present
equipment.
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The development of aerial equipment cannot be
expected ever to match the height of high rise
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development. For this reason, the approach fire
services adopt throughout the world is above the
appropriate height to rely on enhanced built-in fire
protection systems. The Hong Kong Fire Services
Department examines plans for all new buildings to
ensure that appropriate anti-fire installations are
included.
Depending on what the building is to be used
or, the Department may require it to have one or more of
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