Show I n n o Efficiency dby by I W f. f rk UI U I U 0 o- o I o U U o O 0 3 g a ets Permit W king iii ih Dense Dene Smoke EFT Exercising EFT-Exercising Exercising on the horizontal bars left to right A. A V. V Morris Harr Harry Y Pease and C Capt apt Andrew Eikrem Upper right right- right right-Reidy Ready for the the smoke moke wearing oxygen helmets Lower LoVer right right Members Members of the team left to right J. J T T. T Bowen R. R Bertagnoli William Hancock and James ivan livan Lower Lower Lower-A A bout between Capt Andrew Eikrem and J J. J T. T Bowen u 1 I W r 4 a a f M 3 Z ti F aJ r tY ia r r c i kb h i y a 4 H y A Y 9 S i A y f ry r 4 4 w t k J iSa YiA a. a A 4 ni nit 1 v V uk ry n Qa off f N f s r i r f fY y k kf f G s rY y fB jf f Bywater yva t er I. I Institutes Institute I wily Drills for Blaze Fighters y FRANCIS MATSON er giving It the up and downs down is s the impressionistic way o of ing a critical Inspection to th the fhe theand and and gymnasium work of at i. i Sales Sale's Salt Sal Salte's es e's firemen you yours truly th the the theft ft e is thoroughly convinced ed that tha Lake has some fire department department the the standpoint of ot efficiency o of en n. n tency is the forerunner of ot suc suc- in any department of of any busi busi- Fire fighting these days 1 is isMy My Idly a. a a business the old time tim ids st s of everybody turning ou out wry arry water being decidedly a of the past Modern apparatus 4 Jwell well and good but its success ds ids Ads entirely on the efficiency o of sen ien who handle it A fireman must be an active full of or what they call pep in it hll ll and lland baseball B Chief W W. H. H Bywater has in in- in ted a daily gymnasium r the he Central station men which dr d- devery every morning in in the big bigin Jin in the publio public safety b building the direction of Capt Andrew Joseph Bowen theten the ten lIen are now put through every se known mown to gymnasium experts expert i 1 to special drills on climb climb- i coupling hose etc fn S n too Salt Lake has now one best st rescue teams in the state 11 tt fn is equipped with oxygen ff F ts' ts ts for use in entering smoke f j buildings and unless the team down flown lamentably at the contest next year at the state I thy they will surely surel capture the F ill Ali AJ I Winter I 1 I j rill has long been part o of fatty ny routine of the firemen This which h was comprised for the part of ot outdoor exercise had hadI 1 I abandoned to a great extent I IJ the he winter months but now s the Ithe new gymnasium in operand opera- opera nd fully equipped the men will P due ue uc with this work throughout i Salt Lake Lae is fully funy if feted led from fire as before The slum has a gong which strikes a fire alarm is received I i r r ing of the men has shown that t L' L Tres Ires less time for them to run 1 i the gymnasium to the Central Nand take their places on theatus the theatus atus than it formerly did for toa under ordinary con con- hi AeN F tc and rigid gymnasium work g Marti fasti st grown to be an essential elwork of firemen in all of thep the p Eastern tern cities Fire chiefs have is necessary to the success- success a fireman for him to tc keep P Pd I Sd d to be always pre pre- f for the fatiguing work of fight- fight ge g gc fires I rout o out t this drill and gymnasium firemen would be virtually unit un- un 11 it oT cope with the long tedius fire fire fighting Then it has 1 shown beyond all question of th that at firemen subjected to rigid glare gare e better prepared to with- with the smoke always encountered rework work gymnasium work of the firer fire- fire r eludes Ludes c wrestling boxing dumb Jt r li d id Indian club exercises run- run roping weight throwing pole and and exercises on the paral- paral and the horizontal bars ng Bouts Daily I exercises are performed day by each member of the tent ent Some are more proficient J G infers 3 but despite this fact 3 men make a creditable showe show- show i e every branch of gym work especially proficient in inI ire Yesterday morning Cap- Cap rem iem pi placed aced twenty men on on repaired paired paired them off and started I estling It was thirty-five thirty before the last pair Jair had fin fin- J I f s rr a. a h f f r r 4 r. r 1 k N n rr i Z J N 9 41 i r A Ja a t Y Y Y- Y Yu 3 d MT rr n 1 v S shed the first bout and the winner had downed his man Many city officials have visited headquarters while the firemen's drill has been going on and each and every one has expressed himself as believing it to be a great thing and something that should be adopted in inthe inthe inthe the police department Many of the policemen even have declared that they would willingly participate in work worl of this kind were they given the opportunity B But t so far Chief Grant or no other official has attempted to inaugurate a drill and no appreciable steps have been taken in this direction The use of the oxygen helmet Is fast coming to be an important part partin in the work of fire fighting It has been found to be very useful In beating locating beat beat- ing the source of ot a fire and extinguishing extinguishing extinguishing extin extin- it without great loss boss by water water water wa wa- ter damage I There are two kinds of helmets used in this work worl- The pure air helmet and the oxygen helmet Both BothI I are used by the Salt Lake firemen and Chief Bywater is now planning to buy several new helmets helmets' with larger capacity so that firemen may maybe maybe maybe be enabled to stay in dense smoke for several hours without the necessity necessity sity of coming out put for tor another supply of ot oxygen or air Crew Does Good Work The rescue crew as now organized is composed of Joseph Jaseph Bowen R James Sullivan and W W. J. J Hancock This team has worked together for nearly two years rendering rendering rendering ren ren- dering valuable service In the worst fires covering that period The work of the team is principally in basements basements basements base base- ments where a fire has been dering for some time tim causing the building to fill with smoke Without the aid of the helmets it often would be he almost impossible for firemen to stretch a line of hose into the building building building build build- ing and get at the source of the fire True enough firemen often enter entera a building filled with smoke without even a sponge in the mouth But this is impractical when compared with the use of the oxygen helmet While it has never happened in Salt Lake In large Eastern cities the oxygen helmet crew plays an important important import import- ant part in rescue work The firemen are with this appliance able to enter smoke filled buildings and rescue suffocated suf suf- d persons from otherwise Inaccessible inaccessible inaccessible inac Inac- rooms With the successful organization and possibly an increase of the number number number num num- ber of men in the rescue team and the permanent establishment of the gymnasium gymnasium gymnasium gym gym- drill Fire Chief Bywater expects expects expects ex ex- ex- ex that Salt Lakes Lake's fire firo department department department depart depart- ment will be one of the most efficient In the United States from every point of view From a standpoint of equipment It is now generally conceded conceded conceded con con- ceded to be the best of any city of like size in the United States 4 s' s 1 y Y p r r c 2 A Ay AP P y f q r a a r Jr 24 A af 4 a s 4 a el hi c cM M N |