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Show AIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT RECEIVES INSPECTION Testing Fire Trucks, is a regular routine at the Utah ASF Depot, ery part of the equipment must A-1 condition at all times. supervision of Colonel Post Engineers, who is and be evin Under the Keller,of the the Fire Marsh- all, all equipment on this post is regularly checked every three months.Fire Chief Vinning, has direct supervision of equipment and personnel at this Depot, in this department, which includes three stations, six trucks and a per sonnel of 39 men, During a test made recently, pumps on the trucks were put into ation, for water from zle one gallons air; the purpose of draughting a canal, and through a noz- and diameter, the oper- three they fourths were of water able inches to in send per minute, 750 into the shooting it a distance of 200 All trucks are equipped with pumping device which is kept ft. a for emer- gencies in case a fire breaks out ina vicinity, where there are no fire hydrants and water from a canal has to be obtained. Fire station number one serves Administration building area; number two answers calls in the warehouse and number three is subject to area, calls from the internment camp area. However, all trucks and firemen are ready to answer summons from any emergency in any part of this reservetion. The fire equipment at this Depot consists of the newest and most modernly designed trucks that have been manufactured. They compare favorably with the equipment in any up-to-date fire station in towns and cities throughout the United States. The three stations are located at advantageous points on the reservation, and personnel ipment might can and handle did any arise and emergency in the equthat vicinity of the Depot on Tuesday, August 24, when a sudden fire broxe out in warehouse 9-A. The fire was magnificently checked in a short time by the steady efforts of the Depot's well trained firemen, and the fine assistance of Ogden and weber County fire departments. lhe |