Appliances and Equipment

The department operates 661 fire appliances and supporting vehicles fitted
with up-to-date fire-fighting and rescue equipment. During the year, four
37-metre turntable ladders, nine 16-metre hydraulic platforms, seven
major pumps, one mobile casualty treatment centre, nine mini trucks and
one village ambulance were purchased to replace old ones.

The department is building two fireboats, two high-speed diving boats and
one diving support vessel. One fireboat will replace the existing Fireboat
No. 3 and the other the Fireboat Alexander Grantham. The three diving
vessels are to enhance diving rescue services. The new Fireboat No. 5
was completed in October to provide a new service to protect the River
Trade Terminal in Tuen Mun Area 38 in 1998.

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