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Show 'jinbers Criticize Policy, ike Recommendotlon 'Jn-tsof the Moab Fire Department iV' presented a lt-t-County Commis-im Commis-im Oi Mar-ter Mar-ter as well as the '-ffl. Council, stating teeliis concerning -Ss " - Hint thev feel should vod by Uie Fire De- 'V, Nelson ami Dick Ham-" Ham-" -Rented a list of. ;fe,y thought sliould -dorod to improve the ;ae;s of the volun-!,:i,rtment. volun-!,:i,rtment. Their main ly was the apparent i instruction, along items- They stat-.jthev stat-.jthev had been with Vi about six months that time had receiv- instructions in meth-; meth-; ire fighting, and nr. r precautions. A men also comment-i comment-i - the inadequate alarm .-3 currently being used A department. They , k ' iat the siren could not ' .. "be heard and sug- that telephone nofi- 3 be added to the me-notification. me-notification. ,y rner and Nelson also l ; inadequate or broken -d such as: a very i' rater pump leak on one i trucks, a ditch pump j r requires considerable Y to start, no mainten- 1 on equipment such as : and gloves which, they 1 1 rain, are tossed in a 1 after use, and could 1 3; and a ladder which se missing for about I ;-r, along with moper?,- ire plugs. I, remedies to this situ-J situ-J ;ie men suggested that j : fireman be supplied with a fire extinguisher, employment em-ployment of a full time person per-son to maintain all equipment equip-ment and make regular fire inspections as well as hold regular meetings and instructional in-structional sessions and kep a roster of active firemen-they firemen-they request the issuance of coats, hats, boots and the aforementioned fire extinguishers extin-guishers to each man, and these supplies would be kent at home. Thoy also want the fire plugs .to. be checked twice a year. . ' The mea stressed that it was not their desire to create cre-ate trouble, but . they at that some attention should be directed' toward all these terns and that the public was being done a disservice by not - having ; adequately prepared members on th department. |