Firefighting

External consultant to review Fire Services Department's staffing

20 Aug 2012

The government is preparing to bring in an external consultant to review the staffing structure of the Fire Services Department, as firefighters consider its latest proposal to resolve a decades-...

5:32AM

Doors a factor in Mong Kok inferno

14 Jul 2012

Two doors, suspected to have been installed illegally, were to blame for the rapid spread of flames and smoke into two blocks of flats in Mong Kok during Hong Kong's deadliest fire in 15 years, an...

9:14PM

Scores of firemen battle warehouse chemicals blaze

6 Jul 2012

Nearly 100 firemen struggled for two hours to bring a warehouse fire under control, amid explosions and burning chemicals, in Tsuen Wan yesterday.

7:23PM

Airport latest digital radio 'blind spot'

3 May 2012

Terminal One of Hong Kong's airport, which handles as many as 150,000 travellers a day, is the latest 'blind spot' in the Fire Services Department's new HK$178 million digital radio system.

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2:03PM

1,500 firefighters protest for shorter working week

2 May 2012

More than 1,500 off-duty firefighters took to the streets yesterday to fight for a cut in their working hours in what their union said was one of the biggest protests of its kind in 10 years.

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1:54PM

Firefighters tap water from source 1km away

17 Mar 2012

Firefighters battling a blaze at a recycling plant in a Tseung Kwan O village yesterday had to lay hoses up to a kilometre in length in order to connect to the nearest water source.

10:22AM

Opinion

Wang Xiangwei

Placating graduates a work in progress

5:24AM

George Chen

For HSBC, the first love is apparently not the deepest

7:12AM

Work-to-rule wrong way to settle dispute

Hong Kong's firefighters have earned great public respect. Not only do they work long and irregular hours, their job is also the most physically demanding and dangerous among the disciplined...

10:07AM

Firefighters ready for three-day slowdown

Firefighters will begin a three-day work slowdown tomorrow to protest against a breakdown in labour negotiations over a long-sought cut in their working hours.

9:59AM

Firefighter strike threat over shift cuts

Firefighters might work to rule or even take to the streets if no consensus is reached with the government when they meet on Monday over a proposed reduction in night shifts.

9:40AM

Firefighters refuse cut in hours

Despite a long campaign for shorter working hours, firefighters voted against a government proposal to cut their night shifts, saying the move would endanger the public.

9:36AM

Smoker may have sparked nine-hour tunnel blaze

Investigators are looking into whether cigarette smoking caused a fire inside the Lion Rock Tunnel that lasted for nine hours yesterday and led to the closure of its Kowloon-bound carriageway for...

9:36AM

Off-duty firemen's protest goes ahead despite tragedy

More than 1,000 off-duty firemen yesterday went ahead with their planned protest for shorter working hours after yesterday's tenement fire in Mong Kok, which claimed nine lives.

2:11AM