Fairbanks Fire Hall Roasted By Councilmen
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Boucher Calls For Council
Inspection Of New Edifice :
By Colin Mick
The condition of Fairbanks’ new Fire Hall came “under fire”
at this week’s City Council meeting.
The matter was brought up by Councilman Red Boucher who
stated he felt the Council should make a close inspection of the
building and go over the list of discrepancies discovered so far
Derore nnai approval ol tne build-’
ing is given. Boucher stated that
wall panels are falling down, walls
are cracking, and some of the ac
coustical ceiling tile is already start
ing to come down.
Answering a question by Council
man Brewington, City Manager
Clifford Nordby stated that the City
has only accepted the building for
occupancy and use. He said there
were still some things to be done
which might not be completed be
fore summer.
Nordby explained that the City
will not make final payment until
the building has been accepted. He
pointed out that the prime con
tractor is bonded until final pay
ment is made.
Charges Other Defects
Councilman Boucher then brought
out several other defects which he
said had been noted in the build
ing. He said that in some instances
the curtains had fallen down be
cause the curtain rods were only
fastened to the accoustical tile. He
also stated that many doors were
not hung properly, and wouldn’t
open, and that many of the wall
panels were insecurely fastened.
Boucher also stated that the
painting on the floor of the build
ing is extremely dangerous, as it
becomes very slippery when wet.
He said that one man has been out
of action for several weeks with a
badly sprained back he received
when he slipped on the floor.
“The men themselves are con
cerned about this,” he pointed out.
Councilman Brewington then
asked if there was a fireman pres- i
ent at the meeting.
When a fireman identified him
self Brewington asked, “Do you '
consider that floor a hazard?”
“Yes I do,” was the reply.
“Do the other men feel this ,
way?” ,
“I believe they do.”
Switches Criticism
Brewington then switched his
criticism to the hydraulically-oper
ated steel clamshell doors on the
day room fire pole. The doors re- I
quire 120 pounds of pressure on the j
pole before they will open, and as '
most of the firemen do not put any :
weight on the pole until they reach j
the bottom, several of them have ;
been hit by the closing doors.
“Do you have any objection to ,
being second man down the (day- ]
room) pole with the butterfly
doors?” Brewington asked.
“Not if I use it properly,” the
fireman replied.
Brewington then asked if it were
possible to get one’s head chopped
off by the doors.
The fireman said he thought it
was possible, if the pole were used j
improperly.
TRUCK ROBBED
W. J. Rose of Chatanika. reported
to City Police on March 2, that
someone had stolen a carton of
cigarettes and a rifle from the seat
of his truck while it was parked
in front of Sani-System Cleaners.
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GHEMM WILL RESUME JOB
Ghemm Company, Inc., will com
plete their work on the tropospher
ic communication facility at Ft. Yu
kon in July of this year, according
to Conrad Frank, manager of the
company.
“We have not been awarded any
new work for this year, but we are
bidding everything that comes
along," said Frank.
Ghemm Company is a local firm
made up of men who have been
born and raised in Fairbanks.
Robert Mitchell is president of 1
the firm. His partners are Harvey
Marlin, Clyde Geraghty, Carl Erick- ;
son and Frank.
Work was started on the $1,100.- ,
300 facility at Ft. Yukon in May of
1961.
Other members of the firm at ;
Dick Geraghty, general superin
tendent, Robert Barger, building
superintendent and Carl Robert
engineer and estimator.
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