Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1921-04-08
FIRE FIGHTERS PLAN
EFFICIENT ORGANIZATION
Five Company Unit Proposed, With
Auxiliary Hose Cart on Every
Hill-George Ewing Is Chief

A five company fire unit, with a
hose house, cart, hose and equip
ment on every hill, is planned by the
Pullman fire department in it's pro-
gram for efficient fire protection for
the city The program, which will
be presented to the city council for
ratification, calls for the establish
ment of auxiliary fire stations, with
full equipment, on College hill, Meth
odist hill, Military hill and Sunny
side hill, with the central, or No. l
station, to house the fire truck and
chemical tanks. All of these hills,
with the exception of Sunnyside. al
ready have auxiliary stations, but
most of them are in inaccessible
places and poorly equipped. The
fire department will ask that each
of the four auxiliary stations be
placed on the main highway, painted
up to present a better appearance
and electrically lighted.
The plan includes the organization
of full company of fire fighters for
each sub-station, the foreman to be
charged with the responsibility of
keeping the equipment in good con-
dition and ready for immediate use.
The department also asks the city
council to pass ordinances regulat-
ing automobile parking when the de-
partment is making run. The ordi-
nance would provide that as soon as
the fire alarm is sounded all auto
mobiles parked at angles with the
curb be moved to parallel the curb,
giving the department more room on
! the streets. Another ordinance re-
quested by the fire fighters would
eliminate the danger of a congestion
of automobiles at the central station
when an alarm is sounded.
George Ewing is chief of the local
fire department and the fire fight
ers have the backing of the entire
community in their efforts to provide
maximum Of fire protection eff
cheney for the city, the concensus of
opinion being that if the firemen are
willing to give their time without
compensation in the interests of the
public good, the public should make
provision for every necessity in the
matter of equipment and auxiliary
stations.
Upon the invitation of the local de-
partment nine representatives of the
Moscow fire department came to
Pullman last Thursday evening to as
| sist the local fighters in mapping
their program. The delegation was
| headed by Fire Chief Carl Smith,
and included one man, Foreman Fred
Zumhoff of No. station, who has
been connected with the Moscow fire
| department for sc years, while an
other of the delegates has been a
! fireman in the Idaho town for 80
| years. The Moscow department has
operated very successfully under it's
present organization for the past 13
years and the meeting resulted in
the securing of much valuable infor-
nation by the Pullman company. The
Moscow department consists of six
companies, each working under d
| foreman, and the fire chief at the
head of the entire organization. The
fire chief answers all fire alarms
with the chemical tank, and if he
needs assistance he telephones to the
sub-stations which he desires to re-
spond, all of which are expected to
be in readiness for immediate re-
spouse. Under this method of opera
ton the Moscow department has kept
the per capita fire loss under 81 per
year for the past three years, rec