FIRE BRIGADE SIRENS
REPLACEMENT BY HORNS SUGGESTED (P.A.) WELLINGTON, Jan. 27. Superintendent Hume, of the Lower Hutt Fire Brigade, has proposed twotone alternate sounding horns instead of bells to replace the sirens on fire engines. Such horns are available, and are believed to be more audible than bells. In traffic the bells have proved little audible, and engine speeds have been reduced, giving fires more time to get a hold. There would be no confusion with the sound of sirens, these two-tone horns being quite distinctive.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24826, 28 January 1942, Page 4
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86FIRE BRIGADE SIRENS Otago Daily Times, Issue 24826, 28 January 1942, Page 4
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