Hose Coupling Standardization in Texas
Some four years ago the Texas Mutual Association of Co-operative Fire Fighting and Standardization of Hose Couplings was formed, for the primary purpose of securing the standardization of hose threads in the state. While the campaign was abandoned during the war, it was again taken up at the convention of the Texas State Firemen’s Association at Weatherford in May, 1921, when a committee of five was appointed, with Chief A. J. Goetz, of San Antonio, as chairman, to formulate plans for perfecting standardization. In August, 1921, the committee met and decided that in order to remedy the situation each city should provide itself with adapters, the female ends of which should be the same thread as the city or town and the male ends to be the same as the neighboring municipalities which would be likely to need assistance. The adapters were to be kept in specially prepared cabinets properly labeled at the fire stations, so as to be ready for immediate use.
The state was then subdivided into twenty-five districts, with a chief appointed over each district. To these chiefs were given lists of the towns under their supervision and they were urged to arrange for meetings at early dates, so as to get the plans into working shape. A number of the adapters were prepared by Chairman Goetz as samples and sent to the various chiefs, so that they could have them made by the cities under their jurisdiction.
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