Hong Kong firefighters get HK$8.4 million tracking upgrade after Tai Po fire

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Hong Kong’s Fire Services Department spent HK$8.4 million on upgraded tracking devices for about 2,000 firefighters. The rollout followed an inquiry into the deadly Tai Po fire, which found limitations in the previous system.

Some 2,000 Hong Kong firefighters have been issued upgraded tracking devices after an independent inquiry into last year’s deadly Tai Po fire exposed technical limitations in the previous system, the South China Morning Post has learned. The Fire Services Department spent HK$8.4 million (US$1.1 million) on the new Firefighter Tracking Devices (FTDs), which cost more than HK$4,000 each, to help find personnel in distress more effectively. The November 1 roll-out came about a year after the Wang...