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Show Davis County Clipper Tuesday, October FIRE receives an alarm, they first call the home, then neighbors, then the fire department. A good three or four continued from front minutes could have elapsed there before the alarm company notified and across the street. By now, Malone was really stressed. She said she called 911 a third time and said, Where the hell authorities, Barfuss speculated. Michael Hudson, customer service center manager for ADT disputes that notion. We received a fire alarm at 14:06 and dispatched the fire department at 14:06 and 8 seconds. We dont call the home when a fire is reported, he said. are you. This is retarded. That was 15 minutes after the first call, Malone said. The dispatcher hung up on her, she said. By then the house was on fire. everywhere. damaged all house. Much There were flames The fire eventually three levels of the of the damage was Bountiful Fire Department spokesperson Bob Stell said it's been his experience that people from smoke and heat. Our concern is that we live in a forest, Betty said, from Malones living room, as fire crews worked to involved in an emergency situation have a distorted sense of time a feeling that every minute is much longer than it actually is. However, Malone said she was sure of her figure. Firefighters say the station on Bountiful Boulevard is manned a day, but if the crews are out on other calls, they must take care of them first. At the time of the blaze, one crew from the station was out on an ambulance cal!, a second crew was on detail at the Bountiful Recreation Center. The first crew to arrive on the scene Thursday was from another fire station. We responded immediately. There was no delay in response time, said Barfuss, fire investigator for the department. He said the average time it takes on a call has never been documented, because it varies based on where the call comes from, e crew if theyre relying on e members or the help and the mess later Thursday afternoon. The fire station is not manned during the day and the city promised us it would be, she said. clean-u- p rs But firefighters say they were on the scene nine minutes after being dispatched, had two engines on the scene in 10 minutes and six engines from the Bountiful Fire Department and the South Davis Fire Department on the scene in 15 minutes, including 35 to 40 firefighters. It took them 35 minutes to put out the blaze after they arrived. Assistant Fire Chief Mike Barfuss said tapes made of the 911 call document the time it took and city officials have reviewed those tapes. Barfuss said the house was protected with an ADT system the alarm Betty set off. Once ADT full-tim- part-tim- communications and with our mutual aid agreement (an agreement the Bountiful Fire Department has with TIME continued from front he the South Davis Fire District and other nearby departments), it said, leaving the station on Bountiful Bivu. undermanned, but works. South Davis Fire District crews called to the scene responded from the Noyth Salt Lake station in 10 minutes. theres no way to predict when a fire will occur. Hardy. added if the city manned the fire stations to full coverage, "We would have to triple our budget and I dont think thats rea- District sonable." Graham said the engine dispatched came from the North Salt Lake sta- Hardy said city fathers have talked about adding a provision to the fire code which recommends a area clear zone, that is a clear of overhanging trees, surround- tion because units from the Centerville station and the 400 N. station were already out on other 30-fo- calls. Farmington crews were called in to man the North Salt Lake station at that time. Graham said Farmingtons crew was basically covering the whole area for a while. He added when a large incident takes place the area is not covered. When we had that freeway crash a couple of years ago every available unit was called out. If wed had even a dumpster fire at the same time I dont think we could have handled it, he said. The district tries to respond to fires in its jurisdiction within four minutes but that doesnt always hapBrent Argyle said pen. His ing homes. Such a zone is especially critical in areas sucn as Cave Hollow, which is in what is called the Urban Fire Interface, an area abutting forest service land. In the summertime you cant even see the houses enveloped with trees, Hardy said. That creates fire fighting prob-lem- s unique to that area of the city, a problem he said is often compound-.e- d because residents of such will build wooden decks - and store firewood underneath those decks. Its different to fight a fire with branches hanging on the house. The exposure is different. The'way ; you fight a fire is different, Hardy said. ! For safetys sake, homes on the east bench are required