Firemen Taught Defense Use of Gas Masks

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At the Fire College in Long Island City, all of the 11,000 members of New York: City’s fire department are given thorough raining that includes special emphasis on the use of various kinds of gas masks and operations in the presence of war gases. Although defense in war is not the primary purpose of the training, the men are being prepared to meet any emergency that may occur. For practical experience, the masked firemen are trained to perform a variety of tasks in a special test room filled with sulphurgas.

Title (Dublin Core)
Firemen Taught Defense Use of Gas Masks
Subject (Dublin Core)
en
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en
Article Title and/or Image Caption (Dublin Core)
Firemen Taught Defense Use of Gas Masks
Language (Dublin Core)
eng
Temporal Coverage (Dublin Core)
World War II
Date Issued (Dublin Core)
1941-05
Is Part Of (Dublin Core)
Popular Mechanics, v. 75, n. 5, 1941
pages (Bibliographic Ontology)
656
Rights (Dublin Core)
Public Domain (Google digitized)
Source (Dublin Core)
Google books
References (Dublin Core)
Long Island City
New York City
Archived by (Dublin Core)
Enrico Saonara
Alberto Bordignon (Supervisor)
Spatial Coverage (Dublin Core)
United States of America