The New York City Fire Department, largest in the world, and the greatest international exposition in history have signed a mutual fire fighting assistance agreement, it has been announced by Robert Moses, president of the New York 1964-1965 World's Fair, who signed the agreement with City Fire Commissioner Edward Thompson.

In effect, the pact between the City department and the Fair Corporation places units of the City's fire fighting resources, 13,000 men strong and 760 pieces of rolling apparatus, at the service of the Fair when, as and if needed. Conversely, the Fair's firemen and equipment are at the disposal of the City's Fire Department, as needed. The Pinkerton National Detective Agency has been awarded the contract for security, including fire protection, prevention and extinguishment at the World's Fair.

The fire fighting agreement permits either the Fire Department of the City or the Fair to call for assistance when necessary. It then becomes the duty of the senior officer on duty at the fire office

receiving the request to determine the availability of apparatus and personnel and to dispatch them to the scene.

The Fair Fire Department, composed primarily of recently retired City fire officers and men, will be divided into three companies, each consisting of a captain, three lieutenants and 20 firemen. They will operate on a round-the-clock basis to protect the buildings on the Fairgrounds and will stand ready to assist the New York City Fire Departments in fighting fires in the vicinity of the Flushing Meadow Park site of the Fair.

The first of three fire engines, ordered by the New York 1964-1965 World's Fair Fire Department, which has been delivered to the Flushing Meadow Park site of the international exposition. The engine, decorated in the familiar orange and blue of the Fair and the City of New York, has the most modern equipment available, including more than 600 feet of nylon, self-drying hose.