Fire_Brigade_1955-1956 — Page 7

FIRES AND OTHER OCCURRENCES

The Fire Brigade responded to a total of 1,117 calls during the year under review as against 971 for the preceding year. These calls are classified as follows:-

1.

Fires:

Buildings

509

Electrical

141

Chimneys

43

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Motor Vehicles

42

Grass & Shrubbery

90

Ships

18

Squatter areas

27

Miscellaneous

31

901

False Alarms:

With Good Intent

28

Malicious

82

110

1,011

Special Services:

Landslides, House Collapse,

Drowning etc.

106

106

Total

1,117

The estimate of monetary loss by fires is $2,235,250.10. A Graph showing the number of fire calls attended and estimated monetary losses by fire from 1st April, 1955 to 31st March, 1956 appears in Appendix I.

2.

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

14th Apr., 1955-A 2-storey building in the squatter area at Li Cheng Uk Village caught fire when a tin of kerosene was knocked over and came in contact with a lighted chatty. The fire broke out at 16.33 hours and gained a firm hold on

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