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VOLUNTEERS HAVE ADDED OTHER SPECIALIZED
EQUIPMENT TO THEIR INVENTORY, FOR EXAMPLE,
THIS FIELD KITCHEN EQUIPPED TO SERVE MEN AT
THE SCENE OF MAJOR FIRES AND DISASTERS. A
35 FOOT LONG COMMUNICATIONS VAN EQUIPPED WITH
TWO-WAY RADIOS ON EVERY EMERGENCY REQUENCY IN
THE COUNTY, AND A SERVICE TRUCK WHIEH CAN
SUPPLY LIGHT FOR NIGHT ASSIGNMENTS, GASOLINE
FOR FIRE TRUCKS AND EVEN AIR FOR DIVERS OR
FIREMEN USING SMOKE MASKS. AND, THE VOLUNTEERS
RECENTLY ADDED FOUR DRY-POWDER TRAILERS FOR
FIGHTING CHEMICAL AND PETROLEUM FIRES MAKING
THE V01UNTEERS BETTER EQUIPPED FOR SOME JOBS
THAN }ANY OF THE METROPOLITAN FIRE DEPARTMENTS
IN THIS PART OF THE STATE. ADD TO THE
EQUIPMENT 900 MEN, AND IT MAKES FOR THE BIGGEST
MUTUAL-AID FIRE FIGMING SETUP IN ANY COUNTY
IN THE COUNTRY. BRUCE NEAL, WBAP NEWS, FORT
WORTH.
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Fire Radios], script, April 30, 1969, 10:00 p.m.; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1081899/m1/5/?q=%221969-04-30%22: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.