Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-10

MOVING NEGRO
FIRE STATION
May Go to Maple Road
Location, According to
Mayor.
SAFETY BOARD MEETS

negro fire company in the station
at Sixteenth street and Ashland avenue
will be moved either TO the Maple road
station or to Indiana avenue and the
canal and the abandoned station turned
into repair shop for the fire depart
ment, Mayor Shank announced today
after a conference with the board of pub
lie safety. The station is one of those
recommended by the national board of
fire underwriters be abandoned. The
board of safety has received new set
of recommendations. which il complied
with will promote Indianapolis from
third to second class rating as to FIRE
hazards. Insurance rates are regulated
upon this rating.
The repair shop will be moved to the
Ashland avenue house from Station No.
80 al New Jersey ana South streets. The
space at Station No. SO will be given to
the board Of public health as headquar-
tiers for an ambulance and doctor if the
board wishes to take advantage of the
opportunity 20 have emergency medical
aid close to the business district, the
mayor said. Amhulances now are kept
at the city hospital more than a mile
away from the downtown section.
FIRE UNDERWRITERS
SUBMIT NEW REPORT.
The new report OF the fire underwent
erS was submitted TO Mayor Shank by
+. NJ Sellers, manager of the Indiana
Inspection Bureau. He, with L. r.
Townsend. an engineer for the national
board, conferred with the board of safety
and the mayor on April Z about promot-
ing the city rating. Negotiations to this
end have been under way for the last
two years. The new report contains prac-
tically no recommendations that have not
been made heretofore and amounts to a
review Of the things which remain to be
done to gain the promotion.
Among outstanding improvements yet
TO be made are:
Installation of, fire hydrants SO there
will be one every 80 feet In the mercan-
tile and manufacturing districts and
every 800 feet II residence districts.
appointment of ire department Off
cials for indefinite terms.
INCREASE NUMBER
OF BATTALION CHIEFS.
Increase OF battalion chiefs from eight
to ten and addition OF one district to the
present four in command Of such officers
day and night.
Reassign men so companies in high
value districts will have. at least six men
and at least four IN low value sections
and certain important companies have
seven or eight as the minimum strength
Move Engine Company and Ladder
Company with either Engine Companies
%, IL or to new station in vicinity of
Central avenue and Fifty-Eighth streets
Discontinue Engine Companies 16, II
and 81 and put apparatus in reserve or
place bumpers in service with companies
now equipped with steam engines, and
put engines in reserve.
IrffI
into use and operate a modern training
school for fremen.
Test apparatus freqently.
Revise running card to provide for
fourth and fifth alarm assignments and
reduce number Of companies responding
TO first alarms in high-yaIue district to
four engine and two ladder companies
and three engines and one ladder com
pany on each subsequent alarm
ENFORCE
DISCIASE.
Discipline be more rigidiv enforced
Install Ere alarm boxes so there Will
be one within 500 feet OF every important
building and 500 feet of every valuable
group of buildings, important boxes TO be
designated by red lights and bright red
bands on poles where they are located.
Fire alarm boxes be modernized.
Improve fire alarm circuits in a nun
Der OF ways.
Revise building code and explosive
storage ordinances.
Many Of these Improvements now are
under way, such as location Of hydrants,
abandonment Of some fire stations. estab-
lishment OF training school, revision of
running card, and revision Of the build
ing code.
The underwater representatives and
city officials Will have another conference
soon-