APPLIANCES AND EQUIPMENT
18. All fire appliances and equipment were overhauled, tested regularly and maintained in efficient and good working order all the time by the mechanical staff of the Brigade.
19. An order for the supply of an "Onslow" Fire Appliance has been placed with Messrs. Dennis Brothers, Ltd., England. Delivery is expected by the middle of 1953. The engine is intended for use in the Peak district and other congested areas inaccessible to larger appliances because of the narrowness of the roads and the number of sharp bends.
FIRE BOATS
20. The new and powerful sea-going fire boat bearing the name of His Excellency the Governor, "Alexander Grantham", was launched by Lady Grantham on the 22nd December, 1952. The fire boat is now undergoing internal fitting and is expected to be in service in the very near future.
21. The three fire boats under the command of the Brigade were regularly slipped, overhauled and maintained by the Marine Department.
STATIONS
22. The new Tsun Wan Sub-Fire Station was completed and officially opened on the 30th April, 1952. This station is equipped with a trailer pump, a towing unit and ancilliary equipment and is manned by a staff consisting of 2 Leading Firemen, 2 Fireman Drivers and 6 Firemen,
23. The Brigade vacated the fire station at Nathan Road, Kowloon and occupied a new and modern station at the junction of Prince Edward and Tong Mi Roads on the 13th February, 1958. The old station, which was a requisitioned building, was returned to the owner through the Quartering Authority.
24. A proposal for the erection of a Sub-Fire Station in the North Point area has been put forward and provisionally approved. An ideal site on the reclamation area at King's
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