Improvements at Akron
The National Board of Fire Underwriters in a recent issued supplementary report on the Akron, O., fire department, say: Since the report of 1912 the entire fire department has become motorized; Hose Company 3 has been changed to an engine company; three 700-gallon automobile combination pump, chemical and hose wagons have been provided to replace smaller engines; funds have been provided for a new fireproof headquarters building to be erected on Broadway, south of Market street, with space for two engine companies and a ladder truck. The total active force is now 82, an increase of 4 in two years. For 1915 the chief recommends an additional engine house at Chestnut and High streets, a new statioq at Fontage path and Grand avenue, and an automobile combination hose wagon and an increase of 8 men; the moving of Stations 4 and 6 further west on Wooster avenue and Thornton street is bein' considered, as is also a new automobile ladder truck for the latter location. With an additional engine company established in the new headquarters, the use of 3-inch hose by at least two of the downtown companies, and the erection of a drill tower, all of which are contemplated for next year, the recommendations made in the 1912 report will have been very largely complied with.
The National Board of Fire Underwriters in a recent issued supplementary report on the Akron, O., fire department, say: Since the report of 1912 the entire fire department has become motorized; Hose Company 3 has been changed to an engine company; three 700-gallon automobile combination pump, chemical and hose wagons have been provided to replace smaller engines; funds have been provided for a new fireproof headquarters building to be erected on Broadway, south of Market street, with space for two engine companies and a ladder truck. The total active force is now 82, an increase of 4 in two years. For 1915 the chief recommends an additional engine house at Chestnut and High streets, a new statioq at Fontage path and Grand avenue, and an automobile combination hose wagon and an increase of 8 men; the moving of Stations 4 and 6 further west on Wooster avenue and Thornton street is bein' considered, as is also a new automobile ladder truck for the latter location. With an additional engine company established in the new headquarters, the use of 3-inch hose by at least two of the downtown companies, and the erection of a drill tower, all of which are contemplated for next year, the recommendations made in the 1912 report will have been very largely complied with.
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