FIRE-FIGHTING COURSE

Press, Volume XC, Issue 27502, 9 November 1954, Page 14

FIRE-FIGHTING COURSE

MEN FROM FORES! SERVICE Twenty-five men from the Hu* Ashley, Eyrewell and Balmoral For have just completed a three-dayl fighting course at Hanmer gfe The courses are held to able forest personnel to beconti versant with the latest techniques. w Instruction covered a wide eluding use and maintenance of aid equipment, building protet trailer pump drill, quad fire « drill, and the use of portablejta The course, which was unde supervision of Mr C. O. Bridge! senior forest ranger in the cons ancy, assisted by Mr A. Baysting, equipment officer, concluded witht petitions between teams from the forests. Members of volunteer brigades, county officers interest fire protection, and honorary ft rangers also meeting in conferenc Hanmer Springs were among obsa of the contests. ’j&aaU Results were:— - Paramount pump competition, ja on the time taken to put out hose get water on a fire: Hanmer to team (lmin 48sec), .1; Balmoral (i 4 4-ssec), 2. Quad fire engine competition: moral team (33sec) 1, Ashley fores’. 2-ssec) 2. Indian pump competition in w the operator of a knapsack pump ii quired to run a distance over qbsti and direct water into a container Duckmanton (Hanmer) lmin Ita W. F. C. McFarlane (Eyrewell) I