1939
Air Raid Precautions Equipment Catalog Firefighting
WWII – A. R. P. (Air Raid Precautions) Equipment by
the Metal Agencies Company Ltd. Bristol. 3rd Edition. August, 1939.
List No. 100. With prices. 32 pages. With Trade Discount Sheet. Illustrated.
8-5/8 inches. Soft cover. Wraps. “..This
list chiefly describes Firefighting, Decontamination and Rescue Party Equipment
…” Light age toning. Very good condition.
Includes in part: “Bucket Fire Pump; Fire Buckets;
Asbestos Fire Smothering Blankets; Beresford – Stork Fire Engine; Fire
Extinguishers; Fire Hydrants; Warning Signals; Gun-metal Steam Whistles; Hand
Bells; A.R.P. Warning Rattles; Electro-Motor Syrens (sirens); Steel
Scaffolding; Gasproof Felt; Black-out Reinforcing Paper; Flares; Lanterns;
Floodlight; A.R.P. Electric Lamps (light bulbs) Sprayed Dark Blue; Torch &
Lamps (Flashlights); Emergency Telephone System; Crowbars; Pickaxes; Shovels; Saws;
Fire Devils; Showers for Decontamination; “Mermot” Galvanized Water Heater;
Lime Washing Pump; Galvanized Buckets; Head Protection (Helments – steel pots).
(Service, Defiance, Fibre); Gas Masks; Protective Clothing; Anti-Gas Rubber
Boots; Auxillary Fireman’s Equipment; Tubular Stretchers; Emergency Stretcher
Carriers for Tradesmen’s Vans; First Aid Equipment; Air Raid Shelter;
Semi-Rotary Pumps; Sandbags; Faulkner’s Sandbag Filler; Sanitation for Air Raid
Shelters; Air Filters and Ventilators; A.R.P. Manhole Cover and Frame; Sliding
Steel Shutters for Window Protection; Basement Strengthening to Provide Air
Raid Shelters (adjustable struts); Concrete Mixers; Durasteel Panels.”
“Protection of Vital Machinery: … Several hundreds of
small incendiary bombs weighing about 2 lbs. each can be carried by aircraft and
releleased over a small area. These bombs, when dropped from a height of 1000
feet, will pierce the ordinary type of roof, and would ignite on the floor of
the top story. / The danger of these bombs cannot be over-estimated,
particularly in factories containing inflammable or explosive materials. The
ideal protection is afforded by the use of Durasteel Panels bplted to a Tubular
Steel Structure forming a Protective Roof. Durasteel is a Composite Sheeting of
Compressed Asbestos, faced with Steel Sheets, giving great strength. Design and
Prices submitted on application to our Scaffolding Department.”
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