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1940
1940 - 1317.PDF
MAY 9, 1940 Advertisements. 15 The INCENDIARY BOMB - a weapon designed to overwhelm fire services A single bomber's load/can cause 83 fires in 1000 yards The/ Air Raid Precautions Dept. of /the Home Office, in considering/the inc/dence of fires likely to result from incendiary bomb raids points out that in certain conditions, a single enemy bomber can be responsible for starting simultaneously as many as 83 fires- at intervals of a few yards in a/total area of liotle more than half a mile. In attacks by format/ons of ^ombers, the number of fires would be many times multiplied./ The Home Office further states " no fire brigade could be expected to deal with them all" ... " It is important thatyas many of the public as possible should/be in a position! to deal with fires on their own Property .... this \k particularly/important in/the case of factories, works, hospitals, schools and other large! institutions."/* Threatened as we are, ijt is but a wise/precaution to ensure the protection of property and/plant which is/likely to be irreplaceable. Should water mains be damaged or the pressure reduced through ab- normal demands for firefighting elsewhere, the independent/ fire engine is the only protection against a total '/burn-out." You d the same efficient equipment pat the Government is installing for the protection of public property "GODIVA" Trailer Fire/Engine. g need the * A/R RAIDlPRECAUTIONS No. 9 VITAL tune a/ IA/OA "GODIVA" Trailer Fire Engines were de- veloped by Coventry Climax Engines Ltd. in conjunction with Home Office experts, and have proved so successful that they have been adopted as the standard design to which all A.R.P. Trailer Fire Engines are now built. Thousands have been supplied to H.M. Government, and many hundreds to large engineering and other concerns. They pump from rivers, ponds, canals, wells or seawater, as well as boosting hydrant pressure. Effi- cient operation easily mastered without special training. The 500 g.p.m. Trailer Unit is illustrated below. Particulars of this and other Models post free from i COVENTRY CLIMAX ENGINES LTD., (DEPT. A) COVENTRY, ENGLAND : Tel.: 5051 COVENTRY CLIMAX ENCINES LTD. "jftcrnfjiAfa" TRAILER FIRE ENCINES
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