The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-06-05
Continued from yssterday.l

(By Edward :. Croker. ex-chief New
York IRE Department.
I A proper system OF FIRE protection
Throughout the coultry based upon
sound and practical methods would
materially reduce the tremendous
loss. to say nothing OF the saving OF
lives annually lost by fires. which
s the man consideration.
am glad TO see that the people OF
the country are alive 10 their reSpon-
siD!ilty IN the matter. Since I have
started n M work real zeal on the
part OF those who employ numbers Of
hands IS shown everywhere. have
associated with me a number OF
the most expert fire fighters In the
country. In addition TO their many
years experience in the New YORK
i fire department, they have also come
n contact for a number OF years
with Industrial plants where chances
for fires are very imminent. Our work
has assumed such dimensions that We
nov employ over sixty men who
have had twenty years OF service IN
the hrs department. They are sent
CIT 10 install proper fire protection
IN indusir al plants, hotels. hospitals,
asyiums. theaters. churches. office
buildings. tenements and private res
licences.
We send out experts TO make in
Nvestlgat.Ons. We send ont uniformed
IRE guards to watca property. night
and day, - see that fire regulations
are observed. and 10 put out incipi-
eat fires. We have engineers who
design. in connection with architects.
arrangements for the protection OF
lie and properly IN buildings o. all
sorts. We have experts who drill
the employees N department stores.
ushers II churches and theaters,
clerks and bell boys and porIers in
hotels and apartment houses.
II the individual could be impress
ed with exercising ordinary care n
small things. much would be accom-
piished Smoking By employees ana
the careless disposal OF waste / con-
slider the most frequent cause OF fire
n industrial concerns. : worker
viii throw away cIgaret thinking no
more az the matter. II IS habit. you
use b caance the cigaret or the
cigar may ign;te some .niammabie
material. g piece OF oily waste. q
scrap OF paper. or cast OF clothes.
and. before the busy workers notice
ii, good SEED blaze IS IN progress.
~ many more are employed IN that
particular SHOP. confusion reigus the
moment the fire Is discovered. ack
CT training in fire prevention makes
il difficult for the men IN the plant
10 handle the ire before Il gets con-
siderable Roadway
I have seen so much o, that sort
OF thing, seen so many disastrous
fires which could have been
checked By men properly trained.
that ! an sure that with what should
be ordinary care. the list OF big fires
IN This country may greatly reduced.
What have said applies not only
20 cases n built w sections where
FIRE department equipment is in easy
reach bot that methods We employ
are applicable as well 10 ISOLATED in
dustriaI plants. \ short time ago We
were retained by a large corporation
TO install a IRE protection system IN
/ one Of its million dollar plants. II
lis plant where there is necessarily
much .nfiammable material ABOUT.
Z The men knew absolutely nothing
about FIRE fighting. After FIRE fight
Ing br Eades had been organized and
the utility OF the IRE apparatus had
tbesn brought into requisition and the
kinks Rad been pressed out OF the
lrOttlng hose fires we're started In
various parts cf the shop At the
joutset the men we're perfectly help
tfaSS After Tbornr-ch r0urSa ~