PETONE FIRE BOARD

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 149, 27 June 1925, Page 20

PETONE FIRE BOARD

SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.

-A meeting of;tKe.Petone^ireß^ was held ;on Thursdayi afternoon. Preserit: Messrs/,M'Ewan^&nit^Edwards, Cook, Jay, and'Kerr.', .Mr. J. ■&. tM : Ewan was :re-eleoted; chairman.;- :-lne superintendent (Mr. J;\Gaynor), reported as follows ::; During/thequarterxndine June the brigade was called out on fiver occasions, f.our % fires and.one^false, alarny; The work and. conduct of the: meri'are During:the. quarter -the;, brigade...;was;, inspected by Inspector \.Hug6:"v.;;The:,plant;,»and;:ap: pliances are in ;ftfst-class■/order.,.:.- -\ v_ : . -: Inspector;.'Hugo;reported;.that: the; brigade was;^uncl;k>;be;in.; splendid^order, and" ho''-was'" Very- pleasedrwith^his: visit o£ ;>iiispectißn:/;; : '/The^brigade>>vas a, credit to the" board. ■■.';' ■;■-■'<»''.■■.'■' ■;f:*';.*.' ' ; The estimates ; were: considered v : and, .■pas^eH, the': allocation;•'!;being :'G6vern--ment. £50,' insurance -companies- £708, OPetorie Borpiigli:Council-'dBTPS.V- ,'■'. . ;.•: •':"' The superihtendeht's-annual report for the year ending 30th- June,'. stated the 'number, of calls, received during/the year was.; twenty-two.": V- 1 Estimated' ■ loss V of property: not : covered, 1 contents £110, buildings £100; estimated'loss covered by insurance, contents' • £65, tuildings £455; insurance on property on-which fires occurred,' contents - £1150,; (buildings '£4850. 'There ;has .been a total saving of property for the year to: the value of £12,870. ..The. alarm, system .is being \ ' trarisierred lto the Power Board poles, and! is being re-wired throughout as' the"old steel wire thatv was put inoriginally is nearly i eaten through. The four ;new f alarm boxes have been ordered, ana are expected to arrive any time. -The plant is: in first-class order. Drills' have, .been held, every week during the year,/and-liaye .been'attendedi'and \car-. ried out by the/brigadesmen ;; very, efficiently: The. personnel of "the;, brigade is now superintendent,!, deputy superintendent, y two foremen, /;onc . motorman, and thirteen firemen. ; In; October' last j the brigade entered into ■. competition with the brigades in the district, and were again successful, in; winning .the Licensee! \ Viciuallera' Challenge Shield, also ibeing placed- in the, open i events. The Phare - Cup, competed for by brigade members, ;was won by Superintend enfe Gaynor. ■/ ■/ . ' /r

,A: hearty vote of appreciation . was passed to the superintendent and officers of the brigade.: „ . ./' ■'■■'..- ■'■/■-'.