10/14/1935 Board of Public Safety Minutes

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All of,the fire hose to be shipped in 50 Pt. lengths, coupled with Elkhart Slidewell Couplings and stamped,S.B.F.D,.and the date. The Chief reported that he had taken up with the Secretary of the-Board of Health the matter of the use of tannic acid for burns, as outlined in the previous meeting, and that he had received his recommendation for its use. The Board authorized the chief to purchase one outfit at this time and if found entirely satisfactory to purchase an additional outfit later in the year. The Chief brought up the question of blankets used in the various .hose houses and stated he would like to have the name South Bend Fire, .Department woven into the blankets - on new blankets as well as some .recently purchased blankets that had not . been distributed. The Board instructed him to ascertain the cost of this for later consideration. The Chief brought in a report, as requested by the Council at a previous meeting, in reference to recommendations made by the National Board of Underwriters in the 1932 Report, as Councilman William S. James had requested information as`to which of these recommendations had been complied with. The report is on file in the office of the Board of Public Safety together with a,report on the recommendations by the Water Department and the Electrical Department. .POLICE DEPARTMENT - Chief Lane present: -Various matters pertaining to the Police Department were discussed, but there being nothing of.,importance, no action was taken. The Chief, however, stated that he would report to.the Board at the next meeting the'ehanges in the personnel of the Department that. would be made in .view of the change recently made in the Assistant_ Chief of,Police Police application of Casimir Dembinski was received and ordered placed on file. The meeting adjourned at '11:00 A. 1. Cc_et,chairman ATTEST: Clerk