boats are regularly slipped, overhauled and maintained by the Marine Department.
18. A new fire boat to replace No. 2 Fire Boat is being designed, and specifications were prepared by Marine Department during the year under review.
HYDRANTS AND WATER SUPPLY
19. Fire hydrants, both pedestal and ground, were inspected quarter- ly and all defects reported to the Water Authority for repair.
20. At the end of the year, new installations and replacements had brought the total number of pedestal and ground hydrants to 863 and 1,226 respectively.
21. Throughout the year the Water Authority provided turncocks at Fire Stations to enable water valves to be operated during the hours of water restrictions.
22. Salt water hydrants proved to be extremely valuable in check- ing fires during water restriction hours. These hydrants are inspected quarterly and maintained in good working order.
23. Static water tanks are regularly inspected and maintained in good conditions.
24. In view of the continued restriction of water supply, this Department continued to advise owners and occupiers of buildings which have private fire service installations fed by street mains to provide roof water-storage tanks. As the result of this encouragement and with the co-operation of the Public Works Department, many such tanks were erected. These tanks are supplied by well water and usually have a capacity of 2,000 gallons, which ensures that water is always available for dealing with fires in the initial stage.
INSPECTION BRANCH AND FIRE PREVENTION
25. Officers attached to the Inspection Branch made a total of 7,824 inspections of premises of various descriptions during the year under review. Apart from routine inspections in connexion with the administering of various Ordinances, these inspections included good- will visits and investigations of complaints of illegal storage of dangerous goods, or of obstruction to staircases or fire escapes, etc.
26. Prosecutions of offenders for infringements of the Dangerous Goods Ordinance, the Miscellaneous Licences (Timber Stores) Ordinance,
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