Show I Controlling A Fire Might Mean Saving An Industry Or Payroll In considering any suggestions for combining the fire departments of the county to combat large 1 rge fires persons should remember that a destructive fire might mean the loss of an industry or a payroll Look about you as you go from city to city in the county and look at the businesses or industries which might not be replaced if they were destroyed destroyed destroyed de de- de- de by fire There are some in every city and town Right here in the center of the county look to the plant in Sterling the Utah Poultry plant Carlisle Manufacturing plant and cheese plant in Manti the Turkey plant and Snow College in Ephraim and the business district in any city If a fire too large for a local fire department to handle should raze any of these buildings or groups of buildings would they ever be replaced If so how long would it be before they were returned to their former use Some probably wouldn't be replaced and others would be bea a year to several years in rebuilding The loss of a large section of its it's business district of a plant used for a local industry a school building or some such item would be a blow to any anyone one of Sanpete's Sanpete's Sanpete's San- San petes pete's communities Any Anyone one of them might prove to be bea I a blow from which that community would not recover for many years and maybe never Moroni lost only part of their feed mill in the big fire recently but even with part of their plant and goods left and with insurance coverage they will be a couple of years getting back to their former level of operation If the fire departments of the county can work out outa a system of working g together on large fires they will certainly certainly certainly be giving the county an invaluable service The call for them to act together may never come but if it does an anthey and they are prepared for it some city may be saved from the loss of an industry or a payroll County fire departments could work out together on theoretical theoretic l fires on all important buildings in the various com com- They could learn the location of fire hydrants in relation to all installations and work out mutual information to avoid confusion when a fire is roaring through a valuable building We V-Ie believe the county fire units can be coordinated with very little expense to the cities they serve Perhaps the co county un ty would even come in on this plan and offer to pay for the use of fire-fighting fire equipment outside the cities or help foot the bill when there is inter-city inter use of fire trucks and crews It appears to us that a little bit of expense and effort would increase the value of fire departments in every city in the county I L l |