Drivers are 'flying past' police and firefighters at roadside emergencies every day, and Greensborough's top traffic cop says 'ignorant' behaviour is threatening lives.News article 1 page, black text.greensborough police, speeding, emergency services

Originally distributed by Abbott Laboratories. This device is used for the self-administration of Penthane, an analgesic. Designed for use in emergency rooms, obstetrics, orthopaedics and surgical outpatients.Wooden box with metal clasp and hinges and two sections inside, divided by balsa wood. One side contains an amber plastic and black rubber facial mask, along with a inhaler tube and felt square. The other side contains a cylindrical metal device with a black plastic handle secured to one end and a portal for attaching the facial mask at the other.penthrane, analgesia, self-administration

Fred and Christine Stern were house parents for Maroondah Youth Accommodation Project that supplies emergency accommodation for disadvantaged youth of the eastern suburbs of Melbourne.B & W gloss photograph of Fred and Christine Stern seated on a couch.fred stern; christine stern; maroondah youth accommodation project

The Whitehorse Benevolent Society Inc.was originally the Blackburn and Mitcham Ladies Benevolent Society convened in 1928. The Society merged with the Eastern Emergency Relief Network.Registration stamp 'Whitehorse Benevolent Society Inc.' ABN 74 368 144 817 Square plastic stamp container in black and pale grey 'Color Printer 30' on side. When top black part pushed down rubber stamp appears and stamps.stamps - rubber, blackburn, benevolent society

Silver plaque mounted on solid wood depicting seven fighter jets, five at top, one flying downwards with a dragon in the cockpit, one at bottom with a full length dragon atop of fighter jet. Sgn Ld Alan r Reed is a Life member of the Grand Order Of tap DragonsFor head-sup, hook-down excellence in the emergency snaggin' and draggin' of the nylon tape of the land-based aircraft arresting equipment at Tan Son Nhut, Vietnam on 21st Sept 1968plaque, alan reed, tan son nhut

In 1937, the engineer Holger Hesse founded Testa Laboratory, which later became Ambu. Hesse developed products that made a difference to patients and doctors. The real breakthrough came in 1956 when the Ambu ventilation bag reached the market, developed together with anaesthetist Henning Ruben. It was the world’s first self-inflating resuscitator and a major milestone in emergency medical equipment. The Ambu bag became a permanent part of hospital and emergency services product ranges. Brown rubber bag with a round metal filter at one end and a connector tube at the other. There is a blue plastic connector between the rubber bag and the metal tube.Moulded into blue plastic connector: AMBU-INTERNATIONAL / Ruben-Resuscitator Stamped into filter: Ambu logo - large capital A with AUER inside the legs of the Aambu, ruben, self-inflating, resuscitator, emergency, henning, ruben

This metal key box was used at Lower Plenty Primary School to keep a set of spare keys for use in emergencies. The box was fixed to the wall in the school office.Metal box painted red with perspex window and lock on front. lower plenty primary school, keys, metal box

The Norman Oliver collection. Norman Oliver was three times Mayor of Bendigo - 1950-51, 1964-65, 1970-71. Three pages of typed notes, untitled but with the date 5 Mar 1965 handwritten in the left margin. Topics include: cemetery issues and management, and the formation of a Civil Emergency organisation.bendigo, council, report, norman joseph oliver , councillor norman oliver. mayor of bendigo. cemeteries (bendigo)

Squat yellow transmitter used in emergency life rafts carried by aircraft on flights over water. Shape enabled it to be held between knees to crank generator to provide signal. known as the 'Gibson Girl" radio because of its waisted shape. ("Gibson girl " was a marketing image of a woman with a curved waist).RA (Crown emblem). A.F. Indent No. Y11OD/500320.transmitter

Report - four pages - stapled in top left hand corner, titled "PCC - by F R Thompson", describing the control systems in a PCC tramcar, eg No. 980. Refers to drawings that are not included. Describes the control circuits, car drive, equipment, electric brakes, emergency dynamic braking, and service braking.trams, tramways, tramcars, controllers, electrical engineering, electrical equipment, motors, electric traction, pcc

