The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-05-07
Regional Fire
School TOBe
Held Sunday
Sponsored by Sank Centre
Fire Department, Under
Supervision of Chief
WILL OPEN AT 9 A. M.
Prominent Speakers Featured
On Prooram-Actual
Test Demonstrations

Sank Centres Fire Department,
under the supervision Of Chief
George Fish. together with the
State Fire Marshal Department
and neighboring fire departments,
Is holding a Regional Fire School
in Sank Centre, Sunday, May 10th,
in the Community Club rooms.
Chief George Fish, who is Mime
sofas oldest chief from the stand
point Of service, is general chair
man Of the school.
The School will open at 8 o'clock
in the morning with registration Of
fire chiefs and visiting firemen. At
$3.50 there will be a round-table dis
cussion by all visiting chiefs and
firemen of problem fires. At 10 o.
clock there will be an address by
Mr.. Fred Phaender, Secretary Of
the Minnesota State Firemen's As
sociation. At 1920 the important
business of the day will be trans
acted and there will be a meeting
OF all the fire chiefs for the pur-
pose Of forming a fire department
regional association, taking in all
towns surrounding Sank Centre. A.
11:30 there will be Safety talk on
Fire Department law, to be given
by Dewey w. johnson, Deputy
Commissioner of Insurance and
State Fire Marshal.
After luncheon there will be a
talk at 1 o'clock on the subject Of
ventilation Of fires, with a question
box for visiting Volunteer Firemen,
by Chief George Lockhart, Of the
Minneapolis Fire Department. At
2 o'clock there will be a lecture and
demonstration of fire department
hydraulics; proper care of pumps
and pumping equipment; water
friction loss in hose and nozzle
pressure. by Chief Engineer San
ford Herberg, Of the Fire Under
writers Inspection Bureau of Min
neapolis. At 8 o'clock Capt. James
Craige, whose Minneapolis Fire De-
partment Rescue Squad led all cit
les of the United States in 1884 in
the percentage of recoveries from
gas poisoning, drowning, ETC., will
give first aid demonstration, US
ing modern approved methods and
equipment, illustrating the latest in
first aid work. At o'clock the
Sank Centre Fire Department will
give actual test demonstrations of
fire bumpers in action and tests Of
hose lines and nozzle pressure.
All visiting chiefs and firemen
will be guests Of the Sank Centre
Department for the day, as will all
municipal officials who have also
been invited to attend this school.
All firemen in attendance COM
plotting the course at this school
will receive a certificate signifying
that they have completed the first
of a series Of courses in fireman
ship.
Municipalities invited to attend
this school are as follows:
Henning, Vining, Clitherall, Bat
tie Lake, Underwood, Fergus Falls,
Elbow Lake, Barrett, Hoffman,
Kensington, Erdahl, Metric Grove,
Lake Henry Cyrus. Morris. Clon-
tart, Benson, Sunburg, New Lon
don, Paynesville, Roscoe, Rich
mond, Albany, Evansville, New
Munich, st. Martin, Holdingford,
West Union, Osakis, Alexandria,
Carlos, Miltona, Parkers Prairie,
Dalton, Ashby, Belgrade, Green
wald, Lowry, Brandon, Garfield
Nelson, Starbuck, Glenwood, Viii
lard, Westport, Melrose, Freeport,
Sedan, Brooten, Spring Hill, Helm
es City.