FIRE SERVICE

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 171, 22 July 1942, Page 6

FIRE SERVICE

EXPERT TO ADVISE

AUCKLANDER FROM LONDON (P.A.) WELLINGTON, this day. The E.P.S. organisation in New Zealand is to receive the expert service of Mr. A. D. Wilson, who recently arrived in Wellington on loan from the National Fire Service, London, stated the Minister of Civil Defence, Mr. Bodkin, to-day. The loan was arranged by the High Commissioner in London, Mr. Jordan, on behalf of the New Zealand Government. In company with Mr. Girling Butcher, Mr. Wilson will make an investigation of the effectiveness of the existing fire protection position in various districts, and will prepare a helpful report. He will also address E.P.S. authorities, and fire fighting personnel. Mr. Wilson, who is a native of Auckland, left New Zealand in 1924. and joined the London Fire Brigade in 1934. About the end of 1940 he was seconded to the London Regional Staff, from which he was seconded to the Home Security Office in May, 1941. In association with other experts, he helped in the organisation of the National Fire Service, in which he was assistant Fire Force Commander. He was also closely associated with the organisation of regional services in England and Northern Ireland He had full experience of fire fightinc during the German air raids on England.