Fire Bomb Described!
The most effective means of
combating incendiary bombs are
given in Civilian Defense bullet
ins prepared by national defense
authorities.
Br efly, incendiary bombs serve
two major purposes. First, objec
tives are made visible to raiding
aircraft, thus minimizing the ef
fectiveness of blackouts. Second,
sweeping conflagation, more de
vasting than tons of explosives,
may result from the fires. An ex
plosive bomb can cause great
damage, but it is localized.
The worst factors which con
tribute to the spread of fire
are wooden roofs, failure of wa
ter pressure and fracture of wa
ter mains. In the cold of Alaska,
the spread is especially danger
ous because of difficulties of fight
ing fire in such weather.
Fire bombs are ordinarily not
dropped singly, but in lots of 10
or 20 in containers. It is possible
to drop contents of more than
one Container at a time. A single
plane can carry from 1000 to
2000 fi>e bombs, but the number
of fires resulting may be only 75.
Fire bombs make use of their
thick-walled magnesium shells to
spread the fire. The shell is
about nine inches in length and
two inches in diameter and
weighs little over 2 pounds. Jets
of flame emit from vent-holes in
the shell, and bits of molten
magnesium are forced through
the holes and scatter in every
mtection for a distance of about
fid feet.
, Fire bombs can be extinguish
ed with a fine spray of water,
pr by covering w th sand. Water
thrown on the bombs cause then
to explode, and such tactics
should never be used. Bombs or
dinarily burn themselves out in'
fiferee minutes, but in that time
cits ignite anything their flames i
contact. i
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