Fire_Brigade_1953-1954 — Page 7

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FIRE AND OTHER OCCURRENCES

A total of 630 calls were received and responded to by the Brigade during the year under review as against 695 for the preceding year. Classifications of these calls were as

follows:-

Fires:

House

Electrical

104

98

Chimney

64

Cars etc.

9

Oil

52

Grass & Shrubbery

64

Rubbish

20

Ship

13

Aircraft

2

Squatter

50

Miscellaneous

30

506

False Alarms:

With Good Intent

27

Electrical defects

5

Malicious

25

57

Special Services:

Landslides, House Collapse, drown-

ing 'etc.

Total

67

67

630

The estimated monetary loss by fires is $6,507,438.00 (Rate of exchange:

$16=£1).

2. The number of serious fires was not as great as in previous years. I append hereunder brief details of the more

notable fires:

5th July, 1953-Lighter “Kwan Yick 15”. A disastrous fire involving 43 drums (10 tons) of Nitrocellulose film scrap stowed on board the lighter "Kwan

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