. Electric railway journal . Metropolitan Fire Protection Fire-Fighting Forces Available Within 30 Seconds, 1 Minute and 1 1/4 Minutes After Sounding an Alarm 692 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXXV. No. 16, at each property according to the extent of the premises. Themen are thoroughly drilled, local alarms being sounded at un-expected times until each member of the brigade knows pre-cisely what is expected of him in an emergency and how toperform his duties promptly and efficiently. FIRE-FIGHTING EQUIPMENTS Standpipe systems have been installed in the various prop-erties with hose reels att
. Electric railway journal . Metropolitan Fire Protection Fire-Fighting Forces Available Within 30 Seconds, 1 Minute and 1 1/4 Minutes After Sounding an Alarm 692 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXXV. No. 16, at each property according to the extent of the premises. Themen are thoroughly drilled, local alarms being sounded at un-expected times until each member of the brigade knows pre-cisely what is expected of him in an emergency and how toperform his duties promptly and efficiently. FIRE-FIGHTING EQUIPMENTS Standpipe systems have been installed in the various prop-erties with hose reels attached thereto. Pails filled with sandor water, according to the season of the year, are distrib-uted over the premises in accordance with the standard pro-cedure of the fire underwriters. Chemical fire extinguishersalso are located at points easy of access. Local alarms have. Metropolitan Fire Protection—Battery of Pressure Tanksat 146th Street Car House been placed at different points in the buildings and the mentaught to respond upon the hearing of the signal. Further-more, auxiliary fire alarm boxes connected with the city fire-alarm service have been placed in the different properties andnotices posted for the information of employees as to theirlocation. These notices are supplemented by oral instructions.
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