FIREFIGHTING CONDITIONS IN EUROPE.

FIREFIGHTING CONDITIONS IN EUROPE.

说最近的消防条件F188金博网网址多少urope generally, Richard J. Leupold, Chilean consul at Baltimore, said: "Bremen has the best firefighting apparatus and department in Europe. I visited twenty-three European cities and studied their methods of firefighting. Berlin and London have beyond any doubt the poorest systems. The Highlandtown system is a jewel, when compared with that in vogue in either of the two capitals. Their alarm system dates from the year 1, and, if everything goes well, they can make a hitch in three minutes after being called out, whereas we make a hitch here in eight seconds. The Bremen fire department is equipped after the American system— yes, even the engine houses are built after patterns of Baltimore engine houses which I sent over. Next in point of perfection comes Stuttgart, where Dr. Bruno Jacobi is the brand director, as the fire chief in Germany is called. After mature study (continued Mr. Leupold, and although I am an automobile enthusiast, I have come to the conclusion that the mobile is not as yet available for firefighting purposes, with the possible exception of the self-propelling American fire engine. At Buda-Pesth they have a large gasolene car run by a motor, which at a fire, can be switched under a pump. But, on the whole, the automobile is as yet a very problematical affair for firefighting purposes. In one point they are way ahead of us in Europe (said Mr. Leupold with emphasis), and that is in the protection which they afford to theatre-goers from danger of fire. With smoketraps of the most approved pattern, steel curtains which are lowered after every performance, and with an inspection system which is simply superb, the danger from fire in playhouses is reduced to a minimum. In Munich I made the rounds with the inspectors; this round is made every day one hour before the performance begins, and is not a perfunctory matter. A building inspector, a police sergeant, and a fire department captain go together and inspect everything. They see that buckets are really filled with water, and that all apparatus is in working order; they go from the gallery to the stage, and although they do this 365 times a year, they are equally careful in their inspection every day. The new theatres are marvels in fireproof construction. The Prince Regent’s Theatre in Munich has absolutely no aisles, and such ample space for exit from every seat that, when 3,000 soldiers were put into the theatre and told to get out as fast as they could at a given signal, they were on the street in a little over two minutes without any discomfort.”

说最近的消防条件F188金博网网址多少urope generally, Richard J. Leupold, Chilean consul at Baltimore, said: "Bremen has the best firefighting apparatus and department in Europe. I visited twenty-three European cities and studied their methods of firefighting. Berlin and London have beyond any doubt the poorest systems. The Highlandtown system is a jewel, when compared with that in vogue in either of the two capitals. Their alarm system dates from the year 1, and, if everything goes well, they can make a hitch in three minutes after being called out, whereas we make a hitch here in eight seconds. The Bremen fire department is equipped after the American system— yes, even the engine houses are built after patterns of Baltimore engine houses which I sent over. Next in point of perfection comes Stuttgart, where Dr. Bruno Jacobi is the brand director, as the fire chief in Germany is called. After mature study (continued Mr. Leupold, and although I am an automobile enthusiast, I have come to the conclusion that the mobile is not as yet available for firefighting purposes, with the possible exception of the self-propelling American fire engine. At Buda-Pesth they have a large gasolene car run by a motor, which at a fire, can be switched under a pump. But, on the whole, the automobile is as yet a very problematical affair for firefighting purposes. In one point they are way ahead of us in Europe (said Mr. Leupold with emphasis), and that is in the protection which they afford to theatre-goers from danger of fire. With smoketraps of the most approved pattern, steel curtains which are lowered after every performance, and with an inspection system which is simply superb, the danger from fire in playhouses is reduced to a minimum. In Munich I made the rounds with the inspectors; this round is made every day one hour before the performance begins, and is not a perfunctory matter. A building inspector, a police sergeant, and a fire department captain go together and inspect everything. They see that buckets are really filled with water, and that all apparatus is in working order; they go from the gallery to the stage, and although they do this 365 times a year, they are equally careful in their inspection every day. The new theatres are marvels in fireproof construction. The Prince Regent’s Theatre in Munich has absolutely no aisles, and such ample space for exit from every seat that, when 3,000 soldiers were put into the theatre and told to get out as fast as they could at a given signal, they were on the street in a little over two minutes without any discomfort.”