LONDON FIRE-FIGHTERS
EFFICIENCY INCREASED POWERFUL NEW UNITS (British Official Wireless.) Reed. 9 a.m. RUGBY, Dec. 15. The efficiency of the London fire brigad'es will be increased when the regional control room is transferred to its new quarters, which are protected from a direct hit or even a heavy bomb. The regional fire officer has over 850 fire pumps at his immediate disposal and, in emergency, he can call on all London’s fire appliances, including 20-knot lire lloats which have just been added to the fleet which protects London’s waterfronts. These iloats are fitted with two powerful turbine pumps, each with a capacity of 750 gallons a minute at 1001 b. pressure a square inch, and also are equipped with powerful searchlights.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20123, 18 December 1939, Page 5
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121LONDON FIRE-FIGHTERS Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20123, 18 December 1939, Page 5
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