The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-04-13
Fires, Firc-Aiarms, and the Fire Dc
partsncnt~-yaIuable Information for
Everybody. s.1 ,ss re

Everybody. 49,
| There nre very many of the citizens o
Richmond who arc in entire ignorance of tin
workings OF the Fire Department, and TO
The information Of those who arc interested
and who appreciate and symnatIIize with th,
! fircmcn, the hazardous life they lead, and tb
great importance Of this department of tn,
city government, we have a few words to sa,
on the subject.
| The department consists Of four stcamcrs--
\, B, {, and -D--and two hook-and-ladde
trucks-E and f. Company A's engine
house is at Washington Hall, Broad stree
between Ninth and Tenth Company Bs OF
Third street between Gnc eand. Broad; Com
pany Cs, Eighteenth street between Mair
and Franklin and Company DPS engine i.
ut the Third policc-Station, corner of Brool
avenue and Marshall streets; Company 7
QrIck) at Washington Hall; and Company I
on Twcnty-ffth street between Broad anG
Grace.
The city being slarscly built, except in /;
few localities, and extending over SO mucI
territory, is not us well supplied with water
tirC-plugs as other cities. For this reason
in case Of a fire, unless a second alarm is
"tllrned in" all of the steamers are not re.
quired to turn out.
There are % fire stations, situated as
follows: Box >, at the first police station
| box ), ut the second police station: box !, al
the third police station box ), at the engine
house, Third street, near Broad; box &, al
the hook and ladder house, Broad street, be.
tween NINTH and Tenth box :, at the
engine-honse, Eighteenth street. near Frank.
lin !; box II, at Rockets; box 13, at the cor
ncr of Twelfth and Main streets; box II, ut
| the corner of Tenth and Byrd streets box
| ID, at the corner of First and Cary streets
| box IS. ut the corner of Pine and Main
streets box II, ut the corner Of Third and
| Duyal streets; box u, at the corner Of
| Iwcnty-Iiith and Broad streets; box %. at
| the corner OF Seventeenth and Marshall
| streets box "a, at the corner Of Seventeenth
and Washington streets; box %, ut the cor
nCr of Seventh and Canal streets; box 2G, at
the corner of Fifth and Main streets; box
81, at the corner of Fourteenth and Main
streets; box 30, at the corner of Twenty-se.
cond and Main streets: box "a, at the cor.
ner Of Thirteenth and Cary streets box 80
at the almShollse; box &c, at the Tredegal
| Iron Works; and box IL, OH Tenth street
| between Main and Cary.
Company a, in case of an alarm, will 90 tc
the following boxes >, 3, 5, 6, I, l.. Is, II
u. .3, "a, -, 2G, 81, 81, 81, ;iG, and II.
Company B will 30 to boxes $, 4, ., 6, Is
Il, II, IL, II, %, 26, IL. 81, 35, 36, and IL
In case of an alarm from boxes 81 and 81
Company B reports for dutya at box H. at The
| Dispatch corner; and in case of sccont
alarm Company B will also attend boxcs2, J.
| II. u, and 81.
Company c will 20 TO boxes2, :, -, IS, II
y, 90, "a, -, 81, 81, 81, and IL.
Company ID to boxes 3, !, ), 6, Is, II. II
l6, II, -, 26, So, So, and Al.
Company +, the Broad-Street truck, zoe:
to all the boxes except Nos. 81 and II.
Company L, the truck from Twenty-fiftl
street, will 80 to boxes ,, I, II, 21, %. 81, 81
32, 81. In case Of Il second alarm they vii
also 90 to boxes &, l., II, -, 26, &c. and IL
Keys to the fire stations arc in the posses
sion of the police, some of the lircmcn, and
at private residences OF stores contiguous tr
the boxes, Upoh positive information of (;
fire near your si.nal-boX unlock the door
and pull down the hook rs fur rs it vii
come. and then let it go. Wait Il few seconds
and the alarm will he distinctly heard
sounded Oh the little gong inside the box
Should the box fail to work, 20 to the next
| nearest station, and there turn in the alarm
| The box should never be opened or the hook
touched except III case 0t fife and II should
always be locked before leaving it. The Nun
her of the box signalling the fire will be
struck upon the gongs at all the engine and
police stations. and also upon the bells Of the
| engine and staton-houSeS and Strcel-boyes
| If an alarm of fire is turned in at box No
/, the bells will strike seven in quick success
sion if at box II, the bells will strike one, au(
after pause Of few seconds, strike seven
it at box ~, the bells will strike two, anC
after Il pause, five; il at box Sc, the bell:
will strike three, and after Il pause, six: if at
box Al, the bells will strike four, and after
pause, one.
At a meeting of the City Council hclt
during last winter an ordinance was passc(
making it Il punishable offence for any one t
give taSe-1larm. The penalty is Il fine o
not less than 500 nor more than 500, ant
Imprisonment for one month.