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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Saturday, October 21, 1950

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 21, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                October 1950 the stars and stripes Page 11 dec comedy stresses seriousness of fire prevent Tiomi and Sis photos to comic fireman Augsburg military Post in the interests or fire prevention and Frankfurt fire department also bad comedy right to stress the importance of fire prevention at the football Darmstadt sub Post fire department above Tours the stars and stripes area while visit Ide various sub Posl Augsburg exhibit features Rescue methods a fire stations in the Augsburg military Post area Cli maxed a Busy week of fire Preven Tion demonstrations at Reese bar fire prevention demonstrations included the blowing up of a simulated Gas set up on the Reese Barracks Parade due to Ibe cig Aret smoking of one of the almost immediately army medical personnel and military police arrived to give first Aid to the injured and take the culprit into the firemen also extinguished two Dimney which were set alight on the Parade with powder fire next on the a wooden building was ablaze and Given a fair Chance to before the fire truck equipped with foam extinguishers then followed demonstrations on How to combat Oil and Rig up Extension ladders for Rescue the 1 fire located at Reese also gave demonstrations on net jumping and Rescue the full automatic ladder and truck that the Heese Barracks firemen won As a first prize in the Ore fighting competitions held at k v Frankfurt was used to show the use of the Cannon or pressure As Well As ladder climbing tech the Cannon because of its powerful is Ideal for fighting Brush fires As Well As for mob control when used in conjunction ii with police during the demonstration Richard amp fire and fire chief Moritz used 16 trucks and five the Exon More than one occasion cheered by the was completed in less than 45 i r e prevention week in Stuttgart military Post this year was the most successful Ever held according to local of there were no fires whatsoever during the and German authorities and the general population cooperated in the program to a greater extent than Ever among the highlights of the we Klong drills and was an exhibition of firefighting technique staged in the City Center opposite the main railway which Drew a Large crowd of Augsburg sets in Community 20 the Augsburg Community Chest fund committee has started a Posi wide lottery with a goal of it col Carl Posl Chap lain and president of the the committee decided on the lottery and Sale of Christmas cards this year rather than the regular donation the lottery priced at Are being sold by members of the Posi women club All Posl exchanges and at the bavarian Crossroads service Ledbetter said lottery prizes will be Given away 81 b drawing tentatively scheduled to be held at halftime of a thanks of Vang Day game at the me Barracks fied the prizes Are first a 1950 goal Chest drive Morris minor automobile a Leica camera a matched set of Luggage the fourth and fifth prizes will be an Omega wrist Walch and a Motorola radio respect these with caption of the will go on Dis play at the various pcs throughout the Post area this according to a sum of s500 will be set aside for a local Community welfare for the emergency use of military personnel in the other1 organizations to Benefit from the drive will be she Augsburg women Wel fare activity Gya fund arid the International refugee Organ the sums to be granted these and their sub sequent will be announced Ledbetter German manufacturers of fire extinguishers and other As Well As All and German fire took an Active part in the keeping with fire prevention troops of the 26th inf regt saw firefighting demonstrations for three consecutive staged by sub Post fire men under the leadership of ski Elmer firemen showed proper methods of using various types of fire extinguishers and the kind of fire each was capable of High Point of the demonstration was ignition of a pit of Gas and Oil and the efficiency of various extinguishers against wooden mock ups were set ablaze As were Drums of crude of and Wetzlar military Post units observed fire Preven Tion week with a series of safety balls and featured in a entitled Olearos presented Between halves of the Garmisch Wetzlar football were members of the Gaffey Barracks tire failing to put out the fire with equipment dating from performers then employed modern equipment to extinguish the German fire departments of Gies sen and Wetzlar joined local Amer ican fire departments in parades through both Townsal types of firefighting equipment were Dis played and fire drills were carried out on the streets of both stationed at Camp Home of the 1st con Stab witnessed a fire Demon stration put on by the fire depart ment in conjunction with fire prevention the highlight of the demonstration was the burning of a Small wooden quelled by Pien other types of fires were readily extinguished by use of Ope House Tours at the Post fire House and exhibits of proper fire prevention tactics were included in the Demon Peter fire Wiesbaden military Post was in Paris firemen evacuate five near Etoile firemen of the 17th Speurs Pompieri evacuated five persons from the Headquarters building of the 7966th Neucom Del at the hotel Astoria Here As part of a fire demonstration held in connection with fire prevention maj James fire mar Shal of the army Headquarters planned the and col Roland commandant of the French firefighting directed the Rescue the occasion tested the american and French units working Gian in the event of an actual fire in the French firemen arrived on the scene of the Blaze in record time after an alarm had been turned and immediately checked the build ing for trapped while they were scouring the lower other firemen were raising ladders on the champs Elysee Side of the building which is located at 1 Rue de the ladder men Dis covered three persons who were trapped on the fourth floor and two trapped on the fifth the three victims on the fourth floor were found to have been overcome by special ropes were Slung around the waists of the firemen and then the victims were strapped to the backs of their in this three persons were evacuated from the fourth after ascertaining that the condition of the victims on the fifth floor was not too the French firemen led them Down a ladder to the victims were treated on the scene by the members of the surgeons office of the 79g6th Ancl pushed by ambulance to the american Hospital at alter emergency treatment were flown by a simulated Mats Hospital plane to Rhine main air base for treatment at the 97th go in colonel Mason co of the 7366th Neucom said that the Drill was a Complete Success and thanked Francois and the men of the Speurs Pompieri for their Complete Observance of fire prevention the 7887th Graves registration det held a series of demonstrations in firefighting with modern the first demonstration was Given in a vacant area North of the motor Pool can Wood and gasoline fires 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