Milford chronicle., 1957-01-25
Sussex Firemen Held
, Meeting At Seaford
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Feet of hose used-1-inch, 4,49O;
11s-inch, 3,O5O; 212-inch, 1900;
Feet of ladders, raised, 288; 215-
gal. foam, O.; 212-gal. S.A, 0; Mis-
cellaneous, 1-Co2; Deaths, o; Type
of Fires-Mercantile, 2; Dwellings,
4; Chimney, 10; Auto, 2; Grass,
10; Chicken Houses, g. Woods, A.
Miscellaneous, IA; Company re-
spending to most alarms, Laurel
and Delmar ID; Company having
greatest loss, Dagsboro and Del
mar $4,000; Company having no
fires, Gumboro; Company not re-
porting by 18th of month, 1000.
Ambulance Service-Trips, 54;
Men in service, .108; Hours in SER
vice, 1873; Total man hours, 2,1S3;
Total miles Travelled, 2,107.
December, 1856: Total alarms,
6S; Town, 80; Rural, Sc; False,
O.; Other Towns, 2; Loss, $8O,175;
Covered by insurance, $43, ,125; Net
loss, $37,050; Town, $7,575; Rural,
$72,600; Men in service, LOTT;
Hours in service, 217; Total man
hours, 6,756; Miles Travelled, 1861;
Feet of hose used-1-inch, 5000;
11a-inch, $500; 21a-inch, 420:
Feet of ladders raised, 309; 21a-gal.
foam, O.; 2h-gal. S. A, O; Miscel-
laneous, / ansul, chains; Deaths,
O; Type of fires-Mercantile 1;
Dwellings, IL; Chimney, 25; Auto,
3; Grass, 10; Woods, 4; Chicken
Houses, 5; Miscellaneous, 8; Com
pany responding to most alarms,
Laured q2); Company having
greatest loss, Dagsboro ($30,000);
Company having no fires, Milton;
Company not reporting by 18th of
month, 1000.
Ambulance Service-Trips, Ct;
Men in service, 1876; Hours in SER
vice, 161; Total man hours, 4,052;
Total miles travelled, $3.50; Blades
ambulance in service; FrankfOrd
ambulance wrecked. q
January, 1856, to January, 1857:
Total alarms, 7O9; Towns, 246;
Rural, 373; False. 16; Other Towns,
72: Loss, $685., ,4SS; Covered by in
surance, $277,255; Net loss, $685.
233; Town, $272,79S; Rural, $780,
79O; Men in service, 10,49S; Hours
in service, 1,122; Total man hours,
67,255; Miles Travelled, 6,88413;
Feet of hose used-1-inch, 59,09S;
1 " Inch, 51,965; 21a-inch, 19,7OO;
Feet of ladders raised, $3.50; 21a-
gal. foam, 8; 212-gal. S.A., 4 Mis-
cellaneous, 8, Coz, 5 ansuls;
Deaths, 6; Type of fires,-Mercan-
tile, 27; Dwellings, 141; Chimney,
107; Auto, 55; Grass, 1870; Woods,
Al; Chicken Houses, So; Miscel-
laneous, 173; Company responding
to most alarms, Laurel; Company
having greatest loss, Selbyville;
Company having no fires, Indian
River &C months); Company not
reporting by 18th of month, Blades
~, Millsboro ~, Glendale (2),
Indian River (1), Milton "a, Days
boro ~.
Ambulance Service-Trips, GIG;
Men in service, 1882; Hours in SER
vice, 5000; Total man hours, 49,
037; Total miles Travelled, 1924.
Miss Caroline Jones of Camden
Wyoming, State Essay winner, was
present and read her winning es-
say. Miss Jones was presented with
check of Fifty Dollars ($5O.0O) by
Van Leer Stephany of Seaford, from
the Delaware Association of Insur-
ance Agents.
State President G.. T. White of
Laurel, gave a report on fire activi-
ties throughout the State.
Reynolds Bradley of Smyrna, has
been appointed State Secretary of
the Delaware State Firemen's AS
sociation to succeed Ralph Boyer
of Dover, who resigned due to his
health.
State Fire Marshall Bob Faving-
er of Seaford, asked Fire Chiefs of
all companies to inspect their
schools in their towns.
Harold Barnes, President of the
Kent County Volunteer Firemen's
Association, talked on Fire, actiVi-
ties.
Paul Smith, Secretary of the
Kent County Volunteer Firemen's
Association, talked on the Fire
School to be held this year.
George Reed, State Fire Record
er from Milford, talked on the great
fire loss during the past year.
Past State President Curt w.
Ennis, ST., of Glendale, gave re-
port on the Delaware American
Association of Firemen's meeting
recently held in Dover.
Medford Smith, President of
County Fire Chiefs Association of
Greenwood, talked on activities in
the Chiefs Association.
Chief Lester Johns of Tidewater
Association from Delaware City,
talked on Fire Training and meth
ods of fire control. He also showed
films concerning oil fires.
The next monthly meeting of the
Association will be held in Gum
boro.
Benediction was given by Lin
wood Marvel of Millville.