32. However, whilst the publicity campaign undoubtedly contributed to the reduction in outbreaks of fire, the humid weather which prevailed over the period was again the greatest single contributory factor to the decrease.
CAUSES OF FIRES
33. The supposed causes of fires set out in Appendix II show no significant deviation from the pattern of previous years save perhaps that carelessness appears to be on the increase; 65.5% of the fires in the year under review could be directly attributed to human careless- ness as against 56.4% of the fires in the previous year.
SUMMARY OF FIRE, SPECIAL SERVICE AND
34. Fires
Aircraft
AMBULANCE CALLS
Buildings: (a) Domestic premises
(b) Non-domestic premises
Chimneys
Electrical
Vegetation
Motor Transport
Ships
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Miscellaneous small fires
Squatter areas
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False alarms: (a) with good intent
(b) malicious
35. Special Services
44
T
Landslides, house collapses, drowning, etc.
36. Ambulance Calls
Emergencies
4
Ordinary removals to and from hospitals and clinics
37. Summary of Alarms for the year was as follows:
1st alarms and small fires
2nd alarms
3rd alarms
4th alarms
5th alarms
Disaster alarms Special services
7
674
522
40
451
2,052
200
26
651
22
185
147
1,040
27,876
37,902
4,653
36 240
39
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2
1,040
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