STATE SECRETARY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 588, sig. 109-4335

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HAUPTSTADT PRAG. Praesidium. where it is necessary to remove automatic fire detectors on increased temperature and this in the shortest time /l4 days/. 3./ A specially designated storage of waste paper is immediately to be cleared and the bales are to be stored in the open area under an open shed. 4./ Increase the number of employees trained in the fire service from 9 to 18 so that there is a corresponding number of trained employees in each shift, which could possibly intervene in the event of a fire. At the Commission it was stated that already with the decision of the Magistrate of the capital Prague No. Z III.20328/40 D/d3 of 21.V.1940, the copy of which is enclosed, the company Kubik various protective devices were applied, which are partly carried out. Everything could not be carried out, since the suppliers had not delivered the ordered material to this day, e.g. fire extinguishers, connections and i.e. conversion of the electrical line is still carried out . Finally it is noticed that at 10 o'clock 20 min. on the l3.d.M. again a Prand broke out in the yard from a spark from a tow train locomotive, which could be immediately deleted before the fire department arrived, so that only a few bales of paper lightly burned. Heil Hitle r ! The speaker of the technical department II. Hpalnchel 1 Attachment. Opp /Ing. Koloschek/