Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1915-09-05 | Page 29 | Salt Lake's Fire Department

11 Ii SALT LAKES LAKE'S FIRE DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT i t t A tourist standing In the tho Salt SAIL Lake Lako central fire tire station the other da day said to one of ot the firemen Where dhere do you OU l keep your horses horses' Tho The man who asked the question re received received re- re d a Jolt The fireman replied We Ve dont don't keep them Then the gentleman from th the effete cast began beg to a awaken waken to the fact that In the western wilderness was one of ot the time most modern fire tire departments In Inthe inthe the tho world Every Even piece of ot apparatus In the seven fro tiro stations of or Salt Lake Is of or the latest to the te design n Steam engines Ines combination pumps ifo nets towers and a n. great variety of chemical apparatus are housed In Inthe Inthe inthe the stations of 01 the tho department There is no emergency in the Va way of ot a n fire tiro that the the- Salt Sl Lake department Is Is notable not notable able to meet I In the central station there is no horse horse drawn drawn apparatus And there Is but little now In the substations The Tho seventh station at Sugar Sugar House House is comparatively new now It was opened Jul July last when the John S. S Bransford combination hose and chemical truck was sent out to the station The coming of or the bl big truck truel last year was a gala day for tor the too residents residents residents resi resi- dents of or that section who had always alwn's Jived In more or less tear teal of fire be be- be cause of their distance from the central central central cen cen- station To supply the place of ot the combination truck a powerful pump motor combination was as purchased purchased pur pur- chased This new piece of ot machinery put the finishing touches on the equipment equipment equipment equip equip- ment of the central station statton and provided provided pro pro- vided Ideel a piece picco of ot apparatus capable of throwing a stream over the tower of ot i the tho tallest building in la the tho city Chief W W. II U. Dwater head of the the j department is not only the leadIng fire fighter of ot Utah but has gained j ja a reputation throughout tho nation nallon as asan asan an nn authority ou on the fighting of or fires tires He runs the dep department without file fric friction tion and maintains a discipline that thatis is almost as perfect as ns that oT tho the Gorman army rm The personal al life of ot the fireman Is of 01 course courso rather monotonous But themen the themen I i men ha have havo vo a no relief fund that reaches round figures This was started by dues from the firemen's association Uon and ond has hns been augmented often l by contributions con contributions con con- from outsiders Many of oC the firemen ha have havo 0 been made property owners own- own I ers b by the gratitude of oi those whose buildings they saved sa from the taine i In tho the past year there were some I alarms turned In Property alu valued d I f fat I at more than s Involved i but the total loss was loss than than I i 4