NEW FIRE ENGINE.

Taranaki Daily News, 17 January 1917, Page 4

NEW FIRE ENGINE.

DENXIS-OWYNNE' TURBLVI!. A maximum of assurance of safety from fir l will be afforded owners of biwine->» premises and residences in the borough hv reason of the fact that the New Plymouth Fire Board has installed a fine' modern fire engine and pump and telescope ladder, The apparatus, which was made in England by Dennis-fiwynne, consists ■>f a turbine capable of generating a mas'* mum of 7l) to !j li.p. on the brake, and of wonting up to and sustaining a prossure of 180 lbs to the square inch. It can pump <IOO gallons of water per minute at 120 lbs pressure or 600 gallon* jy.f minute at, a lower pressure. The maehy\e can draw (vafctr 27ft. with ease ami ■vrtaintv. Fitted to the engine aw. ihrce 10ft. lengths of five-inch hoße. A Uavley safety sliding carriage fire escape. divided into three parts snd capable of being e.vtendcd 50 feet or higher than any building in town, is included itt tin- outfit. The Inddei is operated by a .'tee! cable and automatic safety clutch and winch fixed to the ladder by two snide ropes. A first-aid machine is nlsv aft,ached. The new apparatus is be"Hlifully finished, bein? painted in red rt* Pcved with black edgings. The wovjs "Xoiv Plymouth Fire Board,are lwinfcl ir goht on the sides. The outfit co>t einriO f.o.b. London. The "ever.il <1 reams (hat pass through the to\v:i wilt supplv the water require,! for tli"» -n----gine in c:\fe of need. As jin auxiliary to tin fire-fighting apparatus at. present in use in .XV\v Plymouth. the machin? will be welcomed as a valuable acquisition.