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Mr. Spearing
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what standards are laid down by his Department or the inspecting officer of fire brigades for foam and breathing apparatus to be carried by fire-boats operating in busy ports and estuaries.
Dr. Summerskill
It is the statutory duty of every fire authority to provide a fire brigade and equipment to meet efficiently all normal requirements and, where it considers a fire-boat to be necessary, to equip it according to the risks of the port or estuary concerned, for which standards cannot be laid down centrally.