Fire Engines, Thematic Issue
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Title
Fire Engines, Thematic Issue
Description
Αt the start of the 20th century there were no organised fire fighting services in Cyprus. In the 1920s the municipalities of Lefkosia and Lemesos formed some sort of fire brigades which were very primitive compared to present day standards. Tasks were performed by untrained volunteer staff.
Sometime later the Lefkosia Police Fire Brigade was organized in accordance with British Standards of the time and in 1935 it was reorganized introducing permanent staff who were given training. New fire fighting vehicles were brought into service. A fire station was also located next to Pafos Gate which serves Lefkosia to this day.
At the outbreak of World War II fire fighting teams were established in all the cities. The Stavros and Platania forest stations in the Troodos mountains are two of the most important on the island. The tasks of the fire fighters include rescue from buildings, dams, major traffic and aviation accidents, fire fighting wherever fires arise on land, ships or aircraft, in forests or chemical installations etc.. The men and women are continually trained.
The 50c stamp depicts a fire engine with turntable ladder which came into service in March 1959. It has a 4929 cm³ engine to extinguish fires and an external ladder that reaches 30 meters to scale high rise buildings.
Sometime later the Lefkosia Police Fire Brigade was organized in accordance with British Standards of the time and in 1935 it was reorganized introducing permanent staff who were given training. New fire fighting vehicles were brought into service. A fire station was also located next to Pafos Gate which serves Lefkosia to this day.
At the outbreak of World War II fire fighting teams were established in all the cities. The Stavros and Platania forest stations in the Troodos mountains are two of the most important on the island. The tasks of the fire fighters include rescue from buildings, dams, major traffic and aviation accidents, fire fighting wherever fires arise on land, ships or aircraft, in forests or chemical installations etc.. The men and women are continually trained.
The 50c stamp depicts a fire engine with turntable ladder which came into service in March 1959. It has a 4929 cm³ engine to extinguish fires and an external ladder that reaches 30 meters to scale high rise buildings.
Source
Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus
Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία
Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία
Publisher
Library of Cyprus University of Technology
Date
Contributor
Designer: Antonia Hadjigeorgiou
Rights
Απαγορεύεται η δημοσίευση ή αναπαραγωγή, ηλεκτρονική ή άλλη χωρίς τη γραπτή συγκατάθεση του δημιουργού.
Relation
www.cypruspost.gov.cy
Format
jpg
Language
en
Type
Identifier
2006CS25, 2006CS26, 2006CS27
Coverage
35.160417, 33.346556
Files
Collection
Citation
Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus
Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία, “Fire Engines, Thematic Issue,” Αψίδα, accessed May 22, 2024, https://apsida.cut.ac.cy/items/show/44158.