The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-02-26
ARoMoRE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
OF What It consists-Rules Which
Govern the Fire Fiqhters.

The Ardmore fire department con
sists now Of three companies--the
hook and ladder company. the engin,
company and the hose company. com
posed OF siNty-two volunteer areme,
and the following apparatus: One
steamer one chemical engine OF tw,
6o-gallons capacity, one hose wagon
1900 feet OF hose and six head o
horses with five paid men.
The officers are L. c. Slaughter
chief; w. c. Kendall. assistant chief,
j. NJ. Golledge. foreman hook and lad
der company; George Bulard. foreman
engine company. w. r. Roberts. fore
man hose company.
The engine company consists of Geo
Bulard, foreman; r. II. Nichols. en-
gineer; Bert Parker. assistant engi
neer; b. F. sewall. stoker; Frank
Schroeder, assistant stoker.
The hose company-hrst line. w. r.
Roberts, foreman; RE. McGhee. w
Il. hullens, Cam Hines. Frank Kolb
Fonnie Wolverton. G. o. Caldwell. O.
Il. Everton. NJ d. Walker. Hines
White. w. Il. Williams. B. II. Corlew
Second line-Fred Bulard. Lon Soon.
yer, j. F. Jordan. Cyrus Pyeatt. M.
Labott, Clyde Fraser w r. Light
Reub Boucher, George Noland. w. II.
Bumpass.
Hook and ladder company-Jim Col.
ledge, foreman; VIII Lebus. Jim Grim.
Pat Ryan, Dave Sherill, Jack SAWYER.
Claude Stubbleheld. Jim Chancellor
j. w. Taliaferro. John A. Ball. Tom
Wyont, Ed Carroll, Ray Rosser.
House rules for paid mem
Drivers shall take proper care of
the horses and apparatus and shall
exercise the greatest caution in their
keeping and management; shall keen
their stables clean. and harness I'm per.
rect order and on no account shall
they leave the engine house without
having everything in readiness for i'm.
mediate service.
Engineers: Engineers shall be held
responsible for the keeping of their
engines in good and perfect order.
ready at all times for Immediate use:
shall keep ali parts of the engine Dol.
lshed and clean. and should the driver
De absent at the time OF an alarm. the
engineer shall drive the engine out
Night Watch Proper watch shall
be Kept at the station at all times
always on the lookout for fires. the
watch shall at all times remain in
hearing of the telephone; each man
on watch must keep up fire in the
heater attached to the engine all hours
Of the night.
Loud and boisterous talking in and
around the engine house will not be
tolerated.
intoxicating liquors must not be kent
At the premises nor allowed TO he
'Iuhh at the hre station.
Paid members must not leave the
nre station without permission from
the chief or the executive officer in
charge. except when going to meals.
Paid men must not ask to get off
'ftener than absolutely necessary.
This getting on every few nights will
not be tolerated; each man must re.
member that there are others who de-
sire leave OF absence once in a
while.
Should any OF the foregoing rules be
violated by any paid man, he becomes
subject TO fifteen days lay off without
pay. A second offense means dlsmis.
sal.
When a visitor is desirous of seeing
he fire apparatus and horses, II shan
be the duty of the paid men to show
al courtesy due a visitor and a stran.
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