PETONE FIRE BRIGADE

Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 68, 13 December 1930, Page 27

PETONE FIRE BRIGADE

Report on Year’s Work

Reporting to the Minister for Internal Affairs for the year ending March 31, 1930, the Inspector of Fire Brigades (Mr. T T. Hugo), stated that when he inspected' the Petone Fire Brigade, one officer and fifteen men were in attendance. . “The inspection drills were carried out in their usual efficient manner, and the station and equipment were found in firstelass order. Attendance at the twenty-six “fire-calls” averaged 62.5 per cent, of the total membership—considerably below the general average. . . , “Additions to the brigade equipment during the year include a new telescope fire-ladder, and six new call-boxes, m extension of the street-fire-alarm system. Improvement of the water supply for fireextinction purposes is now in hand, and anew 12-inch supply main has been laid down and a number of the old 3-inch mains are being replaced with 4-inch piping.” ... The advantage of these improvements was shown in the increased pressure of water to deal with the recent outbreak m Jackson Street, in the town’s worst fire flr For the year there was a total of 26 calls in Petone (twelve fires, one chimney, two rubbish, eleven false alarms). The insured value of the buildings and contents was £3480, and the uninsured £B2O. The cost of the Petone Brigade, capital expenditure included, was £1929 in 1929, £1945 in 1930; and the estimate for 1921, £1789.