堪萨斯城对消防员的检查。
上周，董事会开始对密苏里州堪萨斯城的消防员进行检查，以确定他们在薪酬和促进方面的地位。每个消防局都必须访问，以便在工作中消耗一个星期。有26个发动机房屋，36个软管，其中36个软管。检查了发动机或钩子和梯子公司。男子人数包括36名队长，36名中尉，170名一年级。13年级和13名三年级消防员。队长每年收到$ 1,200，中尉$ 1,020，一年级消防员$ 1,020，二年级消防员，060美元。每年三年级$ 840，在雇用时每天替代$ 2。就本检查而言，没有进行书面或口腔心理测试。公务员委员会已经同意，一个既不能读和写作的人可能会成为A1消防员。 The drivers were given tests in driving: showing the manner in which a team is handled and the route taken to certain described points to make in as brief time as possible. The men were not subjected to a physical examination unless where their condition might interfere with the active performance of duty. The board also examined the following members of the department. First assistant chief, salary, $2.30": second assistant chief. $2,000; four district chiefs. $1,800; master mechanic, $1,800; superintendent of fire alarm, $1,000; secretary, $1,650; assistant secretary, $1,020: fire warden, $1,500; two assistant fire wardens. $1,020; secretary to fire warden, $1,02"; three fire alarm operators, $1,"2"; department carpenter, $1,020; utility mechanic, $1,020. A written examination will be required of the physician to the department and also the veterinarian.
在一次测试中，一辆钩和梯子卡车用完了，梯子延伸了，一分钟和十二秒钟安装在顶部梯级上。仅需30秒即可让2号软管公司跑到车站外的火塞，并在50英尺的软管上流动了一条溪流。从锣发出的时间起，该塔在一分钟零13秒内延伸。“男孩们在进行演习时只是有点紧张。”出席考试的轮胎和水务委员会的前酋长兼成员乔治·C·黑尔（George C. Hale）说。“但这是可以预料的和被忽视的。尽管这些障碍都在及时，但如果什么都没发生，他们都会从每个障碍中剪掉几秒钟。”在早晨和下午，总部的67名男子对他们的职责和表演能力进行了询问。“你喝了多少吗？”被问到每个男人。只有两个或三个是全部戒酒者，而其他人则从一杯啤酒中拿出一杯啤酒，每天高达三到四个。 But there wasn’t one who ever drank on duty or became intoxicated. "T hat is one thing we won’t stand for around here, and the boys all know it," Alexamler Henderson, assistant chief, told the board while they were scrutinizing a very red nose on one of the firemen. "A man can’t fight booze and fire at the same time and we haven't a bit of use for one that tries to do it."
