Huntington Beach Has New Giant
The city of Huntington Beach, Calif., is one of the richest tideland oil producing centers in the country. Nevertheless, its very riches of oil fields and large oil leases produce fire hazards—particularly in areas where there is insufficient water with which to fight fires.
Conscious of the need for a piece of fire fighting equipment that would be able to carry sufficient water with it for quick attack and yet, if need be, to maintain the attack in volume, Fire Chief D. G. Higgins set about developing a unit of apparatus that would meet the particular needs of his department.
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