| Show n School Buildings of City and County Not Safe Graves Asserts loss of was vas G Gnoss experienced In Oden during 19 25 S from fire Ire accord according to the Annual report of tri Chief George A Graves Grac as 55 submItted to the board of city commission commission- commissioners ers sri All but of this wa was aa covered by Insurance Chief Graves says In la his re Ie is- is report port ort Wo We responded to t to SS 88 calIS were actually employed at Rt fireS hours and 45 cS minutes trav trav- traveled trav- trav traveled 2466 miles laid feet of Inch Inch hose feet of chemical hose bocc raised 1290 1590 feet of ladder and used 1677 gallons gallon of chemicAl Pumping engines work- work j t i i S 5 s mm min utes utu While Whilo the tha number of calls was 3 35 less leA than In 1924 1024 the Iho work ork was harder and the county fires made mado more work walk for thO than In the previous year ear Thero There was 71 fires In brick buildings and il U In frame build build- buildIngs build build- buildings buildings ings In addition to thos those occur occur- occur occur- occurring occurring occurring ring ring- in buildings constructed of frame and brick or concrete frame and brick combined Boys Bos and matches were the cause of 40 fires sparks from chimneys caused 33 23 2 carelessness 32 unknown 27 short circuits In electric wires 18 cigars and cigar cigar- ts ets ts 13 12 and Incendiary 13 iz There Thero were 14 false alarms making a total together with sundry other causes of fires lIres In au all Two 10 hundred seven fifty of the alarms were received by isle tele- telephone tele telephone phone Eight of them were ere ere lung lung- motor lung motor calls Four lour alarms alarm were received by means of messenger boys The department administered I the tho treatment for tor burns times gratis without a single case ase of Infection According to the chIefs chIef's report Ogden baa has buildings within Its confines confine which is an Increase The Ogden department suffered no Injuries to men during the past ast year car Xo o o loss of o time Ume by b men through sickness was report reported ed TOTAL COSTS It cost the city to operate the headquarters station A total of of this amount was spent In salaries with being being- spent for tor or repairs and renewals In equipment Re Repairs Repairs Repairs pairs on th the station building building- cost The No 3 Z statIon nation cost during during- the year ear mak malt making making ing lag a grand total tott of to maintain the entire department for the year I Speaking of his equipment Chief Graves Gravel says In part The equipment of ot this depart depart- department department ment Is s In good condition as to general repair I have hae three pump pump- ers that are In fine tine condition The commission bought an InternatIonal truck for or a oi chemical engine the past season and It is nearly useless for the purpose as it has not the tho power nor the speed fo toe fog a tire lire engine This Is Isa Isa Isa a good commercial truck and I ask that it be given to some somo other department of oC this the city and that a a truck of oC more Dower power be furnished this department for the chemical engine This engine it is isto lito to gO so to all nil caUs calls In the count county It Is Intended to hold the tire fire whilo the aye are getting water ater and It will wilt not arrive soon enough to be bo of service 3 f WATER SCARCE SC The city has bas mad Made mada Ii a contract with the county for six years front from last May I 1 he continues I have visited every evel school schon I church and store In the county and I find the conditIons very ery bad had No water at any of ot the points pontS when hen the ditches are dry dl an ani the peo- peo people peo people pie quite Indifferent to the tho con con- condition con condition Regarding the tLe school buildings s In the count county none of them them baa has telephones non none of them has a fire extinguisher In Inthe inthe Inthe the building and none of them has bas tire lire drills I have Jave recommended recommended mended the building of o cisterns at different points Th y could be made of concrete to bold hold or gallons of water which would give them some protection In the winter Inter To th Lh present time limo nothing nothing- has been done and the city tire fire department Is ex- ex expected ex expected to bring the water with them The reason that I am writing this thill Is that I expect criticism It I ItI lose Iou a fire In the county and I andI want ant you ou to the condItions Taking Tailing on this county w work rk gives the department longest square miles to cover The Tire long long- est sit run Is to Liberty 16 1634 1 miles from from the station and through the canyon If It the roads are blocked with snow we e will start and bop to arrive arrhe In 1 1 time to 10 be bo of service The Underwriters National Board of Fire Un- Un Un opinion has haa expressed the ion ton that sending tire fire Ire equipment Into tho the country weakens the city I protection and that the tho rate o of insurance should hould be raised but butto butto butto to date this has hus not been done If we should boUld have a II heavy eavy loss lossIn lossin lossIn In the tho city while part of the de- de de department was engaged In the lh th county there would be an attempt to raise tho the rates and aDlI that would reflect on the tho department department- In Inthe Inthe Inthe the recommendations of oC the In- In inspectors In Inspectors of the tho be national board they ask that 10 men be bo added to the manual force torce of tho the fire department as we wo are under under- undermanned undermanned undermanned manned The fhe Inspection b by the underwriters WILl was made mado In July when the tho ho present force was two men short every day Jay ou on account or ot vacations and me the rc engine I did not arrive until later MW LW IW In his to the board Chief Graves wrItes The The rapid growth of the tho cily lIy south and east cast males makes the tho build build- buildIng building ing log of two O more moro fire stations an actual necessity There Thero Is now II a areal areal real city south of Twenty eighth street all shingle roofs the tho hy by hydrants drafts long Ions distances apart and andIn andIn In the tho summer the water vater pressure low making the risk bd In that district I would recommend that thata a small bungalow station be built at Thirty filth street and Wash Vash Washington ington avenue with a pumping pumping- en- en engino en engine gine gino Installed This should be bedone bedone bedone done as soon as aa the tho finances of the city will wilt permit There should be a II station built at the corner of TaIlor Ta lor lI e aie flue nue and Twenty fifth street and this should be a a double station equipped with a combination car carand carand carand and a a service ladder truck It Is Isa Isa a slow eloW run up the hill bill for tor Out our aerial truck and this truck does not respond to calls In the resi resi- residence rest rest- residence dence district With the number of apartment houses in tn the ca east t bench a 11 ladder truck might be wanted anted badly All the new apart apart- apartment ment buIldIngs are built with wooden joists and stud partitions lathed with Ith wood b lath h and no provision for tor fire tire proofing makinI a bad risk These stations can be equipped with cars cara that wo we now V have on hand bind with the ex- ex ex exception of the service Ice ladder truck This would call for tor an Increase of at manual to man these houses bouses and Is as a future futuro necessity SCHOOL DANGER According to Chief Graves the fire escape situation In Ogden City Is bad None of our schools except the Sacred Heart academy and the the blind sc school ool has fire tire escapes The Tho board of ot education should bould bo be com com- compelled corn corn- compelled polled to attend Jo to this at once as the report of the National Board of Fire Underwriters tells us that five school houses were burned every evel da day during the year pu 1923 We did not happen to get any of them but should be prepared to get the students out of the tho build buIld- buildings log ings In case of fire Officials 0 o 0 of C every enry city In the stats state should make every effort to ha have the hose couplings made mado If Jf I call caU for tor help from front Salt aIt Lake they could not connect to our hydrants as their hose lias baa a six elx thread and our hose lias has an eight thread The Tho standard thread Is 75 to the Inch Chief Graves closes by giving his thanks to the tho police depart depart- department department ment In clearing the way before the fire engines on their way to blazes and suggests that a signal system be installed at the pouts police station so that the tho police might get Iet the alarms alums as noon saon II on as the firemen do and thus bo be b enabled to arrive at the fires as soon as the fire tire 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