帕特森的FIRE REPORT.

帕特森的FIRE REPORT.

The manual force of the fire department of Paterson, N. J., consists of 78 permanent officers and men and 74 call men, as follows: Chief engineer, 2 assistants, 1 superintendent of fire alarms, 13 captains, 11 engineers, 45 drivers, tillermen, and hosemen, 1 telegraph lineman and 74 call men, making a total of 148 officers and men. The apparatus consists of 9 steam and 1 chemical engines, 8 hook and ladder trucks, 9 hose wagons, chief and supply wagons, and 6,700 feet of hose. There were 225 fires, the total loss being $267,761 out of an insurance value of $1,508,663 on buildings, stock, furniture, etc. Like his brother fire chief of Boston, Chief Stagg insists upon the necessity of adding more permanent men to the force and abolishing the call men. He likewise urges the abolition of the annual inspection and parade, which, with all its fuss and feathers, calls for a yearly expense of about $300, an expenditure avoidable by having the inspection made at the quarters of companies more complete in detail. Furthermore, he adds, that to take the apparatus away from the houses to march several miles and then to return to quarters does more harm to the horses than if they were on active fire service, besides leaving the greater part of the city unprotected during an afternoon. The Paterson fire department is evidently quite up to date, and is most efficiently commanded and manned.

The manual force of the fire department of Paterson, N. J., consists of 78 permanent officers and men and 74 call men, as follows: Chief engineer, 2 assistants, 1 superintendent of fire alarms, 13 captains, 11 engineers, 45 drivers, tillermen, and hosemen, 1 telegraph lineman and 74 call men, making a total of 148 officers and men. The apparatus consists of 9 steam and 1 chemical engines, 8 hook and ladder trucks, 9 hose wagons, chief and supply wagons, and 6,700 feet of hose. There were 225 fires, the total loss being $267,761 out of an insurance value of $1,508,663 on buildings, stock, furniture, etc. Like his brother fire chief of Boston, Chief Stagg insists upon the necessity of adding more permanent men to the force and abolishing the call men. He likewise urges the abolition of the annual inspection and parade, which, with all its fuss and feathers, calls for a yearly expense of about $300, an expenditure avoidable by having the inspection made at the quarters of companies more complete in detail. Furthermore, he adds, that to take the apparatus away from the houses to march several miles and then to return to quarters does more harm to the horses than if they were on active fire service, besides leaving the greater part of the city unprotected during an afternoon. The Paterson fire department is evidently quite up to date, and is most efficiently commanded and manned.