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Civilian defense. There's not much that is omitted in the equipment of these special gas and electrical emergency trucks. On the floor in front of the trunk are, left to right, the following items: a fitter's kit for repairing small gas leaks; a rubberized blanket for electrical work; an atmosphere testing machine; an inhalator; a Phister fire extinguisher; an air blower ; a lux fire extinguisher kit; a splicer's kit containing insulated hand tools; a fuse kit; a manhole guard rail and a rubber mat for electrical work. The worker at the left is wearing a special mask with a half-hour suplly of oxygen for use where a fresh air hose is not practical. He is also wearing rubber gloves for repair work. The man standing in the center is holding a hand operated manhole pump. The truck and its equipment were on display at Madison Square Garden, New York, as part of the huge civilian defense show held there in October
Civilian defense. Here are some of the tools which will speed civilian defense work in New York. In the foreground is an outlet junction box, which distributes electric current from an Emergency Service truck over a wide area. Then there are floodlights, all sorts of firefighting tools and equipment to combat glassing of civilians. Power drills and saws, ten ton truck jacks, an acetylene burning outfit and every portable field telephones are included in their equipment, all of which is carried in the Emergency Service truck in the background
Civilian protection. Fully equipped to cope with any situation they may encounter these New York City volunteer auxiliary firemen put on a demonstration of the matter in which they would handle the damage caused by an incendiary bombing attack. An incendiary bomb has fallen through the roof of this building and is blazing in the second story. One worker has already entered through the window and is using an "Indian" fire pump on the small blaze which has started. His fellow workers are following up the ladder equipped (from top to bottom) with the following items: top man carries a portable acetylene torch used to cut through metal to effect entrance or to extricate occupants caught under fallen beams or pipes; the next man carries a roof rope, while the man at the bottom bears a two-way portable radio. All workers are supplied with gas masks
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Civilian defense. Here are some of the tools which will speed civilian defense work in New York. In the foreground is an outlet junction box, which distributes electric current from an Emergency Service truck over a wide area. Then there are floodlights, all sorts of firefighting tools and equipment to combat glassing of civilians. Power drills and saws, ten ton truck jacks, an acetylene burning outfit and every portable field telephones are included in their equipment, all of which is carried in the Emergency Service truck in the background
Civilian protection. Fully equipped to cope with any situation they may encounter these New York City volunteer auxiliary firemen put on a demonstration of the matter in which they would handle the damage caused by an incendiary bombing attack. An incendiary bomb has fallen through the roof of this building and is blazing in the second story. One worker has already entered through the window and is using an "Indian" fire pump on the small blaze which has started. His fellow workers are following up the ladder equipped (from top to bottom) with the following items: top man carries a portable acetylene torch used to cut through metal to effect entrance or to extricate occupants caught under fallen beams or pipes; the next man carries a roof rope, while the man at the bottom bears a two-way portable radio. All workers are supplied with gas masks
Civilian protection. Fully equipped to cope with any situation they may encounter these New York City volunteer auxiliary firemen put on a demonstration of the matter in which they would handle the damage caused by an incendiary bombing attack. An incendiary bomb has fallen through the roof of this building and is blazing in the second story. One worker has already entered through the window and is using an "Indian" fire pump on the small blaze which has started. His fellow workers are following up the ladder equipped (from top to bottom) with the following items: top man carries a portable acetylene torch used to cut through metal to effect entrance or to extricate occupants caught under fallen beams or pipes; the next man carries a roof rope, while the man at the bottom bears a two-way portable radio. All workers are supplied with gas masks
Civilian protection. Fully equipped to cope with any situation they may encounter these New York City volunteer auxiliary firemen put on a demonstration of the matter in which they would handle the damage caused by an incendiary bombing attack. An incendiary bomb has fallen through the roof of this building and is blazing in the second story. One worker has already entered through the window and is using an "Indian" fire pump on the small blaze which has started. His fellow workers are following up the ladder equipped (from top to bottom) with the following items: top man carries a portable acetylene torch used to cut through metal to effect entrance or to extricate occupants caught under fallen beams or pipes; the next man carries a roof rope, while the man at the bottom bears a two-way portable radio. All workers are supplied with gas masks
Civilian defense. There's not much that is omitted in the equipment of these special gas and electrical emergency trucks. On the floor in front of the trunk are, left to right, the following items: a fitter's kit for repairing small gas leaks; a rubberized blanket for electrical work; an atmosphere testing machine; an inhalator; a Phister fire extinguisher; an air blower ; a lux fire extinguisher kit; a splicer's kit containing insulated hand tools; a fuse kit; a manhole guard rail and a rubber mat for electrical work. The worker at the left is wearing a special mask with a half-hour suplly of oxygen for use where a fresh air hose is not practical. He is also wearing rubber gloves for repair work. The man standing in the center is holding a hand operated manhole pump. The truck and its equipment were on display at Madison Square Garden, New York, as part of the huge civilian defense show held there in October
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Date
01/01/1941
Contributors
Palmer, Alfred T., photographer
United States. Office of War Information.
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