CONTROL OF FIRES

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20659, 9 January 1942, Page 2

CONTROL OF FIRES

NEW ALARM SI&MLs EMERGENCY PRECAUTIONS Further progress Has been rriacie' regarding arrangements to deril, with the control of ihcepdiifi'yffi'fes should an air raid or other enemy tactics be experienced ,iii Gisborne. . , t The Emergency Precaiihoijs.Schenrie Orgariisritioh has instilled,, thriee, nieyif sirens.,in widely, separated, points in tire town §O, th<jit people iri outlying Eiarts of the bbtoiiglt, r wiiJ4 Hive k better ORPorturjilty of, hearing ~ tjie, .sighril. These sirens ivili. foe tested b.etwegri 7,30 Mflt 8 . o’clock . tfomigHfi, by , tjie sounding .of single noies. ( . . One of the sirens, to foe .tested will foe at the, intersection of, Lytton road and Childers road, another at Victoria ..Township and the third in Hi.naki street, Kaiti. Men wifi be, placed in various parts of the district to report on the efficiency of the signals. Instructions to householders bn how to deal with fires is tfo, be , given by fire patrols almost, immediately. Fire patrols, and..wardfon? wfll assemble .at the fire station at 7.30 p'.hi. ori.Ttiesday for final advice in the matter, .it!is pointed blit that householders, will foe required to aftehci to. their own fires with the assistance of fire patrols fri the event of a major disaster, for the firb brigade may riot.be, able,, to take care bf all the outbreaks. Approximately 80, wardens .arid 80 fire patrqls have been allocated to the . various blocks throughout the,,district, arid a caii. wiii be made on each ~, householder for the purpose of irripartipg instructions on methods of dealing with outbreaks. Three fire patrol area headquarters have been established as follows;Kaiti Tennis Club, Rutent road: Jjp. J. A. Crawiord-Srriith; City Tennis Club, Carnarvon street, Mi - , G. Blogg; poverty Bay Bowling Clfifoj,.Ormorid road, Mr. r G. K. (Pat.) Crawshaw.