The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-12-09
GONGS FOR PARISH SCHOOLS
Members of Fire Department Will Per-
sonally Look After Fire Drills Weekly
In All of the Schools of Kenosha
In the characterization Good.

In keeping with the recent request
Of the state fire marshall, Chief of the
Fire Department Henry Isermann today
forwarded to Madison report of the
re-inspection of all the school buildings
in Kenosha. This report covers every
building in the city and it is decidedly
cTeditable report. 1t shows that there
are no defects in construction Of build
ings here and that safety devices have
been installed in all of the buildings.
At the time Of the recent local inspec-
tions many defects in connection with
electric wiring were discovered but all
of these have now been remedied at the
orders of the building committee of the
board Of education and the various COM
mittees in charge Of the maintenance
of the parochial schools and the report
shows that the schools here are passing
every inspection suggested by the state
building inspector. Since the inspec
ton of the public schools every paro-
chial school has been under the eyes of
inspectors from the local department
and following up the work of his men
the chief has given his personal atten-
ton to inspections. Gongs have been
installed in every school building for
use in case of fire and for no other use.
"I am pleased with the way our
every suggestion for improvements have
beet met and feel certain now that
the school buildings in Kenosha are en-
tirely in keeping with all of the de-
mands of the state ispection code, I"
said Chief Isermann today. "We have
found q lot of little defects in the
various buildings, but it was possible to
take care of most of these with very
small expenditure and the work has
been cheerfully done. The school Off
Gals in Kenosha are in favor of doing
everything in their power to secure to
the children the highest possible degree
of safety, We are going to go farther
than file a report with the state depart
ment. What we plan to do in the flu
tire is to keep in close touch with the
school management at all times and see
to it that suggestions for the safe
guarding Of the children are maintained.
We are strong for the fire drills and in
the future weekly fire drills will be held
in every school building in the city.
Some times principals and teachers have
Leen a little forgetful and they have
thought that the drills interfered with
the work of the children but we are 60
ing to prevent anything Of this kind by
sending a representative Of the depart
ment to every school once every week.
He will keep track of just how the fire
drills are handled and will seek to aid
the teachers in making these drills of
greatest value. 1t will take a little
time to organize this service at the
schools but when it is once organized
it will be worked out just like any
other work of the department. So long
as the children have medical inspection
there is no reason why they should not
have training in fire drill under the au-
spices of the fire department. -
The school officials of many of the
buildings are following out other sug-
gestions of the state fire marshall and
the state industrial commission by
teaching f'safety first" methods in the
schools and during the coming year it
is probable that this work will be
greatly extended.