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Show Platoon Plan Favored Fire Chief Discovers Chief George Graves of the Ordeal fire department has returned from the International Association of Fire Engineers En-gineers convention, held at Toronto. Canada Fire Chief Graves accompa-1 nled hlef W. H Bywater of Salt Lake! and the two Utah fire chiefs visited i seeral Canadian cities and inspected! the flro departments Reports from the convention Indicate Indi-cate thut the platoon system la being adopted extensively throughout the I'nited States and Canada The platoon system. It Is stated, docs away with the 2 4-hour shifts for ftrp-mcn ftrp-mcn and divides the day's work be-iVeen be-iVeen two shifts of 12 hours each. In cities where the platoon system b&b been adopted, no difficulty In keeping a full ciew of efficient firemen fire-men has been experienced, the chief |