Fire_Brigade_1954-1955 — Page 7

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FIRE AND OTHER OCCURRENCES

A total of 971 calls were received and responded to by the Fire Brigade during the year under review as against 630 for the preceding year. Classifications of these calls were as follows:

Fires:

Houses Electrical

331

109

Chimney

46

Cars etc.

22

Grass & Shrubbery

151

Ships

16

Squatter

32

Miscellaneous

157

864

False Alarm:

With Good Intent Malicious

24

6

30

894

Special Services:

Landslides, House Collapse, Drown-

ing etc

77

77

Total

971

The estimated monetary loss by fires is $13,581,977.00 (Rate of exchange: $16=£1).

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The number of serious fires showed a slight decrease; details of the more notable ones are appended below:

12th May, 1954-No. 211 Tai Nam Street, Kowloon. A fire

occurred at the above premises in the early hours of the 12th May, 1954 and it is with deep regret that I record that one of the Brigade's capable officers, Sub Officer Chung Chung Pak, lost his life in the execution of his duties at this fire. After the fire had been extinguished Divisional Officer V. C. Seymour who was in charge of the fire fighting

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