Devices for Bettering the Fire Service
Staten Island, a division of New York City, is a metropolitan area with some rural problems. From March 15 to May 15 the fire companies on the island are called to extinguish many brush fires. There are large open spaces in the Borough of Richmond covered with tall grass and brush, and during the brush fire season, there may be as many as fifty alarms in one day. In the outlying sections, hydrants are few and far apart. Long stretches of hose are necessary to reach the fire. Many sections of hose must be taken from the apparatus, and after it has been used, uncoupled and dried.
Deputy Chief John Spencer requested the use of sprinkling trucks used by the Department of Sanitation. Two such trucks were loaned to Staten Island. The spray nozzle was removed at the 2 1/2-inch valve, and a 2 1/2 x 1 1/2-inch male reducer connected for the Fire Department’s 1 1/2-inch hose.
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