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the . I'm called truck No. 2 of the Cen~ ~
.ed; ~ trai. Puink City Fire Department. I ~
on-• have .a 'six man,~erew, I'm the' bid
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gym- ~ water buggy, as
the boys call atte, s
the' also the big ladder truck
which l'
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ur) wil mach the top of any building in i r
mr town=--Oh, Oh, except the top of the I
in- elevator dotvtz b ythe ;railroad. ~
I carry 300 gallons of water with f
nze. I •have l00 feet of baoster~hose t
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rm 1000 feet.. of 23~ inch line "hose" in F
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I a ~ iny. iiig ti-.hose bed, also 200 feet of !
a 1 zft • inch line in the live line bed. c
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ion One 40 foot ladder, one 24 foot lad- 2
~`~ ~ tler, one Z4 foot roof ladder
axes c
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lv- pike pole light;` hand fixe ex-
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tin;ulshers (both chemical and C.
O. 2)---all of ,the modern equipment t
;ns of a complete fire fighting unit.
,ar I can pump 500 gallons of water. ]
to at 250 to 300 lbs. pressuro throuxh ~
ncl a 1 ~-~ inch nozzle with 23~i inch line,
a," ~. or G50 gallons al 150 to lII0 lba.
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pressure through two, 2S'z inch lines; ( e
.which .the boys- say is al} of the p
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pressure and water they want to
°O' • handle at any time. This is why I
ras only answer business or industry
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• fires, otherwise I stand by at the t;
a ~ fire hall just in case they need me. ~,
1e' l l heard zny captain say that he l
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would like to have a few more men
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, to manned me, so if a few of you
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~ fellows will contact the chief, he
will be glad to give you a applies-
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tion .blank.
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in-; Thank you, ~
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Truck No. 2 C
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