to have fire- resistant roofs and the Bountiful Fire Department will inspect homes upon neigh-',iorhoo- t- ef the current level of protection for South Davis is dangerous for firefighters. We have two people per apparatus. Most cities have at least three or four. This is dangerous for our firefighters and the public," - request to determine fire hazards, a house. but that doesnt fire-pro- ; It doesnt guarantee what happened Thursday wont happen again. Hardy said he believes Bountiful . has ; very protection. ..Equipment-wis- e good we have the best equipment, the best ( Terry Argyle said. The solution is money. Weve had an extreme amount of growth and maintained low budgets. That has hurt us, Argyle said. Graham agreed. Weve got a million dollar budget and were trying to run a department 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Its not enough, he said. DOGNAPPING : continued from front ' Director DeAnne Hess doesnt agree. There is no need to change This was a public y the ordinance. safety issue and the officers acted ! correctly, she said. She explained that the officers were in the area on another call and observed Wuichs dog running along the sidewalk snarling find growling at the officers. This was an extremely aggressive, snarling dog, Hess said. She added that the issue was not the electronic fence. Although the ordinance does not address elec-- ; tronic fences, they are considered containment by animal control which is what the ordinance requires. Our job is to keep the public safe while at the same time protect-ing the rights of the animals, Hess c C said. She explained there are many . lawsuits against dog owners in ; which they pay massive settle-meneven though the dog does not actually attack a person. Hess said she is aware of suits is frightened filed when a passer-b- y ; by an aggressive dog and has run away only to fall and be injured in ; their flight. One young boy was so : frightened by a snarling dog he drove his bicycle into the street and j was hit by a car. It all depends on the dogs ! training. Many dogs stay near the house. Many dogs dont charge the v fence, but that was not the case with . this dog, Hess said. We took the ! dog into protective custody so we could talk to the owner and explain the problem. She was not willing to ts ; I; ' listen. Hess said she hopes dog owners understand the law and will evalu- ate their dog's behavior. Despite 1996 page A3 relies heavily on volunteers firefighters. who must leave their jobs when called. It's often difficult for them to get away. And anytime the department responds to a call in the eastern portion of the city, it takes longer to get those heavy trucks up the hill than if the call is in the valley, he said. As Betty said, the area is almost a forest, each house is nearly hidden by trees and oakbrush. If this fire had happened eight weeks ago, half the neighborhood would have gone up, Barfuss said. Warren suffered minor bums and singed hair, but there were no other IS LEFT? Most of the damage to the Lewis' home was done by smoke and heat, leaving its mark on all three floors Photo by Cathy Linford ALL THAT injuries. Barfuss said however, numerous firefighters suffered fatique and exhaustion. said "We have great neighbors." but helped saw to the Lewis well-beinthe first fire crews on the scene lay fire hoses. Its thanks echoed hy Betty who He offered the departments thanks to neighbors who not only The couple is staving with their daughter in Spanish oik. 1 Recycling is just a matter of retraining BOUNTIFUL Celestia Himstreet doesnt consider herself an environmental fanatic, but says that by concentrating on recycling, she and her household of four take six weeks to fill their city garbage can. By the time you pull out cardboard, glass, paper, steel, aluminum and tin, whats there to throw out? she said, adding that even waste like grass clippings and food scraps can be saved from the trash bin and used as compost instead. "Its more of a habit than anything else. Its just retraining ourselves, she said. Recycling takes a certain mind-se- t and sometimes more work, admits Himstreet, who has been heavily involved with recycling in Bountiful for the last six years. Yet she firmly believes the advantages of recycling outweigh the inconveniences. Principal among the benefits, she says, are extended life of landfills and conservation of natural resources which both translate into dollar signs. If we dont plan and recycle now. its just going to cost us later, she said. For those who are not now recycling but would like to, Himstreet suggests this starting point: Dont throw away your newspaper. National statistics show paper takes up 40 percent of the country's landfills, making it a big contributor of waste. Yet it's perhaps the easiest waste to avoid. Several newspaper collection