01/06/1936 Board of Public Safety Minutes

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MEETING January: 6', , 1936 Regular meeting of the Board of Public Safety was held Monday, January 6, 1 9:00 A. M. All members were present. .,- , Minutes of previous meeting were read and approved. Requisitions numbers 08791 to 08813 were approved. Claims, from the following suppliers in the amount of $676.35 were approved by the Board and ordered paid, also-payrolls of the various departments for the first half of January amounting to $16,951.39. Holycross & Nye.Company $588.85 Lontz Bros 30.00 Arthur L. Liller & Son 27.50 G. 0. Thurn for J. N. Hunter 30.00 ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT - Mr. Qualls present: Mr. Qualls made a report of the fire alarms handled during the month of December, also comparative statement covering the last ten years. This report is on file in the office of the Board of Public Safety. Mr.• also made a report of the fire alarm fluctuation month by'm-onthAfor the full year of 1935, showing still alarms 644, box alarms 380, total 1,024 alarms for the year. This sketch is on file in the office of the Board of Public Safety. FIRE DEPARTMENT - Chief Freeh present: The Chief submitted to the Board the fiftieth annual report of the Fire Department since the installation of paid department. This report is on file in the office of the Board of Public Safety. The Chief also made the following recommendations for improve- ments in the department for future consideration: (1) That a new Fire Station be built in the vicinity of Miami Street and Ewing Avenue. (2) That an addition be built to No. 10 Fire Station and to install service truck for.the south section of the City.' (3) The purchase and installation of 8 new fire alarm boxes - 5 for the business district and 3 for the outlying section of the City. (4) A I hose tower be built for the drying of fire hose for No. 9 Fire Station. (5) That an addition be built to No. 3 Fire Station whi,ch would facilitate operations and enable No. 3 truck from Central Station to be removed to No. 3 Fire Station to answer alarms, in River Park and the northern part of the City. (6)' That a new Fire Station be constructed.for No. 2 Engine Company which is now located on property belonging to the Studebaker Corporation and that this new Station should be located in the vicinity of Prairie Avenue and Sample Street. I The Chief's full report is on file in the office of the Board of Public Safety. The Chief also submitted a report for the year 1935 showing the number of runs made by each Hose Company an aggregate of 3,412, the.- number of miles travelled a total of 6,8 number of feet of hose used in each case, number of gallons of chemical used and number of feet of ladders used. This report is on file in the office of the Board of Public Safety. The Chief further submitted a report for the year 1935 giving a list of the persons who were burned or injured and received aid from the department. This report is on file in the office of the Board of The list t of department. _ d Public Safety. ri