CONVENTION OF PACIFIC FIRE CHIEFS
On September 28 the Pacific Coast Fire Chiefs Association met in convention at Victoria, B. C., under the presidency of Chief Win. Metz, of Walla Walla, Wash. The chiefs were welcomed by Mayor Hall, who was introduced by Chief Watson, of Victoria. After routine business, mention was made by Chief McAlevy, of Tacoma, Wash., of the death of former Chief Ralph Cook, of Seattle, and by Chief Carlisle, of Vancouver, of former Chief Thomas Ackerman, of New Westminster, adjournment following out of respect to their memory.
At the evening session a paper by F. W. Fitzpatrick, of the International Society of State and Municipal Commissioners and Inspectors, dealing with tbe annual loss of life and property in the United States—the fires being chiefly in buildings. Chief W. C. Yoran, of England, Ore., read a paper, “When are small cities justified in changing from a volunteer to a partly paid fire department, and how should this be accomplished?’’ A paper by President Metz on the advantages of fire-doors, shutters and stops was then read.
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