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Show Fire Losses 6 Cents Per Capita, Department's Report Shows r To the mnny citizens of the community com-munity to whom a fire department means nothing more than a siren jiid a long procession of cars filled Kith excited people the annual report re-port of the departments activities fileu fiis week with the city council may prove illuminating. According to Fire Chief Kemp's report the fire department was called call-ed out seventeen times in 1940. Ten times in the city, three in the county, coun-ty, three in Lindon and one in Orem. The property endangered in these calls amounted to well over $55,000. The actual loss was about $2,000. r This includes the $1,781 loss from Ithe gasoline explosion that almost destroyed the large power crane belonging be-longing to the Carl B. Warren Co. The saving of property amounted to $44,369. 1 Local city property involved reached reach-ed $11,000 with a loss of $281, making mak-ing a saving of $10,719, which oc-cording oc-cording to Chief Kemp's report makes a total loss per capita of $0.06 as compared with the $6.00 per capita of property endangered. The per capita cost of maintaining the department is twenty-eight cents. Notwithstanding the fact that fires so often break out in the night, or when few of the regular volunteer firemen are available, the department depart-ment has a very enviable record, as compared with neighboring towns, I I as shown by annual reports. Each month these firemen meet and participate in regular instruction instruc-tion and drill under the direction of Chief Kemp. They have conducted demonstrations, inspection and educational edu-cational work in the community. The variety of equipment used by the department is modern and of the approved type. The truck carries car-ries a booster tank of 110 gallons of irater, hose of three sizes, 2, 1 and y2 inch with shut-off nozzles, partition nozzles, and fog nozzles. It has also gas masks; salvage covers cov-ers to protect furniture from moisture, mois-ture, and sawdust for mop-up jobs. . n |