Ogden Daily Standard | 1919-10-09 | Page 7 | Fire Alarm Test is Made by Captain of Department

FIRE ALARM TEST IS MADE BV CAPTAIN OF DEPARTMENT With the aid of special apparatus. Captain X- J Hinton of the fire department depart-ment and T. J McFarlAnd, a fireman, a 'I'-monstratlon of how to turn In i fire alarm wns (riven at tho f I re nlarm box at the .southwest corner of Twentv-fourth Twentv-fourth street and Washington avenue lo-dn lo-dn The work U being done in the Interest In-terest of fire prevention. A recording .-ippnratn.. whleh by mean of a perforated tnpo plfrr.lflea to the department de-partment which .ilnrm has sounded, was used in the demonstration as was the fire alarm box, the alarm bell and othe-apparatus othe-apparatus Captain Hinton stated that In all cases where people turn In a firS alarm, they should renialn at the box until the arrival ar-rival of th- department, In !hlo way no time Is lost III locating the fire There arc forty-two boxes in the. city for turning In alarms. In a bulletin Which was "distributed Jo those who wltnoifed the demonstration, was contained the follov-lns: article, which was arranged by Fire Chief O A. Graves. "Fire Prevention dfty on October 9 Is observed by all flro departnu-nta In UlS M nited statoa as a flay ror s general clean-up of all combustible rubbish, and wo ash tha people throughout the city to observe It. and help us to make this ii elenn oity " There will be a uniformed fireman il Box 12, on the cornor of Twenty-fourth -street and Washington avenue, to Instruct In-struct the public In the use of the flro alarm showing how it works in the flro stations when the alarm is sent from 'he street boxes, in railing the fire department depart-ment on the telephone, always clve the street and number, and always remember remem-ber that the telephone number at fir? headquarters Is 130.