Imperial Valley press., 1925-06-29
STEPS TAKEN TO
FOR NJ JUNIOR
FIRE AUXILIARY
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condition may arise, and we wish to
guard against it.
''With This idea IN mind, we pro
pose to choose ten Young men from
the city and train them to be fire
men. They win he chosen Just as
carefully as are the members of the
regular department, and it is our de
sire to get homo boys, that is. Young
fellows whom we know are going
to live in this city for a number Of
wears. WrdusieutS who remain here
only wear or so are not wanted.
We. have had difficulty with this
type of man in the past, in the reg
utar department. and are through
with it. Individually the transient
men were good fellows ana GOOD
firemen, but the uncertainty of their
stay tend to disrupt the efficiency
ef the department..
We want young men between
The ages Of Il and 2l years. We
will give them portion of the fire.
house for club rooms, and viii teach
them how to conduct business meet
ingS. choose their own Officers, and
do The work of 4 fireman SO that
when 1EeN become II years old. and
are eligible for admission to the reg
uiar department, ihcy will be train.
Cd and know how to handle the
work, This does not mean that they
viii have to enter the department,
ef that they can automatically en-
ter X. Entrance depends upon their
records and needs of the depart
mcHt.
II don 7 want the people of this
CITY to imagine that we are going TO
give these boys 4 red license plate
on their automobiles, and permis
sion 10 tear through the streets in
answer to the fire alarm. That is
The first thing they are going to
he forbidden to do, - the chief said.
Planning for Future
Continuing, the chief pointed out
that rs Fl Centre grows. there is less
tendency for men to give much con
Sideration to their ueighborS, rs
WIS tie case i'm the old days, and
unless some such step rs the junior
fire department is taken, ii VIII
mean that the city viii eventually
have TO have u paid fire department.,
with corresponding increase in
taxes. 1t may come 10 that, despite
the efforts to avoid it, the chief
said. bu. the junior department pro
vides way out. if If can be oper-
ated successfully. and he believes it
can be.
While the ch;of did NOT say 50.
+ is known that in the old days. and
even in certain degree today, II
vs. considered an houor - belong
IN the fire department. and some of
tie be-- mcu in the cjtv'~ history
Were ~ one time members Of the
Ire department. The morale and ef-
zlc.eHcr OF the department has nev-
er been questioned, and Chief Fer
gusou hopes TO keep ir 50.
Following his discussion Of the
junior department., the chief TOLD
the Press representative Of % new
plan which the department has
adopted in answering fire alarms
in order 20 avoid the possibility Of
collision between members in ANS
wcriug an alarm. Instead of zig-
tagging through the streets to get
- thc box by the shortest possible
route. the new plan calls for the
members all 20 travel i'm general
direction.
To illustrate the idea the chief
said that if he were nj Fourth and
Park streets, and an alarm came
in from the high school. the new
plan would call for Linn 20 travel
south on Fourth street 20 Brighton
then west on Brighton 20 the high
school. Similarly, other members of
the department would travel south
or north, as their original location
required. before turning to the west.
The possibility Of right angle col
lisions is thereby reduced to a min
imam.
The chiefs plans show that he
and the other members cf the de
Fartmeut have the citv's future wei
fare in mind, and that they are go
ing to take every TrccaJtion against
being found mapping when a crisis