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Show Fire Department-Credit Department-Credit To City Fires were fought by neighbors with buckets before t'ne waterworks water-works system was installed in 1910, but at that time a hose cart and fiie hose was purchased. This called for men trained to use it and to see that it was taken to the Tire. So it was in that year the Springviile V. F. D. was organized wiLlf seventeen members, with Walter Graham as chief. The per- j sonnel of the deX) rtment has ; chunked until only one chy iter member is u fireman at the present pres-ent t ime. ' he present department consists cf twenty-three members with Ij. D. T:i lor as chief, and are volunteers, although they receive $1.00 per KHinlli for insurance reasons. la 1022 a triple combination ( I'limp-ehemical-hose) ti Lick was purchased and added greatly to the protection of the city. To fitl the need of a suitable place to keep the Ui.ck and other equipment, one oi' the oest fire stations in the state was built in 1925. And in 1928 a ho.-.: and chemical truck .is added to tlie equipment. In the pust five years tlie department de-partment h'as averaged two calls per month with an average esti-! esti-! uitcu a .ma;e of 3300 per '-'ire. This includes the fire:; at the Op- era Hull,.', Fi: h HMHtery and t;e 1 'uu Iti y 1 Mailt which had high damages. The Springville depart ment has always been active in tho U tab Slate Firemen's association and helptd organize the Utah-Juab County Firemen's association in 102(3. In the past three years first places have been won in the tournaments tour-naments of both associations. In li2y the firemen reorganized the need of first aid training and started in this work. At the present time fourteen members have First aid certificates from the American Had Cross. Four members are also holding instruction certificates. certifi-cates. The first aid team of the department won the state champ-i'jmliip champ-i'jmliip thu year. Hecentty the lat- est type inhalator was added to the other first aid equipment. At the present lime the department depart-ment has books on tire latest fire fighting methods and its members are planning a fire school in order to fijjbt fires more effectively. |