The Sidney herald., 1957-02-28
County Fire
Wardens Meet
With Chief Dave

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All Richland County Fire War
dens and assistants, together with
the County Commissioners and
the County Extension Agent, were
called to meet with Fire Chief
Bonnie Dave Jr., on February
goth. This meeting was called
at the Sidney Fire hall for the
purpose of acquainting the war
dens with the duties of their po-
sitions and to help solve any
problems which might have pre-
scented themselves.
Fire Chief Dave pointed out
that Fire Prevention is a 52-week-
a-year Job and that it is the duty
of the District Chiefs, or Fire
Wardens, throughout the county
to assist the county chief in both
fire prevention and in upholding
the laws relating to fires, burn
ing, etc. 1t was noted that the
burning ordinance for the rural
areas is not in force at the pies
ent and that, if possible, this Is
a good time for the farmer to
burn any hay butts, stacks, or
trash piles which he wants to get
rid of. 1t will not be too long
before the burning law will be in
effect. The public will be inform
ed by both newspaper and radio
when this does become effective
and from then on, burning per-
mits will have to be obtained
by any rural resident who wish
es t o use fire for clearing fences,
burning stubble, bitches or any
other purpose.
New permit books were hand
ed those wardens who needed
them and their use was again
explained by Chief Dave. He
pointed out that no verbal per-
mits are authorized and that a
written permit must be obtained
before starting a fire. He also
went over the state laws pertain
ing to the use of fire and the
starting and maintenance of fires,
pointing out that the penalties
for non-conformance are quite !
severe I
The fire-fighting caches, of
which there n four located :
throughout the county, yer also :
explained and il was noted that .
these four caches are on a trial {
basis. They were provided by the I
county and are available to any
one for fire fighting purposes. If n
these prove out satisfactory it c
well be that nor will be n
provided at other locations. F
These caches contain four Indian E
extinguishers, four a
swatters and four shovels - all o
a plywood box which will fit F
any pickup. They are located on II
he Harold Tolksdorff, Jake Lat s.
IA, Maurice Eldridge and Pete Q
Faaborg farms and r available u
10 anyone who might need them. =
The only thing asked is that they :
are returned when you are thru 4
using them. d
Chief Dave also went over a
he precautions which should be 81
AIKEN prior to starting a fire, en-
MASKING the fact that it is the L
Iuty of the district wardens to +
ee that these precautions have c
zen taken by anyone requesting
burning permit. He pointed out t
hat because he, as chief, could re
.ot possibly cover the entire la
ounty, District Wardens are al
.ecessary. They are acting for h,
i'm and are the authority Il Vi
heir respective districts. T
Following Chief Dawes instruc- o.
ions, a general question and tr
nswer period was held for the W
purpose of going over problems D
which might have come up in the Y
,ast and possibly averting some G.
hat might come up in the future.
District Wardens and assistants d
TO this meeting included: Il
North Hillcrest, VIM. Winhofer, "
Werner King and Harry Hagen; II
south Hillcrest, Liliburn Bahls le
and Alvin Raisl; Mona, David a
Steppler, Pete Ruffatto and Cliff a
ord Foss; Andes, Norman FL
fridge and Oscar Peterson; C
Sioux Pass, Casper Wick and el
Raymond Norby; Fairview, Ole a.
5undheim and Ray Trudell; Skaar, u
Floyd Whited, Frank Osborne
and Jim Strack; Sidney dry, F
Waldo Merrill and Harold Franz; h
Savage dry Carl Etzel ST., ID
Charles Basta and Arnold Ler;
Lambert, Oscar Kvaalen and el
Floyd Williams; Three Buttes, Ia
Gail Sawyer and Harold Fink; 8
enid = Lane, j. c. Latka and n
Toe o. Klasna; Riverview Com e.
nunity, Edward Hodges; Savage m
town., w. E. Moore; Fairview 5
town., Dale Mavity; Lambert II
town., Alfred Rehbein, Jr. Mel p
i'm Bakken, Donald Pentz and n
i'm Sturgeon we're invited to
attend as county commissioners e
md Phil Olmstead was invited +
IS County Extension Agent. c
Following the meeting, coffee u
md doughnuts were served by m
members of the Sidney Fire De- X
,artment. Bismarck Grocery do w
lated the coffee and the dough- &c
luts were provided by the Sweet M
,eart Bakery. T.