一张很棒的消防纸。
TWO DECADES OF USEFULNESS.
1897年11月17日、火和水完成twentieth year. On that day in the year 1877.it was first published—its title being then “The National Fireman’s Journal.” Its aim was to “provide for the firemen of this country a weekly journal devoted to their interests exclusively;” and to “discuss from an independent standpoint the many weighty topics which are presented for the con- sideration of firemen from time to time; “to” cheer [firemen] in their noble work; to excite them to honorable rivalry; to impress upon them the bright examples of so many noble ones who have traveled the same path before them, and,to the best of our ability, instruct them as to the best means of doing their work and bearing their burdens.” Another important part of the mission of The National Fireman’s Journal was that of “addressing the general public in the interests of firemen, and endeavoring to excite a better and more complete recognition of their services.’’ It was also to address “ those in authority, by who e action the firemen are provided with the ways and means for maintaining theif organizations and performing the duties assigned to them.” All this was to be done from an independent standpoint, for The National Fireman’s Journal (like FIRE AND WATER to-day) was not the “tool of any clique or ring for the promulgation of any particular ideas or for the advancement of the special aims of any person or set of persons.”
After a decade of success and usefulness the proprietors of The National Fireman’s Journal found that in treating of matters connected with the fire service of the coantry they were ” obliged to treat to some extent of the water service as well” —the two are so “ knit together that they are inseparable ”— fire protection being “ impossible without both the fire and water branches of the public service.” It was. therefore, decided upon to “ enlarge the field of The Journal and to embrace the subject of hydraulics, so far as it relates to the matter of liie protection.” In accordance with this design the title of the paper was changed to FIRE AND WATER, and its scope enlarged until it became a journal devoted to “ fire protection and water supply, hydraulic and municipal engineering.”
它的流通及其影响力逐年增加，到今天，它是其对待受试者唯一公认的器官和权威的高位。这种火和水占据了贸易新闻领域的最高地位，这是由于现在，它是从第一个机器人的器官开始的事实，没有集团的喉咙弯曲，弯曲着自己。以公众为代价，但一份独立的论文，随时准备好批评，根据沙漠和统治，对消防部门，供水和公共工程（例如下水道，排水，灌溉和公共工程）的政策就像，一方面表现出他们的缺点，另一方面，将它们作为良好做得好的例子（到目前为止的任务更令人愉悦的任务）。Furthermore, only in the columns of FIRE AND Water—the accredited organ of the International Fire Chiefs’ Association, the Massachusetts State Firemen’s Association, and other fire associations of greater or less renown, and the American and New England Water Works associations—will be found not only the news of what is being done in their respective fields, but also sound, practical, scientific papers on the topics treated of by such associations, together with the fullest and most complete reports of their conventions and the discussions that take place during their meetings—the last, often veibatim.
Hence it is that the subscription list of FIRE AND WATER is not confined to the United States alone, but shows a long roll of readers in Great Britain and Ireland, the East Indies,
加拿大，澳大利亚。新西兰以及一般的英国殖民地以及法国。德国，
奥地利，俄罗斯，意大利和欧洲其他地区 - 从而证明其价值不仅是广告媒介，而且还作为公认的权威，对其所专门的所有主题。
A glance at the two cuts accompanying this notice will show the first page of the first number of * The National Fireman’s Journal,” as published on November 17, 1877, and the front page of the cover of the issue of F I R R AND WATER for July 31, 1897 —the interval representing a career of usefulness and success extending over two decades.
