EQUIPMENT TESTED.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 128, 2 June 1939, Page 8

EQUIPMENT TESTED.

FOAM EXTINGUISHER USED.

AKRODROMK KIRKFiOHTINO. (Kroni <Mi i- I'orri'Upnilili'nt.) VVKLLINfi'DN. Tlniifdav. Kile lijjht iiiL' ei|uiptnent at Rollout a i aerodrome tested in cirruiu-ta nee. which were an near as porwible to actual <-i n -Ii conditions. A licup of rubhUli in tlii> north eactern corner of the Hyin.LT field was set alight, and at a yiveu signal the mobile foam extinguisher was ma lined and riii-hcd to the t-cciie of tlie tire. When the alarm wan jjiven each inenibcr of the ground stall' took up hitenierjji'iicy station. The lire truck was manned and one of the crew donned the llnbi'MtoM suit, «hicll. complete with oxygen, is an e-.rutial part of the lire truck'.* ei|iiipuicut. The r>iiit «■«■< nl»o tried "lit iinilrr actual service coudit ■•mis, and the fireman thus protected, walked intii ll.e lire :\)\(\ directed the imzz 1 :' ol the extinguisher hose at the r-eat of tin , MIIMM—. The e(|ilipineiit of the i .irk includes a salvage hook, with which portions of a burning aeroplnne may be removed, ii metal saw, and wire cutters. In addition to the main 4ft-jmllon foaniite tank. there are nix two-gallon hand c\tilipilWier.s. A stretcher, a Hrst-nitl outfit, n lireinanV nxe and a small ladder complete the ei|ui|>»nent. The drill was witiHssrd by offleials of (lie aerodrome mid the Wellington Kire Uripidu.