Fire Services Department, Hong Kong

Firemen’s union moves a step closer to goal of 48-hour week

13 Sep 2012

A firemen’s union fighting for a 48-hour work week has won the Fire Services Department’s consent to consider the proposal in the next few years, the union said on Thursday.

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Enforce safety law on subdivided flats

6 Mar 2012

The fire at a Mong Kok market in November, which left nine people dead after spreading to six blocks of flats, has prompted a crash programme of safety inspections by the Buildings Department of...

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Emergency services back down on secrecy

1 Mar 2012

The Fire Services Department has bowed to pressure to revise its media relations rules and give more information to journalists.

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Media relationship in public's interest

25 Feb 2012

For many years, internal guidelines have not required the Fire Services Department to tell the media - meaning the public - about ambulance calls unless at least eight people are injured or ill....

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Journalists see red over ambulance secrecy rule

21 Feb 2012

Internal guidelines prevent the Fire Services Department from telling the media about cases involving an ambulance unless at least eight people were injured or ill, the Journalists' Association...

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Journalists unhappy with fire department releases

20 Feb 2012

A journalists' group yesterday criticised the Fire Services Department for withholding information from the media since it adopted a new communications system at the start of the month.

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Opinion

The last straw for Terry Wong?

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Jake Van Der Kamp

iBonds are little help in easing inflation and a bad bet financially

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Paramedics upgraded on emergency births

The city's 2,700 ambulance officers will be given extra training in how to deliver babies to help cope with the growing number of mainland women rushing to hospitals in Hong Kong at the last...

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City's fire chief retires, looks back with pride

Fire Services Department chief Gregory Lo Chun-hung expressed relief as the curtain came down on his 38 years of public service yesterday.

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Fire chief defiantly defends tenure

The outgoing fire chief defended himself yesterday against criticism that firefighting equipment was poor and his farewell party too gaudy, saying that some of the reports were 'made up' by the...

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Senior fireman's death was accident, jury finds

A senior fireman sent to tackle a blaze at a Cheung Sha Wan factory in March last year died by accident, an inquest ruled yesterday.

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Family blames Fire Department

A family member of a fireman who died in a blaze in a Cheung Sha Wan factory building said yesterday the Fire Services Department had to take responsibility, while a lawyer representing the...

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New crack rescue team hitting the heights of HK

A new elite rescue team is scaling the heights of Hong Kong and saving lives in places others firefighters simply cannot reach.

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