Cheong Chi Wang, a senior firefighter, announced the bureau’s statistics for the first six months during a press conference at the CB headquarters in Nam Van.
The bureau said in a press conference in January that there had been an average annual increase of 6.5 percent in ambulance callouts in the past 10 years.
Fire Services Bureau (CB) senior officer Cheong Chi Wang (centre), flanked by fellow officers Sam Ka Hou (right) and Chu Chi Pan, addresses yesterday’s press conference at the CB headquarters in Sai Van. Photo: Annie Cheung