Decreased Fire Loss in Ohio

Decreased Fire Loss in Ohio

State Fire Marshal T. Alfred Fleming of Ohio shows in his Bulletin for the month of July that in the past fiscal year the entire loss in the state was less than that for the preceding fiscal year in spite of the fact that there were more fires. The loss for the past fiscal year is given as $8,347,642, as compared with $8,948,304 for the year before. There were 7,203 fires in the 1917-1918 year and but 5,825 for the previous year. There were 148 arrests in arson cases during the 1917-18 fiscal year.

《简报》背诵,爱德华·施坦威首席nspector of the Cincinnati Fire Department, has filed a report with Safety Director Holmes showing work done by firemen during the Clean Up and Paint Up campaign last May, and says: “The report shows that 5,342 inspections were made and that 860 defects were found. Of these 657 were remedied by the Fire Prevention Bureau. There were 398 cases where rubbish had accumulated in buildings, 98 where doors to buildings were locked, making an entrance impossible. One hundred and seventy-three of the defects were referred to the building commissioner. One case was reported where there was no stairway to the cellar. The remaining 30 defects were referred to the Health Department.” The bulletin contains a portrait ' of Chief Samuel F. Hunter, of Springfield, O., and the Bulletin says: “It is a good face, on a good man, who is head of a good department in a good town,” and “Chief Hunter is first vice-president of the Fire Chiefs’ Club of Ohio, and thoroughly in sympathy with its aims. He is a fire protection advocate, believes heart and soul in the standardization idea, and is an advanced thinker on all work pertaining to Fire Prevention and Fire Protection. How well Chief Hunter has the situation in hand at Springfield is shown by the fire loss for June, when only 12 alarms were sounded, and the fire loss was but $220. During that month 72 inspections of buildings were made and 42 found in good condition. Eight hundred and sixtytwo fire hydrants were inspected and found to be in good condition.”