Fire Fighting on Guadalcanal
MUCH has been written regarding the multitude of problems facing the Army and Navy in planning an invasion and setting up a base. A bustling community, in fact a medium sized city must be developed almost overnight. This task is tremendous, particularly in the Pacific, because the primitive islands have absolutely no facilities to offer, just a few grass huts used by the natives. To protect the vast quantities of supplies, a great deal of which are highly inflammable, a fire department must be organized at once.
The Guadacanal Fire Department organization is one example of how the Army and Navy has taken care of this matter and should prove of interest to firefighters in departments which have been brought to a high state of efficiency over a period of many years. Just as no two cities are alike, so also each island presents special problems. I his article is written to explain the setup on Guadalcanal.
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