Historical information
Used to sterilise ambulances after carry patients to the former Fairfield Infectious Diseases Hospital. A mixture of water and disinfectant was heated and blown through the ambulance for a minimum of 10 minutes after an infectious patient was moved. Equipment was held at either the Fairfield ambulance station or at the Fairfield Infectious Diseases Hospital. Units were in use from at least 1962 through to the 1980s. Source Chas Martin curator AHSV 29 April 2016
Physical description
Aluminium electrical unit with swivel top portion
Inscriptions & markings
CHALLENGER
FOGMASTER
TRI-JET
