two-and-one-half

Updated: May 1, 2025

First of all he found that he could spare eleven small, two-and-one-half gallon chemical extinguishers and still leave enough equipment to comply with the fire underwriters' laws, which call for a certain number of extinguishers for each floor. These eleven were enough to provide two for each motorcycle in the brigade and one for the automobile.

Irving Crump - The Boy Scout Fire Fighters