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FIRE-FIGHTING PLANT EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, last night. A one-man fire brigade salvage and ambulance tender has been acquired by the Wellington City Council for use in case of a fire or accident at Rongatai aerodrome.
The plant is mounted on a half-ton truck. The fire-fighting: equipment includes a 30-gallon container and . two hand cylinders. A patent fire extinguisher and an asbestos suit and an oxygen container fdf the firemanra-first aid chest and a stretcher are also provided.
The object is to provide a unit combining equipment to meet any emergency with a niqh decree of mobility. It is the first of the kind in New Zealand for a civil aerodrome, although similar facilities exist at Hobsonville air base and Wigaara aerodrome.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19030, 2 June 1936, Page 9
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