Show z Chief Glore ore Make a es I Ii Urgent Recommendations J Set Fire Chief William H Glore makes urgent recommendations In his an annual annual annual nual report for 1909 that numerous n fieh necessary Improvements be e made maden Lehi During Durin the last year cur up to Dec 1 I he says sa s there have been 3 j tires Ures the tho thea a apparatus has traveled miles In I ta tal a a service feet of ot hose was laid l 1763 gallons s of oC chemicals were were used u Cd 1909 Je feet of ot ladders ls have be n d dand and the th department has ben been n hours old and 45 45 Ei minutes 3 In actual firs fire tIr Property Involved I in tIl S wiS nl ed di diat I at 0 the he 11 Jo jh uran losses I I to I pf of t l companies c paid fire tIre losses lo ses of oC 9 the actual fire loss losa totaled i and an the total losses looses by b lire tIro I over Insurance amounted amount d to 1 Chief Glore gives the tho total expendi expenditures expenditures tures on the lire fire department for tho the year as of or which was wall spent for salaries and was used for operating expenses I The worst w tIre Ire of or tho the year car In which the tho greatest money loss was sustained occurred March 17 about In the tho morning when the L I X I L Fur Furniture compans store stole at 41 H to 51 61 east cast Third South street O 0 I 1 I Another disastrous fire was that I which occurred Sept 19 at Jn to n tho the afternoon when worth of or lumber was Wa teas burned burnell In the tho yards of ot the tho Granite Lumber company GOI nt at n Eleventh jEns i South streets The fhe Next Iett largest loss was ems sustained by br the Sierra Nevada Lumber com con company compan I pany pan when worth of or lumber burned burne in Its yards ard at South Temple and Second West Vest streets Oc Oct 2 25 at I 1 1 6 cl cl In the morning m i iThe The Tile most mo t spectacular fire of oC tho the year ear occurred Nov o 9 when a large number of ot oil oft tanks started to burn at nt 1215 12 15 In tho the morning and could not be extinguished for tor 24 2 hours at the tho plant of ot the tho Utah Oil Refining company com company compan pany pan north Fourth West Vest street though thou h tho the loss was comparatively small amounting to but The same plant also suffered by b tIre fire on Oct 12 The fhe longest lon est run was made Feb 26 at nt 3 16 In tho the afternoon when the tho whole department went up to Bountiful a distance of or about 10 miles to out DUt out a n fire file In the opera olera house which caused a loss of ot MORE EQUIPMENT NEEDED Chief fibre Gloro states that at least three new full Cull hose companies and stations to house them are needed on account of ot new ne territory added to the tho city In Inasmuch Inasmuch as a tho the council has agreed to take In Forest Dale and will also ab absorb absorb Sugar House district both on el the tho I south This Still make the city limits extend to Thirteenth South street east cast eastward ward from Third East street on the south to a Il line lino about two blocks on the toe other side of or the Fair grounds on the thc west to Becks hot springs on tho north and to Utah Uti Ut h university and Fort Douglas on the east Tho The addition of ot Federal Heights also has I greatly increased the territory on the tho east for which the fire tIre department i Is responsible The total territory I miles and n tho square amounts to equipment or of the firo depart department department present to tho ment Is Inadequate rapidly growing city There Thero arc only four Cour fire firo stations more needs tour four the oilY city now and Sl men on actual al tIre re There Thero are this force Corco f should d be In Increased and duty no now complement Is creased as the tho present apparatus to handle tho the not automobile sufficient Is badly n need needed d ded An In small tIres ed In n order that before beCore sections ma be b the arrival or of the heavy apparatus so that such fires tIres may nm be bo kept from spreading and doing big damage If a Is not purchased the city should provide a heavy heaY automobile of ot high horsepower which will carry a chemical tank swiftly to fires This would saVe tho the horses from being b compelled to make long killing runs to t small fires There Thero are only 33 horses In the department now and four tour of oC these are outcasts and should be replaced by strong young horses Moro More horses are also needed Three