Show THE OGDEN CD STANDARD-EXAMINE- R OGDEN UTAH SUNDAY MORNING JUNE 10 1057 Firefighling j a ! D u J lk la j U Not the Only Service to Public! Is u La xrJ i xz5s Jj KzZJ IV j Li J Usy A i if7 i 1 Tinner HMe) in old-fashion- ' CLYDE I PETERSON Fire Chief YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBILITIES IMCLUDE: Hi i DIAL ed (New Number) EX 1 i 3-34- 05 Emergency and FIRE CAUS ONLY Business Calls Dial EX 1 $ rw ye va A" fo answer the call of duty These they have to drop any one of a dozen different jobs housekeeping to equipment repair home inspections other jobs range from plain one of these jobs means savings to you taxpayers training classes or fabricating new equipment Every five years And the improvements that have been made to both service and techniques during the past that mean money in your pocket brought about drastic fire insurance rate reductions does come " NCR )) sd) and wait for a fire alarm When an alarm Let's look at the facts! Your firemen don't just sit around ' lib 11 3-S4- 93 r and residential properties conducted by the Fire of existing fire personnel from all stolons Reporting to owners PREVENTING FIRES: By programming inspection of business Prevention Bureau end deportment A continuous proFollow-u- p inspections insure conformance hawirds and requests for elimination churches and clubs business organizations gram of fire prevention education for schools of al types of fires FIGHTING FIRES: Using the most modern equipment and techniques in the combatting and cleanup advanced salvage to extinguish them with a minimum loss of property utilizing fires with connection in To injury- end the losrof'life i ( I ds prevent SERVICE Ready for duty day or night in the mainteServing the taxpayer through assistance to other city departments ambunance of highly technical electronic equipment traffic semaphores etc Providing competent included lance servke in cose of emergencies only Many other related services could be TO THE PUBilC: FIVE BUSY VPflRS j it Radio Communications speed off equipment fo emergencies 2-w- ay GROWTi FPR( I OF CITY FIRE SERVICE t i tirefighting tactics are studied in practiced way 65 7 7 08 9 $257660 $283248 $299055 $289993 $335834 308232 101324 106725 274893 453656 1734 1332 1112 1216 1455 1 2 0 0 1 personnel Department ixpenditures Fire losses ft Number of 1956 1955 1954 1953 1952 fre alarms loss of life by fires 3 loss (Three fires including lewis School accounted for $38579794 Injuries by fires (including department person- - i i it — I Year 'round inspections 17 20 3 5500 12598 14676 14795 18723 annuaffy iwe - - ' ' ' :v? t 'for i i " 1 iZ ( ' ' f 4fNyvn 1 30 if KWE STREETS MORE HOUSES " 1956) 10 ( Thousands of feet of fcose must be tested and inspected in ' ' - i Fire Prevention Bureau inspections and training cuts fire hazards IAS ' VAtV" semaSpecial Ladder truck§ service alarm system phores and handle electrical emergencies L10RE L1SLES 4" " but a total of onfy four additional personnel over the five years The modern new ambulance only panel truck ambulance wos replaced by a ond one additional lightweight high pressure pumper were the only have been added and piwes added although nearry 5000 homes over 40 miles of streets extended addi-tion- al i'l" - it hours in fighting fires In 1956 your Fire Department spent 570 department were spent in training drills and equipment use Some 1310 man-houwere spent in formal classroom instruction in addition to 1473 man-hou- rs rs thousands of man-hou- rs in maintenance work Iraintd personnel and modern Ambulance rr'f i Washed nd dried offer vs off hose fs cctrefwffy stored for use t re- spond to Infwry emergencies 'ORE JOBS FOR SIGNAL DIVISION also maintains end operates the city's three radio frequencies for departmental operations The Signal Division in a specially equipped shop and with trained technicians service 68 mobile radios J base radio stations 44 traffic semaphores with 5 miles of underalarm circuits ground ond overhead wiring systems 1 fire alarm boxes 105 fire of miles with 60 wiring operating entire the city covering Your Fire Department f V ft — L :IA - ::r''r" lTe of every piece of equipment I l PAY A VISIT lightweight pumper developed and built In our own shop high-pressu- re We're proud of our three fire stations and we invite you to inspect them You'll be omaied at the way the firemen "keep house" os they actually They maintain not only the equiplive 24 hours at a time in the stations ment but the buildings os well thereby saving considerable sums for the port of training is THE! J V "jer A taxpayers 1 t iur' ctr'l( the first 1 SMI 'V ' r t f' ! everv man must fcnow his job than the exf fire hours fIVf MINVTIS counts more EFlERGEriGY AMBULANCE BUSY TOO! trained fire perOgden City's emergency ambulance service operated by yes even births en route sonnel is always ready for any emergency Runs in 1956 increased again in spite of other available services InuirAMirv amb ulonce 1952 1953 1954 1955 1004 581 400 570 1956 595 'v U 'V o'v it '! r t Thousands of visitor$ annually inspect equipment and facilitiet—and hope for a fire alarm KmmammmmmmsmmBiati |