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‘red light’ signal, meaning that a raid was in progress, upon which dozens of girls in steel helmets and carrying gas masks appeared at the double, and started up and drove out unwieldy ambulances, which are huge converted commercial vans. The garage was empty after four minutes. “The rescue squads comprise builders’ labourers, ready to dash out to damaged buildings and undertake shoring up and demolition and the rescue of any injured.” At the fire brigade headquarters the visitors saw the control room, from which it is possible to control 2400 mobile fire pumps, compared with a peace-time total of 120. Near by was an auxiliary fire station, where a volunteer staff was sleeping in dormitories. An alarm was given, and 50 commandeered taxis hauled 50 fire pumps to the street within a minute. The whole impression was one of an extraordinary volunteer spirit and wonderful organisation.
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Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20989, 16 December 1939, Page 8
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150NEW HOSPITAL HEAD Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20989, 16 December 1939, Page 8
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