The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-29
FIRE COLLEGE FOR NEW YORK
kNOWLEDGE TO NM
TAUGHT M vETERANS


fouusird sn Haxh Boomers Idea sg
Lrttinx the Men vine Have Learned
Things Pass Them Aisnx % Others.
For three months or more, it was an
nounced Yesterday at Fire Headquarters,
commissioner Rhinelander Waldo and
,nisf croker have been perfecting a
project which Hugh Bonner often talked
about the establishment OF q fire
college 30 that the lore OF fire fighting.
gained by individuals In years Of fighting
thousands Of fres. might be preserved
instead Of dying with tho individual
Practical work in machine shops. leo
mrss on explosives by well known chem
sts talks and demonstrations by cleo
trical engineers on the new problems
offered by the high voltage electrified
buildings. Q better understanding OF the
high pressure system and very prNc-
tlcAl lessons IN the scaling OF walls. jump
ING into hfe nets and the handling Of all
sinds OF tools used by f,remen-all these
subjects and many more OF a practical
nature will be taken up and drilled into
the force by the fire college. whose first
class meets next Tuesday at Fire Head
quarters.
above all things Commissioner Waldo
explained yesterday when asked about
the new school. tho instructors. all men
q experience. will be practical in the
teaching. No fads or fAncies which
merely take up time win be tau ght. The
men will DO Taught to couple hose. scale
wallis. handle their men. do work OF q very
practical nature in machine shops. learn
how to caro- for their horses. give first
aid and learn something about high ex-
plosives and high voltage. to mention
a few things which the school will teach
The fire college will aim mt nothing Of the
highbrow nature at all
The New York Department said
Chief Croker in speaking about the work
is so large and Ia growing 80 rapidly that
men are necessarily promoted without
having had n chance to acquire all the
practical knowledge and experience in
fighting fires which one could wish for
Our department ~ larger than the COM
bined fire departments OF Chicago. Phila-
delphia. Boston and st Louis. The in
growth ana tho consequent
rapidity Of promotion n. AXE the college a
necessity.
The college will have four schools
officers engineers. probationary fire
mems and school for companies. ItI
s'eu ny t"- "- .o"~se
BOARD. OF which the chief OF the depart
ment will be- president. General Order ~.
issued yesterday. names these men a.
he faculty:
,,h,., -, n...-.u.. r.L c
,-n.is.n, - $50. e.. 49, -.
D.nn,y s'bi.r Iohn k.,Ion ,n .n..
of officers school and engineers school:
instructor IN general ire nghtinR. instr,Ic-
tor IN marine hres.
pepu's 'h'e' fatrck Aaher. instructor
u u , ah' au'''.hI n4' a.,on' ms ll''or
.,-,'s,r- =, .I a.. s',L.'
Bst,aIion Chief rdvard / worth in
fr,ictor in use OF high pressure. sy.tsms.
instructor in high tension electric currents. !
assistant instructor Ia general FIRE lighting.
Battalion chiei Thomas , Norton: IN
'rnc'oi IN oomnnstioIes ana explosives.
,s.r',,,,r - .,.r.r., a.. s.h,;a,,
battalion Chief thomas Larkin. in charge
II company school and probationary fre-
apparatus
Foreman william y. WALSH. instructor
care o. no-e' 's@S'Aht instructor ih gen
g. g, 80 I,,r, u noo,,S ,,.,,,,.,,,
!, ,u,,iisrv ar. ,,,,;,,c..
Foreman James !. Henry. instructor
n engines and boilers
Chief Medical oricer Herman l.. Refs.
instructor in first aid to the injured.
tlectncsi Engineer John hennard'
nsructor IN nrs aIsr" 'e''R'ap"' "n''uh-
I.,.,;na,y snr..o, William 3 Dovl.
,r,,r,ar a., CO.., ~ 100.