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Montage from Fireman's Herald article, Dec 7 1912
Unknown, 1912, Document
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Montage from Fireman's Herald article, Dec 7 1912
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Title
Montage from Fireman's Herald article, Dec 7 1912, "Signalling at Fires" pages 557 and 559
Description
A montage of images from an illustrated article in the Fireman's Herald, 7th Dec 1912, entitled "Signalling at Fires". It shows 13 of the hand signals recently introduced by Edinburgh Fire Brigade.
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Unknown
Date
1912
Size
30. 5 x 23.7 cm
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Document
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
In 1911 Firemaster Pordage devised a set of signals for firemen to use at emergency situations to avoid the need to shout and ensure that messages were received correctly. The signals were based on Army and Navy semaphore. Arthur Pordage was Firemaster of Edinburgh Fire Brigade from 1896-1927.
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