1.   Firemen used a single hose reel to put out a blaze in a car in Old Cemetery Road, Hartlepool.

2.   Firemen from the town used breathing apparatus and a hose reel.

3.   Firemen wearing breathing apparatus used a hose reel to put out a blaze in a garage in Nicholson Way, Hartlepool.

4.   Glass is placed in front of hose reels to prevent misuse of water.

5.   Mrs Wong said the corporation had renewed the fire extinguishers but she did not know if the hose reel was still working.

6.   She said the home had applied to the government for transfer to a modern building in To Kwa Wan equipped with automatic sprinklers, fire doors and hose reels.