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

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

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