Tag Archives: firefighting

A fire door for trains in the Tai Lam tunnel

Posted on March 18, 2020 by Marcus Wong

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 […]

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Fire training simulator at Hong Kong Airport

Posted on February 5, 2020 by Marcus Wong

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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Miniature fire trucks and ambulances

Posted on November 13, 2019 by Marcus Wong

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 […]

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