{"id":2561,"date":"2017-09-02T11:30:59","date_gmt":"2017-09-02T03:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hometeamns.sg\/frontline-tmp\/?p=2561"},"modified":"2017-10-20T15:14:41","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T07:14:41","slug":"way-firefighting-heroes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hometeamns.sg\/frontline\/way-firefighting-heroes\/","title":{"rendered":"The Way We Were- Our Firefighting Heroes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-size: SMALL;\">TEXT: SOL E SOLOMON<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: SMALL;\">PHOTOGRAPHY: FRENCHESCAR LIM<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: SMALL;\">DIGITAL IMAGING: OKTO PIXEL<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_gallery interval=&#8221;3&#8243; images=&#8221;2583&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">FIREFIGHTING NOZZLES<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In 1824, Indian soldiers called Sepoys used nozzles for the first time to fight fires in Singapore. Various sizes of nozzles were introduced in the 1930s to project different water streams used for fighting different types of fire. Today, although the appearance of the nozzles are very different from the past, they both largely serve the same function.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_gallery interval=&#8221;3&#8243; images=&#8221;2580&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">FIBREGLASS FIREFIGHTING HELMET<\/span><\/p>\n<p>These were first acquired by the Singapore Fire Brigade in 1959 and used till 1976. They included a rim that protected a fireman\u2019s skull from falling debris. 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