Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-19
fire RESCUE CREW
SAVES MANY LIVES
Busy Unit on Job at Once
When Distress Calls
Sound.

le,ses IN Uncle Bill. or Sister Sue iaii'
,,r,>,c,, trc skvlisht. or Oswald gets
caneht in the automatic elevator o'
W; cut your finger or stump your '"s
IN The lawn mower, When YOU i.'o
Yourself miles up the cEceA W!'iN"s "
i,oSs,c, j, short. when YOU SCI IL any
80. If a fix that YOU don't know nov
- r,t o;lt r!--Wl,a, DO you GO?
Answer You call The rescue squad
e~S .l,o rescue souaG comes around ano
f,.> everything up. ,
rhc rescue squad Of the Fire Depart L
-,e,,t. which. has last celeora'eo is
+n,rc anniversary, performs the ,HnC-
+,n, around these parts Of doinc things
ia. uchn5v else seems 10 b able 10 Go
Perform Unusual Stunts.
For example. last September when
rrc = ms Home Ice Co, plant hac ouIS'
q many ammonia tanks that fremen
c,,.;nrr -; INSIDE the building, thcT
ra,'e6 ~. .l,c rescue squad ana INC
members thereof donneo eaS MASKS ana
-3Hh,r ;9an:S aHd went y :n1 Go'
-,,.,,,S ,.,So- ccn:To! Incidentally. they
e.. M sl.n :ake: 81 al exposed por-
F;,.-S =. .,,>ir atc:aal" cH3 mos, CT iA0:a
h3- = 3 = ~ hospital
49,, ; tov months later ch3UHcaT
rs.,>c E-..cv Tridc~S was cNcrcCTlH ~
c2r,>o.. r,~..2Tld2 22S ana tnF rescue
so..,6 worked 81 him Tor ne better
~. .! 10 Ga.-S and finally hrouen1
RI, around
S-a~2e,~ 2 CAV roos hv that n" squad
Soosy', - 6aShlng somewhere and
to-7.h'y change The mind Of somebody
$40 though: lie WAS ali 2 bGbole and
Turned o. tl.a ces Jet. II digs men out
G cevc-ins ard pulls women out o. thu
river. CoeS cr!e-c:ncv work tor the resi-
q The department and acts as a hos
-,-3l s,ar Tor Deo>,e who h1rt them
selves ana 90 sro,;n6 II No. engine
r1,so - set haEd9ced 10.
Tf-e rescue squad answers four or fiVc
t.-7o- rs many c.3TT,s IS the avcra-"
f. coTl.Ha.I~ I'D II addition goes ont
r. s0a7ss ot calls that ccrle directly -
= There are AIS boxes II various parts
i,n~s3c2is institutions, etc. which the
.-,i76 must answer. The mcn in the
sor2S - thcir s;eec;ne in short shifts
- find out inst wila: sort of lob
',,.oSo .-1cIr have Tlle Star sent report
c. AROUND n No en~iDo house to take
cc';nle o. ;rir7 with thu sand. He
V-ss ciren 2 coat AMI a nice biz fire.
rams f72t and then he locked over the
chart showing an acreage Of three or
<0''- calls a CAV for week or 50 back
e.l5 sat DOWN - wait tor run.
.:cn Carefully Chosen.
During .he first dav he got very well
acquainted ~ith members Of the pla-
tc1a 81 dut--Sergt E. J. Carroll and
Pts J. G Howard. n c. Robinson D
J Mccarthy. l.. c. Kengla. r. E S
Boss and . B Leahv. 10 say nothing OF
Cant J 2. Groves commanding otIcer
O. t.!e SQUAD He learned that all these
nm were specially picked from the
WHOLE department given two courses
q instruction By thu Red Cross and
exa-ined thoroughly before being as
s:E-oc
Ee watched tho squad drill. practic,ng
the at o. carving people out Of smoke
fed ronrlr. burning Zip iron o5struc-
t.7rs with - ac7t-ione torch. testing cut
cas r-1ask~ and 'ho ;:17alaicr that saves
esr7lrx!zt-i prisons: he examined II"
r7shS~r nreoc..-s that would enable any
e1c- n - winning without getting
&c. ~ 10 big ssa-ri1i1ghts. the Y.lCo
,!-:7. ina shows whether the air in
ron ss g n n-e9the. tn life bits
r~~ r. e-atinc ladders ard dozens o.
cth-r tf7:~cs
f!c c,9se-ted that tns squad is proud
c. .ts personnel and proud Of It's work
EN- represents probably the highest
oer~ee Ct eFFc,enc~ attained b. high
II Efficient 6eoa-tT1 mt. He noticed that
ti1e men p1fed a BIT when they MN
t:~nec that IL November they h2i sa"ec
IS o.. II "a parsons overcome b. gas
r-G tn ot:3o- were dead vner,
trer arrived They we're also proud OF
.1e.. sc2rs. ct which they have quite
.e1. tne rcs-ae squad not being the
SETS. p,ace III ,he world 70 wo-E.
IT. men ware little surprised when
- calls CANE in that d2y and they
c1csseS ,!7zt r3avoa having reporter
s~oard 1sic!lt have sorl"thlng 70 %
*:.f2 ! Taey asked hin - ccme
around ,or.o-row.
inventory OF Wagon.
HI cld He read aIl the newspapers
f. ~ pace and tod the squad the
sto~r ot Inc Bombay Yacht Club: he
~a,kec Up ard down IL front o! mir
~ WIN Z 81 mans rat or and then
sp~.. ar hoI- or 50 sliding Gown the
BIZ. po,e No calls came in that cav.
The .s.Yc cay ne decided 10 get "
tne Dct'3n o. this thing anc began
tr1:.tisc the things on the big red
aeJa ina. .2kes me soQad on Us rurs
III +2:uec e.'crvt:7in2 ups3oe down and
p = hac< sga!n. and the! noted the
t9c;n7.s & ti1r wagon N Alphabetical
cr>er 6 to,icw%
Oar aa42cr. 1870 ages. ;wo picEa yes.
tw*3 cgovb bars ore pinch bar. one block,
Org .ite o1oy. enc canvas co!lapeio
o,sckct screr life belts. one boz r.. d
7e.cE-gse e.g:3t 100. belts. toslr cEiSel$
cy3e ace.T.en@ outing outfit enc pair
- v.re r.tgyE. o:}e So u $50 chains
orr ~. TIT three FIRE ezting0iShers o'le
se:es. pairs .. eoggles one lie gun. one
9reS4e 24f. ore tI.e gauge one hammer,
or >ier2e hammer three ncokS. one
.ark orr gas hey. ore water key. ore
frs &C k.t three l2rceTs. on AIRY
.ssns rgcl hand .l%1ts tNo prckff
J,yles eight ?as mask. tNo Goor op@rcfs
'n~te ra.E& u p.3fFs. o!le oxygen pump
fgs@ pug e'4e @l:e rec. three sc,c~
ct.ttEN a4se czE|aH e.Fcte.Ie. tot! c.aA
'c,J5. 3y<Y Ege.rfleE 40 b3ankf's orr
.G're n.gLs ogse .1~arf! sack tEree SaNs
60 PER t.@yrrp: glove ore PEI. ~
saclr.a pants enc tour wig ,able&
r. ~ 't-.e 4 vas t2i.R ate~T rron
TIC 'aere Eac beer 10 Gals fpY li.tee
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