FIRE ASSOCIATION NAMES
CHItf
At a meeting held by the Volunteer Fire
Association of Palmer this r6ck, the'fol'
lowing personnel were named: Chief,0,R,
1'itchel; Assistants to the C^rief,'iverstt
Yohn an ' Vic Kielsen* * Drivers, Willard
Cook and lob Peterson*
O.R. Vitchcl is Well qualified to handle
this position as he has held positions
with the fire department at For Lewis,
Washington and he' -* * familiar with this
type'of equipment.
At the present time all firfirfighters are
Volunteer. The Chief, his assistants and
the drivers are to be paid $1*00 each for
fire fitting'between the hours of 3;CC
a.m. and 10 p.m. If a fire breaks out'be
tween the hours of 10 p.'mi and 8:00 a.m.
the rate will be $2.00 eaSh.
It is hoped that group insurance can be
obtained for tho fire fighters, but it
will be necessary for them to participate
for 90 days before this can be done,
Mr. Cunningham, Assistant Chi6f at the
Post was at the meeting and gave a talk.
Cgl- Moscly of the Army has assured the
F_re Association that the Amy will give
PAimer all the assistant .* they can in
getting the Fire L'jpnrlnjri '■ * rained etc.
A man aELso eccompaa:* eu Mr-. Cunningham who
assured the Fire HeperJ want that he would
be up 'again to eerphais th » use of the e
ouipmont. He shut W that ho would be glad
to cane up ct eny tine he vms needed, and
give instinct ions in fire fighting.
PALMER NOW HAS A
FIRST .CLASS FIRE TRUCK
On Monday of this week A1 Hagen,President
of the Volunteer Fire Association, went
to Anchorage for the new fire truck which
is now housed in the Al King Automotive
Service Garage.
The now truck is property of the Alaska
Railroad and is leaned to the Association
at Palmer 'under written agreement. The
Fire Association agreed to furnish the
personnel necessary for fire fighting to
afford protection of all commercial, in
dustrial and private property in and about
Palmer. They agreed'to furnish a competent
and licensed driver, adequate storage and
pay operating costs and service maintenance.
They must'also carry insurance on the truck
for $*000.00 value.
The truck is something of which Palmer can
be justly proud. It is a Dodge 1"'ton
truck with a capacity of 500 gip,m, anot
carries 130m feet of fire ho so 4 It also
has a chemical tank of 150 gal, 3 length
collapsible hook ladder and 5 spray and
fog nozzles, Thera is a Spot light on the
hood and it has a siron.
The Fire Association has announced that
they will have a drill this next Sunday
at 2 p.m, in front of Al King’s new build
ing, the Palmer Automotive Service and
Storage, All persons interested in join
ing the fire fighting Association should
be at this drill.
On December 21, the Association plans to
hold another RTTGC game to raise more funds
for operation^ Keep this date in mind.
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