Squat yellow transmitter used in emergency life rafts carried by aircraft on flights over water. Shape enabled it to be held between knees to crank generator to provide signal. Known as the ' Gibson Girl' radio (named after the famous 'Gibson Girl' marketing image who had a curved waist).RA (crown emblem) AF. ID No Y1100/500320. Serial No. 14823. 'Gibson Girl' (named after the famous 'Gibson Girl' marketing neon sign).transmitter, bendix, radio, raaf, aviation

Set of four drawings of electrical and brake equipment on VR Tramcars. .1 - No. 1 - Bogie car wiring diagram - shows all equipment including lights, compressors, motors and switches. Has a different lighting circuit for the 52 to 54. 4 copies held. .2 - No. 2 - Air and Brake Equipment (Excluding one-man car) - shows all equipment including wipers, conductor's brake valve .3 - No. 3 - Pneumatic Equipment for One-man car - shows all equipment including door engines, emergency valves, emergency reservoirs, door valves and links to controller. .4 - No. 4 - Pneumatic Door Equipment - cars 52 to 54 - including door controller valve positions.trams, tramways, vr class tramcars, victorian railways, brakes, wiring diagrams, one man trams, air compressors

Newspaper cutting from "The Herald", April 30, 1939. The article discusses the course syllabus and potential jobs after graduation. There are two photos, one with a girl ploughing, pulled by two cart horses and the second of a girl surrounded by grape vines and grapes, with the caption: " 'Burnley' girls are ready for any gardening emergency."the herald, burnley horticultural college, students, female students, syllabus, careers, horses, students working outside, orchard, grapes

Prayer booklet published by the Church of England Emergency Civil Defence Committee, Diocese of Adelaide, in 1939 for those on active service. Contains holy communion, commandments, prayers, psalms.Booklet with yellow card cover and white pages, printed in black, stapled.prayer booklet - war time, wwii, world war ii

Used by country based ambulance officers to gain emergency access to buildings or cars when attending patients. Source Chas Martin AHSV curator 2 November 2016.Metal hand held axe with brown handle, red centre section and ambulance Maltese cross badgeAMB 11

Emergency signaling mirror - Ground to Air .1) Bright polished steel. Cross hairs engraved on reflective surface. Rear face has instructions for use, yellow sticker with black print. .2) Sight. Long piece with viewing hole at end, painted white. .3) White cotton container with tie straps..1) On rear yellow sticker / black print: "Instructions for use of Heliograph Mirror & illustration" .2) Site stamped one side: "27H / 2107" .3) Faded stencil on flap: "Heliograph" heliograph, mirror, ground to air

This field First Aid kit is a mixture of items, some prepared for use in wartime, including World War One and some for use in peace time emergencies. The calico bag, produced by the Red Cross in Kalgoorlie, W.A., has been used by the State Emergency Service and at a later date by a scout group. The name, ‘S. Dempster’ is on the striped calico bag. Samuel Dempster was born in Ireland and was living at Panmure when he enlisted. He was attached to the 6 Ambulance training. He served from 1942-46 This is a calico shoulder bag with the shoulder strap adjustable with the use of metal clips. The bag is frayed and rusted and contains 14 items:-eight flat bandages, five safety pins, six small rolled gauze bandages, three navy blue packages of white absorbent gauze, one rolled package bandage,, rubber hose (broken), two small and one large field dressings, two shell dressings, Armed Forces shell dressing (Commonwealth of Australia), dark blue absorbent lint (yellow label), absorbent cotton wool (navy blue wrapper with red label), striped canvas bag, bottle of aqueous solution Acriflavine, two rolled bandages. ‘S.Dempster VX74418’ ‘Red Cross Society Kalgoorlie West Australia’ s. dempster, world war 2, samuel dempster, first aid kit wwii, warrnambool

