August 12, 1974 — Salvation Army Buys Complete First Aid Kit
Wayne's volunteer fire department now has a complete first aid kit, something which chief Cliff Pinkelman says, "really has been needed for a long time."
The kit, which cost just over $375, comes complete with almost everything necessary to treat injured persons before taking them to the hospital - stethoscope and blood pressure cuff, scissors, bandages of all shapes and sizes, smelling salts, suction kit and antitoxin. It even contains a plastic blanket 56 by 84 inches folded up into a box not much bigger than a deck of cards. Pinkelman said the kit is much better equipped than the small ones the fire department has been carrying with it on calls in past years. All contained in a plastic box about the size of a large fishing tackle box, the kit is just what the department has considered purchasing in the past but never got around to doing it, said Pinkelman.
