Aerial Truck Training at McKeesport
A course of instruction in the use of the new recently purchased 100-foot, all steel ladder truck has been instituted at McKeesport, Pa., under the direction of Chief J. C. McAllister. The truck is equipped with apparatus that is new to most of the firemen in that part of the state. It was pointed out that the course did not mean that the members of the department were not trained, but the new lighting aids required training in their use.
A portable acetylene torch will enable the firemen to cut through the steel sidewalk openings which are built in nearly all buildings in the downtown district. Other equipment includes a portable lighting system, gas and smoke masks, hand lights, portable fire extinguishers, a reel of hose, 200 feet of short ladders, a life net, shovels, pitchforks, axes, jacks, crowbars, and a battering ram to permit firemen to break through concrete and brick walls.
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