new full tull hose hoso companies should bo be provided at ot once In addition to the now new No 6 C hose Three new now stations should be bo built the tho proposed locations being at Sixth South and streets Tenth East and Second South streets and Fourth North and Fifth West streets Tile The first station would equalize the tho long Jong distances be bo beI between I tween No 6 No G C and headquarters The second station would equalize tho the distances between No O 6 E No ho 4 and headquarters Tho The third station would prevent blockades by railroad trains In case cose of or fires on the west side of or the tho tracks where an Immense territory must be covered necessitating very long Ions runs rung at present The Tho department now no has two good steamers and an nn old steamer Is being repaired and will soon be in commis commission com commission sion alon But at certain times of ot the year when long runs have to be bo made It Is dangerous to take the tho steamers from Crom headquarters to fight fires tIres In outside thus leaving the business section of ot tho the city wholly unprotected and for this reason another steamer should be provided WATER TOWER NEEDED Chief Gloro Glore states that a 1 modern Is absolutely necessary as tho the department could not now handle a fire tIre on the ilia upper UI pel floors of ot the tho new sky skyscrapers skyscrapers scrapers The firemen are aro greatly handicapped under existing conditions by the lack of ot a One In Instance Instance instance stance Illustrates Its necessity At the Atlas block lIre fire ladders were shove up on one ono another making an Im ha Improvised Improvised In order to reach the tho upper floors of oC the burning build ing mg and the ladders only reached as high as the third story while the tho hose hoso carried a pressure of or pounds The ladders fell tell over oer on to wires In tho the middle of oC the street with firemen on the bottom and the only thing thinA that saved them from Crom being killed wan tho the fact tact that they booked hooked themselves to the thc ladders with belts prevented them from being thrown off oft to the ground As A a n general summary It t Is stated state 1 that the firo fire department Is made up UI of ot a n small force subject to detri detrimental detrimental mental political Influences tho the financial support Is Insufficient tho the method of oC appointment Is unsatisfactory and members can bo be removed without stat stated stated tat ed cd causes The companies arc nio will wall manned manna but Insufficient In hl number Engines are In good condition and sel RI seldom dom needed but their total capacity Is somewhat deficient Ladder protection protection protection tion Is fair but chemical and ho hose c e pro protection protection protection need strengthening The Tho ap apparatus apparatus Is mainly In good condition but minor equipment Is deficient A Awater Awater Awater water tower and moro more appliances e for handling large streams are arc needed Discipline Is only fair fall and amI drills and training for Cor now new members Insufficient Response to alarms Is If weak and should bo be Increased Immediately Fire mOl h hods ads are arc as good as tho the available apparatus apparatus atus permits Tho The fire firo alarm system Is a part pat of ot the tho fire firo department but through lack lackor of or proper pro r maintenance and appreciation tion of or its Importance Is practically useless The boxes are al mainly of ot poor peer type with brush break contacts and not well mounted The Tho circuits are underground In Important districts but butare butlre butare are lre of or very small ISmail wire and In tele telephone telephone telephone phone cables Elsewhere 1 tho the circuits are arc overhead partly In telephone cables and partly ir rr f t small No 12 wire with triple b 1 weatherproof insulation Insulation lation poorly supported and on poles with high tension wires No house In Instruments instruments ore are on box circuits and one ono circuit Is very badly overloaded Tho The fire alarm warm circuits to houses are arc simply as call coll bell circuits I Inre Iare are not properly ln installed and ore are In Inu u condition No records or maps mapa are kept on file me TIle The fire tIre department needs auxiliaries I At present there thore Is no fire marshal und and no revision Is hJ made mado for tor for tor arson aron aroni i