MUNICIPAL FIRE SCHOOL
In St. Petersburg there is a .municipal fire school, where the theoretical side of .fire prevention is studied with greater thoroughness than anywhere else in Europe. The students are taught practical building construction, mechanics, fire preventive legislation, and the principle* of inspection and testing, as well as the practical side of the fireman’s work, and they obtain diplomas which enable them to take posts as trained fire brigade officers.
In the horsing of fire engines the work of the Russian brigades surpasses that met with anywhere on the Continent, according to Mr Edwin A. Sachs, chairman of the British Fire Prevention Committee, and a member of a special commission which has just visited Russia. Mr Sachs believes that the principles of the St. Petersburg school, if adapted to the circumstances, would be of the greatest benefit for the development of fire prevention at home and in the colonies. ,
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8190, 3 August 1912, Page 10
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151MUNICIPAL FIRE SCHOOL New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8190, 3 August 1912, Page 10
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