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I I II I c J 1 I f C l I l' l r i C n M 5 i OJ l r r III 1111 r M JU cJ A I h B m C-m I I I 1 1 n I n H r CT F 7 f g I t. t t 1 1 I 13 l I l a JC J I L If U 1 t c I c J r I cr I I to 1 t I f pi I I I I I 11 I I 3 1 I I I i I I I II l I d 1 I I r lr I I l 1 I I I ADEQUATE FIRE PROTECTION Map showing local of central No 1 fire Are s station Uon and substations In various parts of city Radius of Inner circle Is bono ono one mile mUe second two miles and so on outlying districts b being therefore only four miles from central station It will be noted however vever that su substations substation are arc so 50 loca located that no part of the city la is more than ono one mile from a fire station thus insuring adequate protection By G G. G B. B HEAL With members of or the city commission comm lon preparing to enact a L new traffic ordinance ordinance orol- orol nance in Salt Lat Lake local residents declare that It is highly Important that attention atten alten- Uon tion be given to tho the speed of ot the fire firo department At the present time the tire fire department Is limited to thirty miles an hour in responding to Ore fire calls the commission having drafted an amendment to tho the traffic ordinance Immediately 01 following fol fol- lowin lowing the rendering of ot a a. Judgment against Chief W. W H H. ater Bywater in III the distrIct district district dis dis- dis- dis court Advocates of or safe and sane speed la 6 laws lawn declare that this should rhoul ba bl made permanent permanent permanent perma perma- nent and that this provision pro hould be le Included In the final draft of or the new ordinance It Has oven o been charged that the department has haa not kept within I this limit the passage e of or the enact enact- mentI ment merit Thirty miles an hour according to I those thosa favoring tho the limiting of ot the speed of ot tho the fire lre department is fast enough Inan in an any part of ot the city Tho The time oared caved between that and sixty or seventy miles an hour thoy they would re result ull In little or no property lo loss lose o while tho life and lind limb hazard would bo be Increased many times by the greater speed Faro Firo Equipment Best f alt Lake Lako boosts boasts fire firo equipment second to none In any city of tho same f l' l tion Uon With five substations already established Itched there thero Is no part of the city thet that thetis thatis is much more moro than one e mile C from a afire anre fire station lion In view of ot fa fact every part of ot the city can enn be reached 11 by the tho Salt Lake rare fire department within one minute without breaking the speed speed limit Increasing tho the speed limit to sixty y miles an hour would cut tho the time of ot response In two fh thus department by traveling tra ut at the rate rate- of ot sixty miles an hour would eave save one half minute over the ho present speed Whether one halt minute would Increase tho the property loss er very much is 13 n mooted question Some hold that a half minute counts In every disastrous fire while others declare that tho the increased loss loas would be slight Blight In Jn comparison lison to the Increased d danger to human life entailed entailed en en- tailed tatted by hY the tho greater td The acc accompanying map shows 1 the tho location loca loca- tion of the fire stations In Salt Luke Lithe City The Tho circles represent nt zones of ono one mile mUa from th the central headquarters According Ac Ac- cording cooling to this this map It Is 13 four our m miles from tho the c central tire station No 1 to direct line any part art of ot the tho dt city on a The substations however have o l been en selected carefully BO so that there ii is no pa part of ot the tho city that Ja is not within on one mile mUe of or one or the other of or th the Salt Lake Lako City tire fire stations Tho The mop also serves s to Illustrate the i variance between fire and police prot protection protection clion c- c tion lion in gait alt Lake City Tho The pollee police station i Is located approximately at al the tame mme point all ati No 1 Ore fire station FIre protection protection protection tion Is La within one mile of any part 0 of the city as ns shown by the map The police police police po po- po- po lice department nt ha has but ono one s station tI t. on Hence It Is seen teen that tho the resident living near tho the cle city limits has to send Bend only one mile for the tho fire department If h he wants a 1 policeman he has to t t. t trend end nd four our miles Residents of or Salt Lake who find special occupation In turning the tho critical eye eyo gO en the fire tiro department believe that there Is I need for revision re In the system In vogue here horo That the alarm system of ot answering answering answer Vcr In ing lire calls caUs should bo be placed in operation operation operation opera opera- tion here I Is their thelT contention It Is la pointed out that at the tho present time Ume every cry piece of or apparatus maintained at nt fire headquarters responds to every overy call within the lire tiro district bounded b by Second East Fourth South Second West and North orth Temple streets street In Inlew view lew of ot the fact that a lar large e percentage of ot the calls received are false also alarms or arv larv coils calls It Is in declared that tho the local focal department detracts from its efficiency when Ihen It clears rs the headquarters for call In the thc business busine district Unnecessary Runs Made Mado As a I. I further ar argument ment In favor of tho the alarm Arm s system etem they thoy cite cito the fact tact that every C part of ot tho the nr fire district Is within one half mile mUe of 0 th the tho headquarters mak making aking ak- ak ing InS a difference of ot only about one ono and one half minutes between n first and second sect sec Soc