'WHIRLPOOL' was the first magazine of the new Tyne & Wear Brigade. No2 featured 'A YANKEE-but not from Swalwell'. 'Ritchie' Banaciski was an Ex-New York fireman in the Brigade. Here he poses for the camera in his American fire gear at the pump controls of an appliance.
YANKEE is the callsign for Swalwell's appliances.
Tom Bennet was the editor with the 'Visual Aids' Dept doing production. Station representatives sent in articles of interest concerning their area.
Whirlpool. Spring 1975.
New York Fire Department

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