The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-26
MAKING STUDY Of
FIRE CONDITIONS
Secretary of State Associa-
ton Engaged in Exten-
sive Work

Bismarck. n. d.. Dec. 26-H. L.
Reade, secretary of the North Dakota
Flremen'S association, is now busily
engaged in sending out notices of dues
to the various fire companies and al
lied organizations throughout the
state.
This organization comprises at pres
companies. This tremendous organi-
cation has grown up during the last
sixteen years under the efficient man
agement OF Secretary Reade. who has
had nearly all of the work connected
with the building it up.
Some of the statistics connected
with h association is hat when Mr..
Reade took the secretary's office there
We're eighteen towns and thirty-tive
companies. The amount of tax paid
last year direct to firemen was $21,47O.
twenty-five new cities of North Da-
kota have been added since June /,
19ll-in fact the greatest growth in
the history of the state for the same
length Of time. The most notable
growth is in the southwestern part of
the state, where new towns and cities
are making efforts to have the latest
and best fire protection.
n next annual tournament will be
held at Williston June . and the fire.
men of the entire state are promised
the grandest and best time in their
lives. Also the exhibit at that place
will exceed anything ever before shown
within the boundaries of North Da-
kota.
This organization while known gen.
orally is not thoroughly understood
as 1t should be by the masses, and Mr..
Reede in speaking Of the matter said
in part:
Reduce the Losses
u have been n of the members
OF the North Dakota Firemen's asso-
tiation almost from the beginning, in
fact from the beginning, and have al
ways been a member Of the Pioneer
company Of Bismarck.
~. MY every effort has been to make
the association as effective as posi-
Bile and render the fire losses within
the state of North Dakota as low as
possible and to this end 1 have given
largely Of my time and attention."
The value of Mr.. Reade's study
appreciated by the Fire Underwriters
association and fire insurance COM
panies that they take his word as an
authority on facts and figures regard?
ing conditions and fire losses and SAL
wage in this state. He has served
the state along this line SO efficiently
that when any new question arises
pertaining to the installation Of new
apparatus the matter is referred to
him. The figures are instructions he
issues on this subject are used as the
first data in the case and have proven
correct in nearly every instance.
He has several times been elected
ia the national association and has
been the representative of seven years
to the conventions of the International
Fire Engineers conventions at Duluth,
l w a Ghi n Dfnn nn1loo H0I~n,
Grand Rapids, Mich, Syracuse and
Milwaukee,.
Also he has represented the state
as state vice president in the national
conventions and has delivered several
papers before the board of National
Fire Underwriters, which has been of
great benefit to the association and he
has been called upon many times to
give figures in regard to things per-
tanning to North Dakota.
Motor Apparatus
Motor apparatus" said Mr.. Reade
is the most economical and the gen.
eral cost of maintenance is f~gurative-
ly very low. l have the data for a
town or city the size Of Bismarck and
1t purchased and put in operation a
motor truck. During ten months SER
vice tWenty-seven runs were made and
the actual cost Of the upkeep per fire
was $1.47, which goes to show that the
new style of apparatus is the only
kind to be used. Then another phase
of the use Of the motor over horses
and which shows the superiority Of the
former is the time required to nego-
tiate any distance at top speed and
reach the place long before the fire
has attained such Roadway that the
work of the department is nullifed.
Statistics prove beyond a doubt
no remarked, that time is the great
element in fire fighting. Every min
ute or fraction of a minute saved
means many hundreds Of dollars saw
ed from the flames. And nearly every
fire would be less than half Of what
it is could we use a motor truck.
Snow does not in the least impede
these trucks more than it would horse
trucks and then If there is a heavy
snow how far can horses go with q
5000 or 5000 pound engine?
"You can put me down as an en-
thusiastic supporter of motors in fight
ing fire. Also I am in full sympathy
with all forms of fire prevention
methods or societies that are attempt
ing to prevent loss by fire.
One phose of the fire question is
that too many men are careless and do
no use the proper precautions. They
are thoughtless and only when the fire
has devastated the firm or home, then
they give themselves over to the cause
Of fire prevention" he concluded.
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