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Tag Archives: firefighting
Firefighters and a fake MTR station
Near the Hong Kong district of Tseung Kwan O is a MTR stop that you can’t catch a train to – Pak Shing Kok station at the Fire and Ambulance Services Academy. Photo by Exploringlife, via Wikimedia Commons When the […]
Posted in Transport
Tagged emergency, firefighting, Hong Kong, MTR, rail operations, railway
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A fire door for trains in the Tai Lam tunnel
I’ve written about the heavy steel gates used to protect the MTR cross harbour tunnels from flooding – but how about even bigger sets of gates used to protect them from fire? The longest railway tunnel in Hong Kong is […]
Posted in Transport
Tagged crossovers, firefighting, Hong Kong, KCR, Kowloon Canton Railway, MTR, rail operations, railway, railway signalling, tunnels, underground, West Rail
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Fire training simulator at Hong Kong Airport
Hong Kong International Airport is located on the island of Chek Lap Kok, with the 12.48 square kilometres covered with everything needs to support operations at one of the world’s busiest airports – including a fire training simulator. Two fire […]
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Tagged Chek Lap Kok, emergency, firefighting, Hong Kong, Hong Kong International Airport
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Miniature fire trucks and ambulances
Hong Kong is a big city. With fire and ambulance stations like any other city. Fire trucks. And ambulances. But the streets of Hong Kong’s outlying islands are far narrower. So they use miniature fire trucks. And ambulances – but […]
Posted in Everyday Life
Tagged ambulances, emergency, firefighting, Hong Kong, on the water, Outlying Islands, Peng Chau
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