Show EQUIPMENT ORDERED BY MURRAY DEPT Volunteer Firefighters to Get New Apparatus MURRAY The MURRAY The Y-The The Murray City volunteer volun leer teer- teer fire lire department has ha placed orders orders or or- ders for needed equipment that will wi help re reduce uc the water damage and speed up the service to residential property Purchase orders have been approved for jor feet fet of inch 1 double double dou dou- i ble jacket hose hos 1 polished brass bras Siamese Sia sia- sia- sia mese mee and 2 shutoff nozzles nozzle tap tp anddie and anddie I die de for couplings on 2 inch 2 inch hose This Thi Siamese divides divide a Q inch 2 inch line lne into two inch 1 lines lne with wih shutoff nozzles nozzle Fire Chief Ernest Eret Smith states slates In In Murray as a in i other departments department over 60 per cent of the dollar olar damage is caused by water less les than 40 per percent percent percent cent by fire fir The Te new 1 I fc Inch lines with shutoff nozzles nozzle will wi cut cul this thi loss lo in half Two firemen can cn play two powerful streams strem on fire while with wih a 2 inch line lne both men are leq required I d on on one lne line Al Also the 1 1 inch ich lines can be taken into inlo o et resi residence rest rest- dence derc and no more w water weter need be used than th is i actually actual needed neede One fireman can take lake tae a 1 inch Hi-inch inch line lne under pressure up a ladder through a window and to t the scene of a e fire as 8 fast ah he con can cn go nin nin- cumbered For residential and other small smal fires tre a 1 inch stream will wi rip shingles shingle throw sufficient water and do everything a large stream can ac ac- ac The initial cost is 1 lower less le depreciation requires require less les storage storage stor stor- age on trucks truck and yet et it augments augment community value of ot the te fire depart depart- ment b |