Albany Annual Fire Report
The total fire loss in Albany, N. Y., for the year ending October 31, 1914, was $600,788, according to the report of Chief William W. Bridgeford to Commissioner of Public Safety William V. R. Ewing. The loss is $345,586 greater than for 1913, due to two large fires, which together did over $335,000 damages. The largest loss for a single fire in 1913 was $36,000. Of the 1.003 fires reported during the year. 346 were bell, 250 telephone and 399 verbal. There were 33 false alarms, an increase of four over the preceding year. Chief Bridgeford made several recommendations in his report, chief of which is that for the abolition of the present call force and the employment of 25 permanent men. The chief pays tribute to the efficient work done by the call force but he explains that these men have their work in other fields to attend to and are consequently unable to devote the time necessary for the department. The chief also recommends an additional engine company, two more automobile combination chemical and hose engines and a new supply of hose.
The total fire loss in Albany, N. Y., for the year ending October 31, 1914, was $600,788, according to the report of Chief William W. Bridgeford to Commissioner of Public Safety William V. R. Ewing. The loss is $345,586 greater than for 1913, due to two large fires, which together did over $335,000 damages. The largest loss for a single fire in 1913 was $36,000. Of the 1.003 fires reported during the year. 346 were bell, 250 telephone and 399 verbal. There were 33 false alarms, an increase of four over the preceding year. Chief Bridgeford made several recommendations in his report, chief of which is that for the abolition of the present call force and the employment of 25 permanent men. The chief pays tribute to the efficient work done by the call force but he explains that these men have their work in other fields to attend to and are consequently unable to devote the time necessary for the department. The chief also recommends an additional engine company, two more automobile combination chemical and hose engines and a new supply of hose.
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