i F 0 Tho The fire file department as a 11 whole is efficient but weak The lire ire alarm ws I tem Is unreliable to such an extent as IS asto asto ISto to form fonn a menace to tb tho the safety of ot the th thelt city elt eltAs As tat far as structural conditions and hazards are arc concerned tho the building laws arc are of or little value most subjects of oC Importance In iii preventing fires be being beIng being ing omitted The TIle inspection force Is Inadequate Fire limits limit are not suf suC sufficiently sufficiently extensive and shingled roofs rots are permitted outside Structural condi conditions conditions are unsatisfactory on account of or poor building laws lawsIn lawsIn lawsIn In regard to explosives e and Inflammables mables the laws are few tew and made inadequate InadeQuate quate Enforcement Is s In the hands of ol the tho fire department and Inspections are made by Its members but the laws are aro not strictly enforced and many un unnecessary unnecessary necessary accumulations of oC Inflammable ble bie rubbish are aro noted There Th re Is neither municipal nor Insurance insurance ance control over the Installation of or In Inside Inside Inside side electrical wiring The old work la is I hazardous both because of ot materials In use uso and tho method of oC Installation Serious fires are aro probable throughout the congested value district which Is mainly built buill of ot ordinary foisted brick with practically no protection to ver vertical vertical vertical or lateral openings or with several Fe ral ox he heights and a n great groat t number of at excessive areas generally general hazardous electric wiring little private fire tIro protection pro protection protection and a aver very unsatisfactory fire alarm system North and west of oC the congested value district several blocks of hazardous occupancy pan C are liable to serious fires and the tho fact flUt that the real resi residential re I sections are arc mainly occupied by y houses hou s with shingled roofs adds to tho the danger In III conclusion a reorganisation Is needed as tho the best st results can con not be obtained while the chief and all nil em are subject to removal for Cor po go 1 1 HUcal reasons The department should have hae approved civil service senIco regulations governing the appointment and reten retention retention retention tion of Tho The present person nol no Jn of C the working force In n tho a P art artmont mont Is I good 4 Alarms Statement ot of Operation l y O E 0 7 Ll r Servo 01 ge E I ce 01 01 g c cX X 0 o J Q Qt v vo CI t o r F n Of h 1 II j rr fi 3 IH Jan 2 2 16 B 60 16 Feb 6 21 67 B ro roCs n March 3 2 6 29 td 4 Cs 5 II April 2 18 20 44 1801 n 00 May 6 B 23 66 14 June 6 3 43 10 I July 3 4 64 n ll It 6 Aut Aug 3 Z 2 3 33 Bd SO 1 21 29 5 I Sept 1 1 14 11 1 16 49 Sf to Oct 1 2 E s 21 3 l 21 I II Nov Nava 1 5 19 z O 2 00 G tl Total I I II EXPENDITURES e I 0 0 O 2 oi I In I I rip n 7 I 1 yI I January 1 February L f I jl I March larch 32 Q April 31 May Ma Juno June July Juh August jj September j I October 5 November I III I Totals I 1 I RISKS RI AND LOSSES 1 M 1 b INSURANCE LOSSES tl I 0 J I 0 J Jq q e r I 1 g a n tG I 01 to I m 1 r i 1 o c I January I 1 4 SIe 1000 February l t I f 0 to ro March 29 23 Q April 9 2300 Im 00 a 33 3 W 19 Juno Jena 61 4 00 83 July I 71 53 i August t 33 g 83 September IG 10 31 1000 6 00 8 October B 23 IO 2551 94 9 November W 93 Totals I list I The rhe following table gives a list of at the tires fires during tho the last year In which the loss was sm or over oer i of r I Ir Date I Tl Alarm I Location Occupancy Jan 1 nm 61 W N First South Bennett Glass Co S Feb 26 G Pm Bountiful Opera city 1000 4 March 3 am 1745 S Eat East 2500 March 3 1243 nm am S West Maccaroni factory March 17 8 nm am 41 to 11 l is 1 3rd S 5 I X N L J Furniture House April ZT 27 5 nm am 40 S 5 Main American Tea company 1650 1 May 13 12 an am SI 51 Rio Grando Ave Ae Residence 1000 South t State t City and County building b tee Aug 15 30 am R id n 1 Aug 20 15 pm 16 S Residence O I Aug 23 3 ann am J St Residence 1000 Sept 19 F E S Granite Lumber Co OD Sept 30 pm City y Creek r k Canyon Asphalt plant I 2590 g Oct Ir 12 I pm tl N SV Refining ni g Ca 1001 Oct E G 00 nm am S 13 Tern Tem lad 2nd W Sierra Nevada Lumber Co Oct 5 23 4 S Baron Clothing Co Nov 8 am 1146 C S F A 1 Cannons barn 1300 1 CN l tt rn k Now t 9 11 ani t N u S Utah Oil Refining Co |