The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-06
THE FIRE CHIEFS.
FIVE HUNDRED DELEGATES WILL
ATTEND THE CONVENTION.
Preparations Already Being Made
For Their Entertainment-The
Official Programme For the Con-
ventiOn.

Although the convention of the Inter-
national Association of Fire Engineers
Will not be held in this city until Aug
ust III, preparations for the gathering
are already being made. 1t is now ex-
pected that at least 500 delegates will be
in attendance, and the number of yisi-
tors that usually attend such conven-
! items will in all probability bring the
total to 1000. -
One feature of the gathering will be
| the display of fire apparatus. Companies
dealing IN every kind of fire extinguish-
ing devices will be on the ground with
/ their exhibits, and that they will be
here in numbers is evidenced from the
TACT that already many of the most COM
modious rooms in the leading hotels are
engaged by these exhibitors as reception
rooms. The advantages for such a dis
play is obvious when it is remembered
that the fire chiefs of nearly all the
prominent cities in the country will be
present.
Chief Devine, upon whom the burden of
making the arrangements for the enter
tainment of the visiting delegations
falls. has recently written all the chiefs
of the principal cities on the coast and
the responses have been such as to in
sure a heavy western delegation There
is one factor working against a large
attendance from the extreme eastern
states The English fire brigade will have
grand tournament at London about
the same time and representatives from
England are now travelling through this
country extending invitations to all the
departments of the eastern states. AS
these tournaments are always on very
elaborate scale and travelling expenses
reduced to the minimum, it is feared
that many will avail themselves of the
opportunity thus afforded and cross the
ocean, which will draw heavily from the
convention here.
In order that the public may know
what is being done at such a gathering
as will take place here next August, it
may be mentioned that the entire ses-
sion will be devoted to discussing topics
calculated to aid in the Improvement of
this branch of the public service. The
programme prepared for the convention
here will include among many other fea-
lures, papers on the following topics and
discussions of the same:
How. are fire departments to be pro-
perly organized, drilled, and made valu
able adjunct to the city fire Department."
THE best and latest plan for fighting
fire in grain elevators. w.
THE necessity of fire departments adapt
ing themselves to the new order of things,
% high buildings; all glass; no partition
walls: the large door-space demanded
for the present way of conducting bust
ness; overhead full of wires, all machin-
cry that comes in contact with them
should be grounded in construction. (2).
More effective chemical engines, more
force: larger capacity for inside work.
90. Fire engines should not be loaded
down with extra appliances. Tool wagons
carrying these should be adopted in ali
fire departments having these extras"
Should not the municipality give au-
thority to the chief of fire departments
the right to control the setting of poles,
and stringing of wires of telephone, >tele-
graph and electric street railway com
panies?"
What should be necessary qualifica-
lions of a chief of fire Department."
Some dangers to be apprehended
from the transformed system of public
lighting"
How can the modern tall building be
best protected by the fire Department."
do town and city authorities realize
the dangers of electrolysis, due to I'M
proper return conductor of street rail-
ways?"
''The local fire insurance agent-His
relative position to the chief of fire de-
SHOULD not cities with population of
II. 600 and over establish a city electrical
bureau whereby all electrical wiring
city electrician and Inspector"
Benefit of drill schools for firemen.
fifth anniversary should it not be the
sense of the association that the conven-
ton assemble in the city of Baltimore,
Md, in 1896, and there carefully review in
the cradle that gave us birth our past
course of action and success.
The above programme was adopted at
the recent meeting of the executive COM
mittee at Philadelphia on April IA.
instruction to Chief Devine that mo in
vitatior at sightseeing or banquetins
from the place wherever the convention
is held will be entertained until after
the regular business for winch II 10 as
sembled is completed"
This would Indicate that the chiefs
will come for business more than pleas
ure.