New Orleans Uses Motorcycle Side Car “Apparatus” In an effort to reduce the unnecessary response of heavier and more expensive fire-fighting equipment, the New Orleans Fire Department, Chief Howard Dey, has installed a new “firecycle.” The “apparatus” is a large size motorcycle and side car, the latter equipped with two types of fire extinguishers (including CO2), 300 feet of small hose and other equipment. The unit, driven by a fireman, responds to automobile fires in the principal business district.
