The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-12-19
AUXILIARY FIRE
:: TRUCK COMPLETE
Second Complete Fire-Fishtins Unit
Will Give Winnemucca Best
Fire Protection Of Any
City of Similar Size

After many months of planning
and work the members of the Win
nemucca Volunteer Fire Department
are to realize their ambition to
count in their fre-fghting equip
ment a second" or auxiliary fire
truck, completely equipped. ready
for any fire emergency that may
arise. Long ago the boys realized
how utterly helpless they would be
if second alarm should be turned
in when they had their equipment
scattered about while fighting a fire.
and they went to work to remedy
the condition. First it was neces-
sary to devise a plan, second to con-
vince the city councilmen of the
soundness of their contention, Sc
cure the appropriation necessary
for the work, and last to go about
it to build and equip the truck.
All of these things were done.
The city had previously discarded a
fire truck which was not considered
adequate for the tasks that might
arise, the equipment from this truck
having been placed on a new chasis
with a motor of greater horsepower.
1t was proposed to the city council
that the old truck be overhauled, a
body put upon it, and proper equip
ment be purchased. This was agreed
to and has been done.
The second" truck as it stands
today is ready for service. a seat
cushion and final stripping of the
paint being all that are required,
and it is stated that the truck will
be paraded in its completeness
within the next week. 1t is painted
a bright red with gold stripes, and
has a specially designed body, worked
out by the local fremen and built
by John Kalan, which provides for
the usual hose. ladder and tool
equipment, and is an improvement
over other bodies in that it provides
lockers on each side in which will
be contained the fire-fghting cloth
ing of the firemen. I'll is equipped
with two 25-gallon chemical tanks,
and in all constitutes a complete
fire truck. 1t will carry 400 feet
of 1h-inch hose and 500 feet of
2 " Inch hose.
Aside from the motor overhaul
ing, which work was done by City
Truck Driver Henry Berk and is
declared to have put the truck in
condition equal to or better than
new, the total to the city for the
truck is $1565, of which $500 is
represented in the cost of the body,
the duplicating cost Of which is
stated as being 5000 in San Fran
cisco. The balance Of s1265 is the
cost of the chemical tanks. hose
and other equipment. The work
has at all times been under the
direct supervision Of Guy s. Asbury,
fire chief, and Ben Gillian, assist
ant.
The truck is Of great value to the
city, the firemen say, for in addition
to furnishing equipment for sec
ond alarm it will also be available in
case the regularly used truck requires
repairs. In the case of a large
fire 1t may be used as a spark
chaser" to prevent communicating
fires. 1t is the contention of the
firemen that at any time a fire may
start which If conquered would
easily save property Of a greater
value than has been the cost of all of
the equipment purchased by the
city during recent years.
Winnemucca. though a compara-
lively small city Of 1000 inhabitants,
is now certainly possessed of one
of the best fire-fghting plants
known of in similar cities. Aside from