Economies Caused by Reduced Fire Budget
John W. O’Hearn, Chief of Fire Department, Watertown, Mass., has had his annual budget of $127,260 for salaries and necessary expenses cut by the Finance Committee to $104,073. This city of 35,000 has a department of fortyseven permanent men, and seven pieces of apparatus housed in two stations. In a communication addressed to his men, Chief O’Hearn said:
“You may expect to be denied many things during the coming year that would add to your personal comfort and happiness, as well as your health and contentment, which after all are the essentials in the life of a fireman that go to make his work easier. Our reward has been a recommended cut in essentials and a continued cut in salaries. However, do not lose heart.”
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