FIRE FIGHTING
new equipment arrives. - salvage van nearly ready. The Blenheim Fire Brigade has turncd up trumps on the war issue of necessary equipment. RecenPy it reccived some 1700 feet of first-class practise hose from the Government so that the e.f.s. could learn which is the nozzie and which the hydrant | cnd and a few other things that go i w'.th fire-fighting. j Then a truck was purchascd and reconditioned. When, it is ready for the road, shortly, it will have ccsl the Borough Council and the Brigade jointly, the sum of £275 and will resemble a Londom salvage van, with large hose-carrying capacity, inside seats for the firemen and more than enough power to pull the trailer pump. The old Model t, now in its 21st year, will go into reserve, butwill still be on call if required. In her gcod days she staggered along to ! Springlands drawing the 31-tcn steam engine and still firmly refuses to be the subject of an obituarv.
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Marlborough Express, Volume LXXV, Issue 254, 28 October 1942, Page 6
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164FIRE FIGHTING Marlborough Express, Volume LXXV, Issue 254, 28 October 1942, Page 6
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