ond ond t- t calls It is also said that tho the adoption tion on of the tho alarm would eliminate tho the necessity of or leaving the tho warehouse district unprotected e every ery time the central central cen cen- department Is answering a Sl call In Inthe tho the tire district Advocates of a tt change clane In the tho present system of 0 responding to nr fire alarms say that there ther Is ls no necessity for every piece of or apparatus to turn out at the first alarm In their opinion the central station station sta sUl- tion lIon should not bo ho cleared d of 0 all apparatus until tho the second or third alarm Is turned in It is pointed out that tho the scout wagon lIgon which In is kept at the central station eta sta tion carries c. enough nou h equipment to fight I an any small fire At the the- present time the tho scout Is IR u used almost o ly Iy in answering calls in the residence district dis the remainder of or the department not responding until the second alarm is turned In B By Dy y applying th the tho same Estem to the fire Oro district it is declared that considerable considerable consider consider- able expense can be eliminated In the department without Increasing tho tiro firo hazard In the fire district At the present present present pres pres- ent time whenever a t call I la is rec received from rom any ans point within tho the Ora firo district the tho the scout or combination wagon motor pump the t steamer tho the ladder truck an and the chief respond The central station Is 18 cleared cleare and It Is necessary for forthe forthe the equipment of 0 No 2 station cond West Vest and South Temple streets to go bO to toI headquarters to meet moot an any call which may I come while tho the central centra department is ts out Warehouses Unprotected It is Ie pointed out that this leaves the northwestern part of ot the tho elt city Including man many warehouses and ond valuable buildings temporarily lIy without protection Moreover More More- over It Is declared l that the tho system la It costly In that It requires the No 2 department to make m. a run to for 01 c every ry alarm turned In from the A Additional 1 cost It r Is la sold Mid is entailed on the tho city by tills this s system tem when It Is remembered that a n largo large percentage percentage percentage per per- of or the fire district calls are unnecessary un un- necessary According to the advocates ad of ot the new Dew system the cost o of operating tho the motor pump the st steamer mer and the tho tha ladd ladder r tru truck k to and from bC headquarters as well as the cost of ot shifting No 2 2 department to h headquarters could b bo be eliminated In ever every unnecessary c calL ll Under the new system the combination combination tion Uon wagon which carries carnes enough chemIcals chemicals chemicals chem chem- men hose and ond equipment to fight tight the tha ordinary tire fire would bo be tho the only piece picco of ot apparatus to answer tile the first alarm The combination under tho the di direction direction direction di- di of or the tho assistant chief chic can reach an any part of ot the ho district one half mile within one ona minute and not break tho the present speed law Meanwhile tho the remainder of ot tho the apparatus apparatus apparatus ap ap- ap- ap a at t headquarters Is ready rend to U start starton starton starton on th the second alarm Tho equipment at No 2 is ready rendy to start for headquarters at tho the earns time The as assistant chief Is able ablo to tell at a glan glance whether he needs tho the remainder of ot the tho equipment ment mentor or not If It ho doesn't he can take tako his report report-on on the tho also folso alarm unnecessary call enU or small fire fire and arul return to headquarters head head- h headquarters d- d quarters sparing the tho city tay the tho extra expense ex ex- ex- ex pens pence and danger of ot running the hen heavy apparatus unnecessarily Could Give Alarm On the other hand han in tho the event that tho the fire is a serious one OCe then it Is 15 possible pos poe sible for tor the assistant nt chief to turn Inthe in tho the tle second ond alarm within two minutes of the time the combination w wagon on g-on left leCt the h headquarters The Th remainder of tho equipment being In complete readiness to answer the second call con cnn make makEs the scone of ot the fire within ono one minute or two minutes otter alter the tho first detail reaches the tho fire With every part alt of ur tho fire district within ea easy y reach of ot the tho fire headquarters it Is declared that all of ot t the tho e equipment of the tM central contra I station station station sta sta- tion c can n be bo on the tho ec scene three minutes after the alarm is turned in ln If it needs needs- S ear sary I U However Tonne ome of or the tho advocates contend contend con con- tend tena that it Is h not necessary to lo clear the central station completely until the third alarm Is lIS turned turne l In During the tho year ear 1913 tho the local department department department depart depart- ment rt responded j to alarms Of Ot the total number only were actual fires tires In buildings and many of ot these werd Verd i slight alight A lar largo o percentage o of or the Dumb number num Dum- b ber r were email blazes caused by defective de de- iLes de defective U O flues burnIng burn burn- log Ing soot coot oot overheated furnace burning grease eta eto Of Ot tie the remaining alarms 45 were false alarms and 23 were unnecessary calls call The Tho other 80 84 calls were WOr s to grass fires lencel freight ears lumber piles plies and the tike In practically all o of tho the calls calis Us c as well welt 03 vj a 1 Urge large perc percentage of or tho i tires fires in buildings the th combi combination nation wagon and its ItI equipment would have havo provided everything necessary for tor forthe fighting the th flames |