. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . anj^ and one of the cityfireboats respond on the first alarm, torender our Company firemen assistancein fighting the blaze, the city companieshose fines, if practicable, being attachedto the terminal high pressure system. The city and terminal firemen work to-gether in close cooperation and witha healthy rivalry which brings goodresults. The Deluge, of the city fireboat fleet,which usually responds to fires at the ter-minal, is, by the way, the largest fireboatin the world. She has a capacity of12,000 gallons per minute at 200 poundspressure. In this b
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . anj^ and one of the cityfireboats respond on the first alarm, torender our Company firemen assistancein fighting the blaze, the city companieshose fines, if practicable, being attachedto the terminal high pressure system. The city and terminal firemen work to-gether in close cooperation and witha healthy rivalry which brings goodresults. The Deluge, of the city fireboat fleet,which usually responds to fires at the ter-minal, is, by the way, the largest fireboatin the world. She has a capacity of12,000 gallons per minute at 200 poundspressure. In this boat the company hasan auxihary of the greatest value for thefighting of large fires. The Baltimore andOhio tug Transfer is also equipped witha powerful fire pump and her effectivestream, directed from a large turret noz-zle on the roof of the pilot house, hasdone splendid work at fires along the waterfront. On Pier 8 are located twelve fire alarmstations, on Pier 9 ten, and elevators Band C have twelve and thirteen stations, TYPICAL HOSKHOUSE FOK HLGCLAR AND EMEKGEiNCY EQUIPMEN F AND W. A. MALlA. KIRE MARSHAL 36 THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO EMPLOYES MAGAZINE Besides the large number of hydrantsthroughout the yards, elevators B and C,and piers 5, 8, 9, 23, 24, 31 and 32 havestand-pipes of large diameter, connectedto the water sj^stem. Tothese at con-venient points throughout the structuresthe hose is attached, readv for instantservice. On Piers 9, 31, 32 and 33, thesestand-pipes are extended through theroofs, terminating in heavy, permanentlyattached nozzles two and one-half inchesin diameter, known in fire departmentparlance as Glazier deck pipes. Thesenozzles give splendid service at firesoccurring in ships moored alongside thepiers, enabling us to pour a volume ofwater, amounting to about 1500 gallonsper minute, directly into the heart of thefire, from an elevation of nearly fiftyfeet. They would also i:>rove of immensevalue in a fire involving a number
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