Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1922-12-08
FIVE MILE BEACH JOURNAL, wnDwOOp, N j. FRIDAY, DECEMBER s 1922
FEW WORDS ABOUT WILD
WOODS FIRE PROTECTION

Recently a delegation of Philadel-
mia fremen visited our island and
went back to their homes laboring
under the delusion that Wildwood was
sadly neglected in the matter OF tire
protection. We feel it is only fair,
therefore. to print a few words tell
ing of the protection from this great
hazard that we have on our island.
To begin with we must speak OF our
engines and equipment. The City OF
wildwood has had the old Webb pump
o~verhauled and put in condition. IL
is now ready for use at any time, for
the first time in some years. h
gives the City of Wildwood three
pumps. one chemical truck and n
ladder truck. Besides this equipment
North Wildwood has n chemical
and one pump. West Wildwood has a
combination hose cart and pump. All
of this equipment is motorized appa-
ratus and on past occasions has not
only 'been able" to respond as soon
as the whistle blows, but has done"
this. The City Commissioners have
also recently put new tires on one or
two of the trucks and has also pur-
chased a thousand feet of new hose,
giving us an adequate supply.
Now in regard to u alarm system.
Nearly all of our readers are aware
of the fact that our fire alarms are
sounded on the steam whistle at the
electric light plant. There are IT
separate alarm boxes in different
parts of the city. Besides these every
telephone in the city is a private alarm
box. The minute a phone call goes
in to the central operator it is trans
ferred to the fire station. Here the
location of the fire is picked out in
the zone of the city and the alarm OF
this particular location is sounded on
the fire whistle at the electric light
plant. In the past when this location
was announced a mar had to stand
in the Sd ward fire house and, with a
telegraph key, sound out the number
of the alarm. Sometimes he would be
steady enough that he would get the
correct number sounded, but often
times when this occurred there would
be a variance between the whistle and
the automatic announcer on the wall
of the station so that though the whis-
tie sounded box 81 the figure announcer
would show "a or 35. The new ma
chine just recently installed in the
station, and costing a tidy sum-, does
--a It'll a-xv ~ fhid 0hnnno ap orrnT
The minute a fire is reported a disk
corresponding with the number of this
alarm in the city's system of coming
is placed on the machine by the man
in charge of the station. He then
pulls the lever on the machine and the
the circuit that not only blows the
whistle, but also throws the number
on the station indicator. The whistle
can be made to blow one, two or three
or four times, as the machine may be
set for. 1t is usually kept set at four
has only to put the disk on and pull
down the lever and the rest of the
work is done by the electric system.
1t has been said that Wildwood is
better zoned in fire alarm system than
Atlantic City. With our II alarm
boxes and our "a distant location
disks on the new machine we have Al
separate alarm locations. We here
with print for the benefit Of our
readers:
East of the Railroad.
65-Juniper and Pacific.
*74-Magnolia and Boardwalk.
*66-Glenwood and Pacific.
*72-Poplar and Atlantic.
61-Poplar and Holly Beach.
77-Maple and Boardwalk.
*55-Pine and Atlantic.
82-WiIdwood and Boardwalk.
*53-Oak and Pacific.
84-Cedar and Boardwalk.
"41-Schellenger and Atlantic.
*34IGarfield and Pacific.
*25-Pacific and Spencer.
44-Spencer and Boardwalk.
45-Roberts and Boardwalk.
33-Young and Holly Beach.
46-Montgomery and Boardwalk.
"24-Montgomery and Pacific.
47-Andrew and Boardwalk.
*23-Andrew and Holly Beach.
s16-Taylor and Pacific.
Trio Grande Bridge.
*14-Leaming and Pacific.
West of the Railroad
9-Juniper and Park.
8-Magnolia and Hudson.
*63-Glenwood and New York.
Maple and Hudson.
Soak and Park.
"57-Wildwood and Park.
6-Wildwood and Holly Beach.