During WW2 R.H. Baron volunteered as an ambulance driver with the State Emergency Service. Part of the "Robert H. Baron", No. 3596, and Cooper Collections. See Catalogue No. 1981P for details of Baron's service.Blue coloured folded identity card. Cover is blue buckram. Inside details are printed in black type with handwritten additions in black ink. State of Victoria crest printed at top. Inside colour is cream. Printing on front cover in dark blue capital letters.Handwritten details on inside in black ink: 'R. Baron, 50 Pender St. Preston, Auxiliary Ambulance Driver No. 676, Lim, Melbourne, 19th September 1942.' Stamped in purple ink: a signature of issuing authority.robert h. baron, cooper collection, state emergency service, identity card

Bell used by the conductor or passengers to signal to the driver - stop, proceed or an emergency stop. MMTB Drawing R1241 Details of Signal Bell refers. Tram 502 entered service 4/1928. Demonstrates a conductors communication or signal bell made for use on tramcars. Brass Conductor Communication Bell, or signal bell, consisting of cast frame, bell, striker, bell pull part, three nuts to secure the bell to the frame and two rivets securing for the bell pull part. Has at both ends, four screw holes that were used to secure the bell to the roof. Has been stamped at one end on the underside "502" "1", indicating it was made or used on W2 502, No. 1 end. trams, tramways, conductors, bells, mmtb, w2 class, tram 502

Bell used by the conductor or passengers to signal to the driver - stop, proceed or an emergency stop. MMTB Drawing R1241 Details of Signal Bell refers. Tram 579 entered service 9/1929.Demonstrates a conductors communication or signal bell made for use on tramcars. Brass Conductor Communication Bell, or signal bell, consisting of cast frame, bell, striker, bell pull part, three nuts to secure the bell to the frame and two rivets securing for the bell pull part. Has at both ends, four screw holes that were used to secure the bell to the roof. Has been stamped at one end on the underside "579 2", indicating it was made or used on W2 579, No. 2 end.trams, tramways, conductors, bells, mmtb, w2 class, tram 579

Victoria State Disaster Reponse Plan (DISPLAN) training exercise involving emergency services attending two real life simulations; Kangaroo Ground SES including Police, Ambulance, CFAVHS Video cassette Converted to MP4 file format 00:16:11; 1.18GBshire of eltham, video recording, shire of eltham archives, displan, training exercise, victoria police, cfa, country fire authority, eltham cfa, ambulance service victoria, eltham shire council, alan stein, kangaroo ground ses, state emergency service, victoria state disaster reponse plan (displan)

Rumbold donation as per 8223 1. The Leader Spare Corner Book White paper covered Thirty-one page booklet -A Unique Collection of home and household hints and Kitchen recipes . 2. Grey paper covered Forty page Iodex Company booklet -First Aid for Emergencies -What to do -and What not to domedicine, first aid

Black hard covered book of 1038 pp with index, colour and b/w.illus. binding is textured with leather spine and corners. the book begins with a colour fold-out figure of a pregnant woman plus other colour plates. Page edges are marbled. The envelope in the back contains a small booklet,"Directions for Emergency Confinement In The Home" non-fictionnursing, medicine, eulalia richards, eulalia s richards, medical, women, scarlet fever, diptheria

Issued by state emergency coining for Civil Defence Victoria outlining Air Raid Precautions advice to householders in April 1961. Refer to 147081 William Charles ATKINSON enlisted 9.2.44 age 18 Brown booklet, 40 pages including larger fold out sheets of air raid shelter designs. Cover ‘AIR RAID PRECAUTIONS”. Advise to house holders 1941”air raids, government advice

Kit emergency sustenance type E-3. Specification No 94-40441. Quantity 20,000 Stock No 8300-559158 Order No 43-29113AF MINTZ COMPANY PROPERTY AIR FORCES. USA ARMY Wrapped in waxed paper rectangle in shape with printed instruction and ingredients.

This vehicle was owned and operated by the Metropolitan Ambulance service. It was regularly used in the suburb of Preston. It is typical of an emergency ambulance of that era. The vehicle was restored by Medical Transport Services Australia and Montvern Panelmaster in Vermont, Victoria.Four-wheeled vehicle fitted out as an ambulance. Bodywork painted white with the bonnet painted black. It has a red light located on the roof and the word Ambulance written above the front windscreen.Registration number 28098H.ambulance, motor vehicle, holden, holden hq, metropolitan ambulance service, preston, montvern panelmaster