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17. The four diesel high performance fire engines, and the twenty trailer fire pumps ordered in connexion with Civil Measures for Defence scheme, arrived in the Colony and were placed in commission during the year under review. The pumping capacities of these appliances are 1,000 and 500/600 gallons per minute respectively.
18. The 100-feet all-steel turntable ladder ordered in 1949 also arrived in the Colony but, on account of slight mechanical defects, both in the engine and in the ladder, were not put into commission during the year under review.
FIRE BOATS
19. The three fire boats operated by the Fire Brigade were regularly slipped, overhauled and maintained by the Marine Department. One is normally moored at the King Shan Wharf in Hong Kong, one at the Public Square Street Pier at Yaumati, and one at Aberdeen.
20. The small landing craft type vessel converted into a fire fighting unit and stationed at Aberdeen harbour was replaced by a properly constructed fire boat during the year.
21. A new and powerful sea-going fire boat was at the end of the year still under construction in Hong Kong & Whampoa Docks, the delivery of certain essential mechanical parts having been delayed. Plans of the boat were drawn up by the Marine Department with the co-operation of this Department.
FIRE ALARM SYSTEM
22. The maintenance of the 100 point "A.T.M." close circuit non-interference Fire Alarm System manufactured by the Automatic Telephone & Electric Co., Ltd., of London was carried out by the Hong Kong Telephone Co., Ltd., at the expense of the Government. A similar net-work will be brought
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