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November 26, 2012
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A hand-drawn fire hose cart (circa 1860), refurbished by Fleet Maintenance Facility employees, was presented to Capt(N) Bob Aucheterlonie (centre) and base firefighers in a brief ceremony at the drill shed last week.
Historic fire hose cart returned to base Shelley Lipke Staff Writer The new base fire hall on Esquimalt Road will have an historical memento on display when it opens; it will serve as an acknowledgment to firefighters of the past. A hand-drawn fire hose cart, circa 1860, once used to douse fires on base more than 150 years ago, was returned to the base by the Saanich Historical Artefact Society and the Victoria Fire Department Historical Society. Last Wednesday in the Naden Drill Shed, the newly restored relic was officially presented to Base Commander, Capt(N) Bob Auchterlonie and CFB Esquimalt’s firefighters. “My father was a volunteer fire fighter for 35 years, so this is very close to my heart,” said Capt(N) Auchterlonie.
The cart was in bad shape, so shipwrights Heidi Schulz and Rick Rainsford, and paint shop employees Shane McClymont and Ryan Yeomans worked for over a month to restore it. They even made new
wheels from scratch. “This is a great example of several organizations coming together and helping us connect to our past,” said Fire Chief Steve Mullen. The hose cart features a wooden box where fire-
fighters would have kept axes. The frame is a single piece of iron. The cart was the property of Public Works before coming into the care of the Saanich Historical Artefacts Society 14 years ago.
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