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Show Dugway Proving Ground, Friday, Oct. 7, 1966 V Bugway' Fire Department The colorful history of the fire department begins with the birth of the installation in 1942. The District Engineers Auto Repair Shop (Bldg. No. now the Grid Services Building located in Ditto Area, was used to house Dugways only fire truck. The fire department consisted of one Fire Marshall and one noncommissioned officer. IN 1943, a wooden frame fire station, with space available for three fire trucks, was constructed in Ditto Area and was used throughout World War 11. The fire department utilized enlisted men as its crew. These men worked with the department until the termination of the war in 1946. In 1945, a wooden building was completed east of the Air - Operations Building, on the Dug-wa- y Proving Ground Airfield, later named the Michael Army Airfield. The building was disposed of in 1947. During the war, the Army constructed authenic Japanese hnd German buildings on Buchanan Place, near West Camel Back Mountain, and conducted incendiary bombing tests on these structures. The fire department was needed to put out fires as soon as the bombing runs were completed. So, a wooden shelter was constructed approximately one half mile north of the bombing' site to house the fire trucks. AFTER THE war, the number of incendiary bombing tests and Fire Department personnel were reduced. In 1947, care-takewere hired to maintain the Fire Department facilities. Then in 1948, civilian firefighters were employed. After 1948, the Fire Department in Ditto Area was located in Bldg. No. until January 1965, when the masonry building located adjacent to the Michael Army Airfield was completed. The present fire station in English Village was built in THIS DEMONSTRATION shows what happens when the wrong type of extinguisher is used on a class B" fire. Note that the fire is coming right back at the fireman. rs 1952. MEMBERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, Elden R. Anderson, Keith A. Wanlass, J. Lee Stewart! Jack K. Cowans, Marvin E. Christensen and Janies I. Alcorn pose before the Ditto Area Fire Station, adjacent to Michael Army Airfield, and an anay of firefighting vehicles. r. $ .9 . Today the fire department, with over 8.4 million acres of land and almost two million square feet of buildings to protect, is one of the most efficient in the Department of the Army. The fire loss for the past two years for Dugway has been nil. There accidents have been no lost-tim- e or injuries iri the department since its beginning. In 1964, the department won thirteenth place contest held by in a world-wid- e the National Fire Protection Association. Contestants were judged on their overall operations and their fire prevention program. This year, Dugways fire department is planning to enter the competition again. The Utah State Fire Ratine Bureaus figures illustrates the effectiveness of Dugways fire department. The designation of fire expectancy is a term used to describe the fire conditions of an area on a numbered scale. Dugway Proving Grounds fire expectancy is: English Village-- 5 points, and Ditto Area - 10 points. At one time the figures were as high English Village-1- 0 and Ditto Area-1Fire Chief James I. Alcorn plans to lower the ratings to 3 and 4, respectively, in the near future. u 5. WEARING PROTECTIVE FIREFIGHTING CLOTHING, two members of the fire crash truck. partment pose in front of the rescue truck and the UNLIKE THE ol days when a fire station was the scene of relaxation, todays station is a center of activity. The fire department is continuously inspecting buildings and open areas on Dugway, providing air crash rescue service to Michael Army Airfield, operating and maintaining firefighting equipment, presenting fire preventitive methods to the various organizations on over 2500 post, maintaining sprinkler heads, hundreds of different extinguishers and a variety of firefighting equipment, and enrolling members of the force in training schools around the country. The firemen of Dugway are proud men and display their pride in their work. There are over 25 men in the department. Their years of service with the department here total 354 years. This is an average of 15.1 years per man. The Dugway firemen have accumulated over 39,500 hours of sick leave. This is an average of 1,543,5 hours per man. Because the firemen work a week (72 hours on and four days off duty), the rate for accumulating sick leave is 7 hours per payday. Still, this is an impressive record. FIRE departDUGWArS ment has some of the most advanced firefighting equipment available in the United States. The members of the department created a crash truck that is the only one of its kind to be used by the Department of the Army. The Dodge truck combines a Purple K agent, dry chemical unit with a light water unit, the newest agent on the market today. This agent lowers the surface tension of liquid fuels; The vehicle may be operated at foil capacity by only two men. The department also boasts a modified crash truck, ), with a 300 pound unit of Purple K, expelled by dry nitrogen, and, 500 gallons of water with 40 gallons of protein foam concentrate used in conjunction with the water. The force also has a new forcible entry saw 'that will cut a hole into the side, of a plane in a matter of minutes. NEXT WEEK is National Fire Prevention Week (October This period was first observed in 1911 and commemorates the tragedy which resulted from the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Fire ; According to National Protection Association research, fire kills about 11,700 people yearly in the United States. Nearly 30 percent of these victims are d of the children, over children killed in dwelling fires are alone when fire breaks out, almost 60 percent of all dwelling fires) start in living rooms or Idtchens, and the average daily fire toll in the United States is 32 lives, 1,520 homes, 14 schools, 8 churches, 5 hospitals and nursing homes, 120 stores and 135 industrial plants. Lets do our share this coming week and every week. Lets remember that die most effective way to fight fire is to prevent its starting. 72-ho- ur (0-0- J COWANS AND KEITH A. WANLASS display some of the extras on the d rescue truck, including the forcible entrv saw and the twin nozzles which dispense Light Water and Purple K. JACK K. Dodge-powere- one-thir- ia de- (tt-1- FIRE DEPARTMENT MEMBERS Jack K. Cowans, Keith A. Wanlass and Marvin E. er, Jr., at the English Village Fire Station as they welcome a kindergarten class from the Post Nursery. 9 I if f a lit is 4 t I I - nrr awrnrair FIRE DEPARTMENT MEMBERS Jack K. Cowans Keith A. Wanlass and Mn.sin E. modifications they designed for the ten-to- n crash truck The drum contains louin which increased the firefighting capabilities of the truck hwr-fnl- (0-1- a ' |
