保护大波士顿。

保护大波士顿。

最近的一次会议上市长菲茨杰拉德和F之间ire Commissioner Daly of Boston on the need of a more efficient firefighting force, indicates the Mayor’s realization of the inadequacy of that city’s present protection. Just now, when the "Greater Boston” idea is enlisting increasing interest, the appropriateness of securing for fire purposes the substantial advantages of a Greater Boston, suggests itself. After the lumber yard fires of last August, many experienced observers declared the crying need was some system of bringing the forces of the entire metropolitan district into more harmonious relation. The Chelsea fire of April 12, 1908. had led to the appointment by the State Firemen’s Association of a committee to investigate this possibility. A so-called Mutual Aid system has already been started. The first regular call under it came from Winthrop early Friday morning, November 25. It illustrated the value of the arrangement in advance of its complete equipment. In the old days the Winthrop chief would have had to semi a man to telephone his needs to the Boston fire alarm office, and it would then have had to find the Boston chief, to whom the designation of the particular apparatus to be sent to the relief of Winthrop would have fallen. The enginehouses would have been notified individually. In the same awkward way other companies would have been put in readiness to cover the territorv from which the regular protection had been temporarily withdrawn. Under the new Mutual Aid arrangement. Winthrop’s designation is 690. The town chief telephoned a request for one alarm and followed it with a second. This is what happened: From the fire alarm office, 696 was immediately struck in all the Boston fire stations, and also on connections with Newton, Somerville. Chelsea, Milton and Brookline. According to assignments, apparatus automatically moved forward as follows: On the first alarm. Engine 11 of East Boston went to the fire: Engine 5 of East Boston covered Engine 11, while Engine 1 of Chelsea moved up to protect No. 5. On the second alarm, East Boston Engines 5 and 9 hurried to the fire. Fingine 26 from the city proper took the place of East Boston’s engine 40, which reached out to cover for No. 9 Chelsea I substituted for East Boston’s 11. Had a third or a fourth alarm sounded apparatus would have moved forward like clock-work to the fire and to the covering of the places left unprotected. All this would have required no orders front the Boston department. Still the system awaits perfection of detail. The card for responding to Boston calls has not yet been put into operation. Outside firemen, in case of injury or death in Boston’s service, will be put on the same basis as the members of the home department. Damage to outside apparatus will be paid for; call men will be compensated. The balance of trade, as it were, between Boston city and the outlying territory, can best be taken care of by the use of a check-book. Nothing in this plan in any way interferes with local autonomy. It is simply a common sense arrangement for utilizing the tremendous firefighting forces of that thickly peopled area. Arrangements for covering the unprotected spots are decidedly important. In all Boston big fires of the past, neighboring towns have uncovered themselves in a most reckless manner to afford aid to that city. An eneffective. hastily selected, confused mass of apparatus was rushed there, in re>pon.se to an imperative call, leaving the home territories in chaotic unpreparedness should dangers there arise. A great advance has been made since the Chelsea fire. But further steps will be taken They will be comparatively simple; but they will signalize that coordination of resources, which is at the basis of the real efficiency of modern operations.

最近的一次会议上市长菲茨杰拉德和F之间ire Commissioner Daly of Boston on the need of a more efficient firefighting force, indicates the Mayor’s realization of the inadequacy of that city’s present protection. Just now, when the "Greater Boston” idea is enlisting increasing interest, the appropriateness of securing for fire purposes the substantial advantages of a Greater Boston, suggests itself. After the lumber yard fires of last August, many experienced observers declared the crying need was some system of bringing the forces of the entire metropolitan district into more harmonious relation. The Chelsea fire of April 12, 1908. had led to the appointment by the State Firemen’s Association of a committee to investigate this possibility. A so-called Mutual Aid system has already been started. The first regular call under it came from Winthrop early Friday morning, November 25. It illustrated the value of the arrangement in advance of its complete equipment. In the old days the Winthrop chief would have had to semi a man to telephone his needs to the Boston fire alarm office, and it would then have had to find the Boston chief, to whom the designation of the particular apparatus to be sent to the relief of Winthrop would have fallen. The enginehouses would have been notified individually. In the same awkward way other companies would have been put in readiness to cover the territorv from which the regular protection had been temporarily withdrawn. Under the new Mutual Aid arrangement. Winthrop’s designation is 690. The town chief telephoned a request for one alarm and followed it with a second. This is what happened: From the fire alarm office, 696 was immediately struck in all the Boston fire stations, and also on connections with Newton, Somerville. Chelsea, Milton and Brookline. According to assignments, apparatus automatically moved forward as follows: On the first alarm. Engine 11 of East Boston went to the fire: Engine 5 of East Boston covered Engine 11, while Engine 1 of Chelsea moved up to protect No. 5. On the second alarm, East Boston Engines 5 and 9 hurried to the fire. Fingine 26 from the city proper took the place of East Boston’s engine 40, which reached out to cover for No. 9 Chelsea I substituted for East Boston’s 11. Had a third or a fourth alarm sounded apparatus would have moved forward like clock-work to the fire and to the covering of the places left unprotected. All this would have required no orders front the Boston department. Still the system awaits perfection of detail. The card for responding to Boston calls has not yet been put into operation. Outside firemen, in case of injury or death in Boston’s service, will be put on the same basis as the members of the home department. Damage to outside apparatus will be paid for; call men will be compensated. The balance of trade, as it were, between Boston city and the outlying territory, can best be taken care of by the use of a check-book. Nothing in this plan in any way interferes with local autonomy. It is simply a common sense arrangement for utilizing the tremendous firefighting forces of that thickly peopled area. Arrangements for covering the unprotected spots are decidedly important. In all Boston big fires of the past, neighboring towns have uncovered themselves in a most reckless manner to afford aid to that city. An eneffective. hastily selected, confused mass of apparatus was rushed there, in re>pon.se to an imperative call, leaving the home territories in chaotic unpreparedness should dangers there arise. A great advance has been made since the Chelsea fire. But further steps will be taken They will be comparatively simple; but they will signalize that coordination of resources, which is at the basis of the real efficiency of modern operations.