Fire Sirens
Sir, —Is it necessary for a fire engine to relentlessly sound its siren at 4 o’clock in the morning, as happened in Ham road today? On a frosty night the noise was audible for some considerable distance before and after passing our house. It awoke all four of our children. The eldest threw herself into bed with me; the next rushed in a blind stupor about the hall banging into doors. The third blocked his ears and the baby climbed out of its cot and cried bitterly.—Yours, etc., ILAM ROAD.
July 21, 1965. [The chief fire officer of the Christchurch Fire Board (Mr L. R. Osmond) replies: “Traffic tends to increase its speed in the early hours of the morning and numerous milk supply vans are operating, usually with subdued lighting. If a fire appliance had an accident while proceeding to a call, and no siren was sounding, it would then be a case of negligence against the officer concerned if injury or death was caused.”]
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30811, 24 July 1965, Page 14
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168Fire Sirens Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30811, 24 July 1965, Page 14
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