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Badger said -- the legs of a Cataract-boy were not the least valuable of his fire-apparatus.
The Knights of the White Shield Up-the-Ladder Club Series, Round One Play Edward A. Rand
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The prevention of fires must in greater measure proceed from the efficiency of the supervision exercised over the property in the order of the buildings, heed to probable causes of fire, and attention to the fire-apparatus.
The American Architect and Building News, Vol. 27, No. 733, January 11, 1890 Various
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Automatic-sprinklers have proved to be a most valuable form of fire-apparatus in operating with great efficiency at fires where their action was unaided by other fire-apparatus, particularly at night.
The American Architect and Building News, Vol. 27, No. 733, January 11, 1890 Various
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The report should be made on a sheet of paper, divided so as to include all features of order and fire-apparatus in every room.
The American Architect and Building News, Vol. 27, No. 733, January 11, 1890 Various
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The principle of the defence of a manufactory against fire is that of self-protection, by making the installation and management of the fire-apparatus equal to the progress of any fire which can possibly occur.
The American Architect and Building News, Vol. 27, No. 733, January 11, 1890 Various
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All methods for the prevention of fires fall so far short of the ideal of immunity that there is a necessity for fire-apparatus.
The American Architect and Building News, Vol. 27, No. 733, January 11, 1890 Various
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Buckets of water are the most effective fire-apparatus.
The American Architect and Building News, Vol. 27, No. 733, January 11, 1890 Various
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A great deal of fire-apparatus is destroyed by freezing water during the winter months, and therefore a special inspection of all such apparatus should be made late in the autumn, when the water should be drained from all portions of the system where there is liability of freezing, and all hydrants and valves should be well oiled, preferably with mineral oil.
The American Architect and Building News, Vol. 27, No. 733, January 11, 1890 Various
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Although automatic-sprinklers have proved to be so reliable and effective, yet, in order to provide for all possible contingencies, their introduction should not displace other forms of fire-apparatus, particularly stand-pipes in the stairway towers, with hydrants at each story.
The American Architect and Building News, Vol. 27, No. 733, January 11, 1890 Various
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Both systems are ideal for use on work trucks in applications such as mining, construction, tire-service, fire-apparatus and municipal operations.
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