FOREST FIRE FIGHTING
INDUSTRIAL BRIGADE AT KINLEITH f • 1 Oue of the few units1 of its type in the Dominion., the ^Kinleith Yoluntee Fire Brigade has now been issued with imifonns and is fully equipped to dea.1 with any fire around the 600acre site of N.Z. Forest Products, big pulp and paper millsi nearing completion. All the firemen are company employees and take the. keenest interest in their fire protecfion work. They created a great surprise in fire brigade circles everywhere last Easter by winning the Silver Jubilee Shield at Manigakm-o "first time out" against 30 other competitors. With over £6,000,000 invested in its Kinleith and Tokoroa developmenfe and £9,000,000 in the surrounding forests, N.Z. Forest Products Ltd. gives fire preeautions a high place among mainteance activities^ The brigade at Kinleith, is proud possessor of a two-storeyed fire station, a powerful engine, over 3,000ft. of hoise, a trailer pump, mobile searchlights a.nd other moderrt gear. The superintendent is Mr Harry Allen, who farmed ihe brigade at Mangakino, and has had 18 year,s, fire-fighting experience. Other trainedi firemen are ineluded in his crew. 1
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Taupo Times, Volume II, Issue 52, 14 January 1953, Page 11
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183FOREST FIRE FIGHTING Taupo Times, Volume II, Issue 52, 14 January 1953, Page 11
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