Milford chronicle., 1959-02-06
Sussex Volunteer
Firemen Hold Meet

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&c $500; 21k-inch, 500: Feet of Lad
IL ders raised, 287; 21k-gal. Foam. /;
~ 21z-gal. S. A., / Miscellaneous, 4
Eii Scott Air Packs; Types of Fires
y Mercantile, A; Dwellings, IL;
o. Chimney, 13; Auto, 8; Grass, 10;
81 Woods, 5 Chicken Houses, 5; Mis-
en cellaneous, Is; Company Respond
~ ing to most alarms, Selbyville
r. Oil; Company having greatest
Oh loss, Glendale ($10,5OO); Company
u having no fires; None; Company
bi not reporting by 18th of month,
y. Dagsb0ro, Bethany Beach:
3 Ambulance Service-Trips, 92;
Men in service, 176; Hours in SER
~, vice, 27S; Total Man hours, 55S;
Total miles travelled, 4.023.
v. For the month of December,
81 1S5S-Total alarms, 80; Town, 81;
n, Rural, 55 = False, O. Other towns,
I'll; Loss, SS,450.O0; Covered by
~ insurance, $49. 10000; Net loss,
u $39, 9,O5O.OO; Town. s4O50.OO; Rural,
$s4, ,40O.O2; Men in service, 1907 !;
Hours in service, 97; Total man.
hours, 1876; Niles travelled, l.
OO6; Feet of Hose used: 1-inch, z,
$50; 11k-inch, 7,f0O; 211 inch, 600;
=, Feet of ladders raised, sos; 21a-gal.
foam, J.: 21z-gal. S. A., 1; Miscel-
laneous: /, Chemical, 1, Powder; ;
Types Of fires-Mercantile 4;
Dwellings, 90; Chimney, 29; Auto,
8; Grass, %: Woods, / Chicken
jA House, 3; Miscellaneous, z; Com
o. pany responding to most alarms,
~ Millsboro (15); Company having
e greatest loss, 'Seaford ($32,000); I;
Company having no fires; none;
- Company not reporting by 18th of
x month, Blades, Indian River, Reho-
81 both.
en Ambulance Trips, 102;
III Men in service, 1876; Hours in SER
2 vice, 178; Total man hours, 253;
~ Total miles travelled, 1852.
81 Fire Recorder Donovan also gave
n his report for the year 1858 as fol-
9 Z lows-Total alarms, 761; Town,
241; Rural, 429; False, 20: Other
Towns, 72; Loss, 1888, ,494.00; Cow
cred by insurance, 1855, 1890; Net
1c loss, 543,S65.00; Town, $467 ,4O9; /;
~ Rural, 3422,081; Men in service,
1925; Hours In service, SCI; To-
tai man hours, 83,827; Miles trav-
eled, 1880; Feet of hose used: J.
:. inch, 1S,450; 11z-inch, 62,025; 212-
inch, 1880; Feet of ladders raised.
ATS: 21k-gal foam, 10; 21k gal.
s. A., >5; Miscellaneous: 20 Mash,
9h-6 DIR. chemical; Deaths, A;
ic Types of fires-Mercantile, as;
Dwellings, 1872; Chimney, 1856; Au-
to, SO: Grass, 80; Woods, 26; Chick
ry en- Houses, %; Miscellaneous, 1872;
Company responding to most
u alarms, for year, Laurel; Com
pany having greatest loss, one
month, Millsboro ($250,000); Com
o. pany having no fires, most months.
Gumboro; Company not reporting
by 18th of month: Frankford ~.
q Millsboro ~, Dagsboro (4, In
dian River (3), Blades (2), Milton
"a, Georgetown ID, Rehoboth ~,
N Selbyville ~, Bridgeville ~.
Ambulance Service: Trips, 971;
81 Men In service, 1862: Hours in
service, 2,62S; Total man hours,
1896; Total miles travelled, 45,403.
- Ellis Kyttle of Laurel. gave a re-
port on our legislative program
"a now before the General Assembly.
The Sussex County Fire Chiefs
Association will meet in Rehoboth
in February.
Members of the Millsboro Jay
n Gees showed a fifteen-minute fin
to the Firemen-"Stop Their. Be-
fore They Start, which was e1-
joyed by all.
The Association will meet in
February with the Millville Volun-
n teer Fire Co. Linwood B. Marvel
gave the benediction.