Fire_Brigade_1957-1958 — Page 21

the four new standard 3-bay stations being constructed to provide adequate fire cover in the Colony.

55. Local Boy Scouts and Girl Guides Associations showed a keen interest in the Fire Service. At their request, courses of lectures on firemanship and fire-fighting were given to Scouts and Guides periodi- cally at Central and Eastern Fire Stations. Each course, consisting of a series of lectures, was well attended and the students were most attentive. On completion of the courses, tests were held and the majority of the students passed satisfactorily.

56. By the enactment of the Education (Amendment) Ordinance, 1958, a new section 10A was added to the Education Ordinance, 1952, requiring that an application for registration of a school which is to be operated in premises not designed and constructed for the purposes of a school shall be accompanied, inter alia, by a certificate from the Chief Officer, Fire Brigade, that the use of the premises for this purpose would not give rise to any undue risk of fire or danger from panic in the event of fire.

APPENDICES

57. I append hereto the following:

I.

II.

A graph showing the number of fire calls attended and

estimated monetary losses by fire.

A summary of Monthly Inspections.

III. A summary of Ambulance calls attended.

IV. The Balance Sheet of the Fire Brigade Welfare Fund; Receipts and Payments Account; Statement of Local Investments; and Statement of Outstanding Loans.

V. A summary of existing Fire Stations and Plant.

CONCLUSION

58. In conclusion, I wish to acknowledge my appreciation of the assistance and co-operation rendered to the Fire Brigade by other Government Departments and of the loyal support of all members of the staff of the Fire Brigade and Auxiliary Fire Service.

28th June, 1958.

W. J. GORMAN, O.B.E., B.E.M., M.I. FIRE E., A.F.I.C.D., Chief Officer, Fire Brigade.

13