Taichung fire equipment ‘too old’By Su Meng-chuan, Tsai Shu-yuan and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporters, with staff writerMuch of the Taichung Fire Bureau’s personal protective equipment has exceeded its service life, Taichung city councilors said. Taichung City Councilors Chen Shu-hua (陳淑華), Hsiao Lung-tse (蕭隆澤) and Chiu Su-chen (邱素貞) of the Democratic Progressive Party were speaking at a council session on Friday, citing information from the National Audit Office’s Taichung division. From left, Taichung city councilors Chiu Su-chen, Chen Shu-hua, Hsiao Lung-tse and Hsieh Ming-yuan, of the Democratic Progressive Party, display statistics at a council meeting on Friday showing that much of the Taichung Fire Bureau’s personal protective equipment has exceeded its service life. Taichung Fire Bureau Director-General Tseng Chin-tsai (曾進財) said that most of the expired equipment has been kept in working order by being repaired, and that replacing old or broken equipment is a budget priority for the bureau. Taichung firefighters collect intelligence and assess the situation prior to dispatching personnel, unlike other fire departments that carry out assessments after fire trucks arrive at a fire, he said.

Source: Taipei Times August 15, 2021 15:56 UTC