Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-02-16
State Fire Men
Praise Askov's
Fire Equipment
With Recommended Addi-
tons, Village Can Get Bet
ter Insurance Rates.

"A Satnerlng OF between 0U ana on
volunteer firemen, Commercial club
members and visitors heard three
men in the state fire prevention forces
give many pointers in that field Mon
day evening in the Askov D. B. S.
hall. The event was the regular
monthly meeting of the Askov Com
mercial club and Volunteer Fire De-
partment to which delegations from
neighboring villages were invited,
along with the chief deputy state
Insurance Commissioner, A It h u r
Nordstrom, Sanford Herberg, of the
w. O'Boyle, one of the IL deputies
employed by the State Fire Marshaps
office
Svend Petersen, president of the
club, presided and after short bust
ness session, Mr. Nordstrom was in
troduced as the first speaker. He
launched his talk by stating that
ASkov was among the three first viii
lagos to interest themselves in fire
prevention and fire protection in 1889
and complimented the village on its
fine equipment and its fire fighting
leadership.
Mr.. Nordstrom advised against
using the village fire fighting equip
ment for fighting rural fires, while
leaving the village unprotected, and
recommended that another unit
should be acquired if at all possible
to do so. The insurance rates are
based on the type of equipment in
certain municipality during "a hours
of the day.
village of 534 inhabitants, as good
example of where the rural residents
had cooperated with the village in
furnishing adequate motorized fire
fighting equipment, and told of the
agreement they had drawn up for
fighting fires in the territory. He
cited, also, state law which allows
township boards by a vote of the
people, to spend tax money to pur-
chase fire fighting equipment, and
also mentioned instances where in
dividual rural contributions made it
possible to have adequate fire fight
ing equipment to be used both in the
country and in the village.
Mr.. Nordstrom advised a resolu-
ton to be passed by the village coun-
Gil to allow village fire fighters to
leave the confines of the village so
that firemen would be covered by
the compensation insurance which is
carried, and advised that the village
should send at least two to either
to be held in May at the University of
Minnesota, or to the st. Croix Valley
Fire School at Saltwater. He like
wise urged membership in the st.
Croix Valley Fire Association Only
in that way can each village have
men who are versed in latest methods
of fire fighting. The speaker would
also have each fire chief join the
Minnesota Fire Chiefs Association
and he recommended the organiza-
ton of a firemen's relief department
In that way, he said, the 2 percent
surtax paid by stock insurance COM
panies could be had for use of the
fire department to add to its equip
ment or to pay benefits to volunteers
in case of need. The tax now is
paid into the general fund of the
village.
Village Classification.
For some time past the village au-
thorities have wondered as to means
of raising Askov into better CLASH
fication whereby lower insurance
rates could be enjoyed and that ques-
ton was answered by Mr.. Herberg,
of the General Inspection Bureau,
who spoke next on the program. First
of all MIR. Herberg complimented the
village and the fire department on
its up-to-date and efficient equip
ment, which he had just previously
inspected. He suggested some changes
and additions to the equipment and