PPENDED is the second article on Shanghai Fire Brigade activities during 1939. the "North-China Herald." sections and fire prevention.
The first appeared in last issue of The following deals with in-Altogether 9,420 inspections were carried out in buildings of vari jous classes during the year and 1,839 letters were written on matters relating to fire prevention and protection, This represents an increase of 2,658 inspections. and 325 letters on 1938, During the year numerous. small factories were erected. As many of these were a considerable distance from Municipal roads, owing to the scarcity of suitable "building sites lear main thoroughfares, the usual practice of installing hydrants. (0 protect the property would have fontalled heavy expenditure; consequently, in order 0 reduce cost and the same time provide effective protection, greater use wax made of hydrants, with smaller' mains, chemical " extinguishers and similar first-aid appliances were stalled whenever it was. considered, after inspection of the premises, that the fire risks could thus be covered. This method of providing protection necessitated increased supervision, as full details of requirements could not bbe satisfactorily worked out until a factory was completed and ready to operate. "This added greatly to the work of the Inspection Branch, but the. relatively small number of fires factories of this type during the year would appear to indicate. that the departure' from normal routine was Justified,
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