Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-03-09 | Page 31 | Doors and Windows in Structure Afford Practise in Saving Persons from Burning Buildings

I Doors and Windows Windo in Structure Afford Practise Practise Practise tise in Saving Persons From Burning Buildings Through the the of members rs Of of headquarters department fire department unde the supervision ot of f Fire Chief William WilHam II H. Bywater firemen are now receiving dally daily rills drills In every phase of ot rescue work fr from m buildings building's endangered by fire tire and nd other angles of efficiency conducting conducting con- con ducting their wok work of ot PA P A sixty foot tower part of the structure where headquarters ea company com com- any pany apparatus i I is housed at I East Sast First South street has been fully ully equipped with standard steel I ire fire escapes such as are In use on practically all b buildings The tower tow tow- tow tow-I er r has ous doors and windows win win- dows In It from which firemen may practise every form of rescue work Win Win-I Addition of ot the steel fire escape platform and ladder on the south southside southside side ide of the tower was recently accomplished accomplished ac- ac unde unde- supervision of ot Chief Bywate Bywate- with firemen doing the he work at odd intervals Tho The platform affords practical drill rill in hoisting h a line of hose up the side of a burning burning- building building- and also gives firemen an opportunity I to practise prostrate human human human hu hu- hu- hu man forms down the fire escape ladder passing through the small openings in the steel platform I Firemen are drilled two hours dally daily five days a week In this prat- prat pratI I use tise being organized Into regula I classes supervised by Chief Bywater By- By i wRite wee or some of ot his captains or I lieutenants Window and door apertures In Inthe I the side of ot the tower afford opportunity opportunity y for P practical lg 1 drill in r rescue c I wok k from f window or gi doors lo s of an endangered building In the latter practise p the firemen commonly use I f a small shaft ladder known as the ladder which has a great hook nook on one end so it can be easily fastened Into the frame of ot a window window window win win- dow or door II A net Is stretched between the ground and the firemen on the tower when they are at dill fo fo- fo the obvious purpose of ot safety to the firemen and also for use In practise of from a ladder or window which Is 15 sometimes said to be be- required at actual fires