coffee urns on utility trucks furnished the firemen with their favorite drink jab a strong black and the hot oil fires present a unique firefighting  spread of such fires to other property routine department procedures are formulated by the deputy chief and assistant chief officers who are in command of the three major divisions of the firefighting forces within the  divisions our brother divided into but kalyan age of which consists of a number of fire stations outgoing fire fighting  company is under his command direct control of individual firefighting units is relegated to captain engineers or pump operators are all firemen or drivers tillerman a kind of backseat driver as man all firemen are appointed and promoted under civil service strenuous physical agility test after appointments rookies are sent to the drill tower where they are given an intensive training course classroom sessions are also a part of the training card stores who pass are assigned to fire companies where they serve a six month probationary period before becoming regular members of the fire department there is the heart of the fire department through which all communications that old when the glass in a street fire alarm boxes broke and i'm the hook is pulled down the number of the box is received on one of these a quick check in barmes each captain of the box location the first alarm assignment and the additional companies that will respond honestly and our greater alive need for additional help can only be determined after the arrival of the first company at the fire old quick check of the map and the fire dispatcher relay as the address to the nearest fire company is by direct wire in reporting the location of a fire remember is it straight ave drive or place they transmission of orders to units out of quarters is expedited by the use of two way radio units in the field may communicate with each other as well as with the fire dispatcher determining the cause of fires is important it contributes greatly to fire control or obviously when the cause of fire is known steps can be taken by the fire department to prevent similar occurrences the questioning of witnesses or suspicious characters and a careful examination of evidence usually results in the apprehension of individuals guilty of the crime spiral laws and ordinances are formulated by fire prevention authorities and engineers one acquainted with the hazards in various occupants ses and in this trade such laws are based on past experience and their prime objective is to prevent f enforcement is the responsibility of the fire department for this purpose it maintains a fire prevention bureau inspectors all of whom have had actual fire fighting experience are well versed in a close watch is maintained in places where large numbers of people congregate it is here that the life hazard is greate and safety campaigns are year round procedure and our school life saving devices are useless if they failed all operate in an emergency and poorly maintained auxiliary firefighting appliances are worse than useless as a breeder of fire poor housekeeping is one of the worst offenders failure to cooperate in correcting such conditions may result in prosecution for many years captains of firefighting companies have made routine building inspections to acquaint themselves with conditions that might affect firefighting operations now to lay radio makes it possible for the entire company to spread the gospel of fire prevention in their own district should fire occur while they are engaged in this where the fire dispatcher may contact them immediately since one man always remains within hearing distance of the radio this program calls for personal contact with agent every homeowner to explain the common hazards responsible for most home fires and to make sure regulations governing these hazards are thoroughly understood to further aid this educational work the general public is reached by direct mail via newspaper and frequent radio broadcasts beyond this point the fire department must rely on public cooperation the fight against fire is a never ending fight thousands of lives are sacrifice and millions of dollars worth of property go up in smoke the tragedy is that most fires are preventable but human carelessness accounts for most of them preventing fire is everyone's job but the control and extinguishing of fires once started as  by the simple expedient of dialing one on your telephone or breaking the glass and pulling the hook on a straight fire