Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-04-27
EODIPNSNT AND BUILDINGS COST S100,O0U,yO
Four Stations Now Well Locaed-Frst City in State to
Adopt Motor Equipment, Telegraph Fire Alarm
system and Other Improvements.
BY GLENN CONDOND

In 1908 the Tulsa IRE department colSlS'cu vi cilcl'
three fremcn and hose wagon
Today there are four modern station houses, repre-
sctiug an Investment o $4,000, and equipment that cost
$4,000 which is manned by hirty-four trained men.
Tulsa was the first city in the state to install tele-
o,,I fire alarm system and the first to adopt automobile
a,Ial3t,ls Bv Oct 1913 there will not be piece OF
hoIsc-drawn equipment in the department. Everything
VIII be motor drawn
Tulsa has the smallest per capita fire loss Of any city
in the United States.
Tulsa las never had big fire, but has seen the IN
ccton of many bazos that would have resulted IN great
losses but for the quick and efficient work of the fire de-
paItmcnt. g.
Politics have never entered into the management of
thc fire department. The chief of the FIRST pald IRE de
uarneut in Tulsa still holds that position In the snort
space Of eight wears he has made the department one OF
the most modern and best equipped in the United States
population considered.
The cost Of maintenance is Sl.5 per capita.
The department is capable Of simultaneously throw
mo seperate streams of water ON single blaze EVERY
known device for fire-fightng and rescue Work Is III
cIuded in the local equipment
Before the present year ends Tulsa will have the only
exclusive automobile fire department IN the state OF TX
ahoma ANY part of the city can then be reached by
from one TO four pieces of equipment within four minutes
from the time the alarm is received at Central Statfo
Tulsa can we'll be proud of her unusually small IRE
loss in recent years. But day there Will be Dig
conagraon They come to every city OF any SIZE me
larger the city the greater is the danger OF catastrophe
OF this KIND Inc QnlNclSdl use ol So H'N 10 oiiC VI WV
reasons for the absence of fires But the town is growing
rapidly The danger of fire is increasing daily
An Immense Saving
.nd for those reasons the Tulsa fire department Is
Lino constantly increased in scope and cfclency Inc
installation of motor apparatus here has been Walcheo
with keen interest by fire engineers and fhelS the co
trv over After five of service the llSt autoope
fire cuoinc installed here is still i'll daily use and Is III
scndd conditions One Of the original tires on the engine
i, still hcng used The saving over the old hose-dlaWh
cnipncnt has been enormous and the increased e1icl-
cncv has been remarkable.
There is no question now but what motor equipment
renders twice the service Of mOtorcs apparatus ana at
half the expense.
Central Station.
The four fire stations here located as to cover
ery section Of the city thoroughly The Central station
on Second street between Boulder and cheyenne, cos
4t5COO In this station is located the apparatus winch
receives every fire alarm turned in. telephone opera
i Is on duty day and night at a switchboard lie also
kno,ys where every member of the department happens
f. he at any moment No firemcn leaves his post without
rono1tinq 10 the operator, who maintains large board
fitted with small brass pegs peg for every member OF
the department
Each station has certain section of the city to cover
second alarm brings ont all equipment
North Side.
The station the North Side cost $1,000 to bulld 1t
k eoipned with the original " ebb combination auto en-
aine and hose wagon purchased by the department Inc
East Side station represents cost OF T3,ooo only
horse drawn hose and chemical wagon is stationed there
This wagon viii he replaced by motor hose cart within
the next few months.
No. station is on Second street. between Main and