English Translation

ARo1 Z.Z. PV 1714-Ba Geh/1941. - transcription . Ministry of Transport . Railway Administration. Number: PV 946/Ver-1941. Prague, 8 May 1941. Subject: Fire protection measures for trains with straw shipments. To the commissioner of the Ministry of Transportation /L/ at the Reich Protector in Bohemia and Moravia TODOH Prague. There have been repeated fires of wagons with straw or pressed straw, which are usually only partially covered or even uncovered on trains. In the fires created during the journey, the timely intervention is impossible : if/with deletion has begun, then it is already too late, and complete burning of the cargo and wagon is almost inconceivable. With the setting of protective cars is not helped, which is shown by the fact that in one case even the 25th car was on fire / there is also the possibility of the inflammation by the return. aFor the transports of the Wehrmacht carried in groups of wagons or in closed trains, we recommend constant surveillance of the wagons loaded with straw by accompanying soldiers, which would be provided with at least 2 foam extinguishers of larger space content /according to the approval of the Prague fire authority, one would not suffice 1 foam extinguisher/. The fire station would be to assign a suitable brake car as an observation post. In the event of a fire hazard, it will be able to stop the train and immediately carry out removal work.