Show tod gaters show new equipment t r 4 I 1 4 44 ta sa I 1 ik reed russell TOD fire chief directs his men in the use of the new deluge gun the deportment nas has obtained lor for fighting large structural fires that require a heavy stream of water the stream is being played on the tod park school during a fire drill of last week signal corps photo in connection with fire tion week the tooele thoele ordnance depot fire department conducted a fire drill at TOD park school last friday the evacuation of the school was carried out rapidly and orderly with the building corn plemely cleared in less than a mm min ute after the drill the children were treated to an exhibition with the new deluge gun which the department has just received this new fire fighting weapon has a greater reach than any other kind of nozzle shooting a heavy stream of water to feet due to the high pressure and the ability of the gun to pour large amounts of water on a flame it is ideal for big structural fires an other advantage of the outfit is that it saves manpower as it can be handled by only one man the gun sits on a base on the ground and shoots the water up into the air and on the blaze tooele thoele ord nance depot was able to obtain two of these guns and arid they are considered a valuable addition to the equipment already in use there |