Lakewood, O., Meets With Builders
In establishing a plan whereby Chief Joseph H. Speddy, as chief of the fire department of Lakewood, Ohio, will check over the plans for proposed buildings, the city officials believe that they have established a precedent in the state of Ohio. Strict compliance with the fire prevention code will be the result of this move.
Chief Speddy as assistant state fire marshal is an authority on the state code and will meet with the architects and builders, several hours a day. He stated that a number of the large fire losses may be attributed to contractors who have violated the city’s code provisions. The most common is the one whereby the residence is changed from one housing two families to one that will accommodate three families. By this alteration, the house is classed as a tenement building and must abide by new building rules.
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