FIRE BRIGADE TEST
DEVONPORT ALARMS In order that the Devonport Borough Council might satisfy itself on the satisfactory working of the recently-in-stalled automatic alarms and the alertness of the Municipal Fire Brigade, it sent in an unexpected alarm last evening to the brigade station. The Duplex alarm worked quite smoothly, and within lrnin. 15sec. the big engine (familiarly called the “Firefly” by its crew) was on the point of alarm with the first detachment of the brigade. The water was “on” within 90sec. of receiving the call. The full muster of the brigade, 15 in all, was on the spot in record time, and a demonstration of the water pressure was given. The alarm was sent in from the corner of Queen’s Parade' and Anne Street, on the lower levels of the waterfront. The water mains in this area are only 4-inch and the blocking up of the mains, which has been very troublesome in recent years due to the ®f the Lake water, was very apparent in the small flow of water that came from the fire, hose nozzles. While the Mayor and councillors had every reason to be pleased with the efficiency of the brigade and the alarms, they were perturbed at the insufficient water pressure.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 139, 2 September 1927, Page 7
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208FIRE BRIGADE TEST Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 139, 2 September 1927, Page 7
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