bins are available in town, including the citys bins at 950 S. 200 West, where aluminum, tin, glass cardboard and plastic also can be deposited. Waste Management, a private company, also offers a curbside recycling service in Bountiful. Other suggestions are: Store some boxes in your garage into which you can separate Get the family involved. Think of recycling when you recy-clable- RECYCLE eery bill for using sacks again. Don't waste products. At a fast food restaurant, for instance, only take as many napkins and packaged condiments as you need. Don't request plastic utensils when you can use your own. Reduce the amount of paper coming into your home by writing to companies that send unwanted junk mail and have them take you off their mailing lists. Learn how to use grass clippings, organic kitchen waste and other materials in a compost pile. If looking at dollars, it's either pay now or pay later" in the form of higher garbage fees and costlier natural resources, she said. Plus, she believes that many people who now can use more than one e could offset the cost of a curbside program if they recycled and reduced their waste enough to not require another can. The charge for a second can is $2 a month. Likewise, she thinks the city could support a curbside recycling program by charging the same for a second garbage can as it does the first. city-wid- It's Otherwise, recycle, a disincentive to Himstreet said. program a money loser in Bountiful. "We've given notice that we will stop the voluntary pmgram at the end of the year." he said. "It's really a shame. I hate to see it go." Jones, himself a Bountiful resident. continued. That's why Bountiful Citizens for Recycling want to assess whether residents would support a program. Thacker said if the city could be persuaded to implement such a program, an estimated cost to all residents would be $2 a month rather than the $5 charge for current subscribers. The city could contract with a private company. such as Waste Management, or mn the program itself. While the city does operate several recycling bins at 950 S. 200 West. Thacker believes not enough people are using them. And Celestia Hmistieet. another recycling committee member, pointed to national research that shows people are more likely to recycle with the convenience curbside collection can site. oiler ov er a drop-of- f The whole reason tor recycling. Thacker and Himstreet say. is to extend the life of Bountiful's landfill. At an estimated years life expectancy, Thacker acknowledged. Re-us- through the surveys, as well as the number of responses, will determine what steps the city takes regarding a curbside recycling program. Philosophically we support recycling, Hardy said. "Economically we support it when it makes economic sense. times, as can paper. Reload computer printers, copiers and FAX machines with the blank side of used paper where appropriate. 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This is where a professional mortgage broker can provide you with invaluable Banks Tfie Get Back Your Life 1 THE MORTGAGE MINUTE youre buying' Envelopes can be used multiple Residents of Centerville, North Salt Lake and West Bountiful, on the other hand, pay about $14 a month. "Why use the landfill up quicker than we need to?" Thacker asked. We can contribute to the welfare of our children by recycling. An average of 1(X) tons of material go into the landfill every day (more material in summer than winter), said Mark Franc, an environmental engineer for Bountiful City. This 100 tons per day figure, which is the basis for computing the life expectancy of the landfill, has "stayed quite constant the past few attribute that to years." Franc said. recycling." Thus, as Bountiful's population grows, recycling will become increasingly important to maintain the life of the landfill. Franc said. Some people may balk about having to pay for recycling. Himstreet conceded, hut she dix'sn't think they should. Bountiful City Manager Tom Hardy said the level of support show n an item as many times as e Bountiful residents pay 56 a month foi the city to pick up a am. 50-pl- unnecessary packaging, or in containers that can be recycled. Producing less waste starts at the store. Be conHimstreet said. costly. city-wid- e shop. Choose recycled products. Select items with the least amount of scious of what "We don't have a crisis facing us in the eyes of many." Still, he said Bountiful residents should appreciate that their city is the only one in Davis County with a landfill available for collected tiasli. The garbage from other cities goes to a burn plant, which is more continued from front s. Get More Than a Test Score 400 Booths TS 40 Classes: $5 presale, $6.50 door, daily includes oil classes, booths, shows, shopping! 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