3 20 66 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/48d7d4cce1613255935dd0137664df16.pdf 78b4a41ef844aa47578277a6c01266fd Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. I' DEPARTMENT of FIRE 46 COURTLAND ST., S. E. Atlanta, Georgia P.O. WILLIAMS CHIEF AUJUSt 15:1 1969 i iemo to: All PE:rsonnGl Fror.1: Chfof of Fi re; Jepartincnt Su~j0ct: Re iteration of Fir~ D~partrnont Policies 1 Fi re uepartmeni.: or n c2:rs s.1a by t:wi r surnar;·1;;;s . comr.;and n aG,m:1 s s tne f i r ~1;ien und·: .' r til ::,; i r Fi re:,1en sha 11 ad~r\2 s s t i 1c i r sup:.- ri or offi c2rs or acting offi cGrs 'uy rank. Qualified m~n will Le assigned on a rotating ~asis to th~ capacity as acting officer or ,;"!Xtra apparatus OiJl: r ator. Fill - ins will also oe donG o~ rotati ng ~asis with cons ist~nt records kept at ~ac~ onn i nG house on an individual sh ift basis as opposed to a station. By orde r of. J ,. I .· , ), .·l:, ( c/~~"'_Vl4 1 ?. O. ·,,ilLL1,,, 1.S , C,ll(-;f Atlanta Fir~ Llepartm~nt POlii: 11 a "HELP SAVE LIFE AND PROPERTY BY PREVENTING FIRES" � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document ia City OF ATLANTA DEPARTMENT of FIRE 46 COURTLAND ST.,S. E. Atlanta, Georgia P.O. WILLIAMS CHIEF ijemo to: All Personnel From: Chief of Fire vepartnent Subject: Keiteration of Fire Department Policies Fire Department officers siail aduress tae firemen under their command by their surnames. Firemen shall adaress ticir superior officers or acting officers vy rank. Qualified men will be assigned on a rotating vasis to the capacity as acting officer or extra apparatus operator. Fill-ins will also se done on rotating sasis with consistent records kept at cach engine nouse on an individual snift basis aS cppoSed to a station. BY order of. P. QO. wILLIAS, Coief Atlanta Fire vepartnent POW: 11a “HELP SAVE LIFE AND PROPERTY BY PREVENTING FIRES”  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 1, Folder 14, Document 25 Box 1 Box 1 Folder 14 Folder topic: Fire department | 1968-1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/06572b2a28b692ad145bb2c2fc0018d3.pdf 4635dfd12a4f8acf46555b7c49bb7f82 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. --~-....c==:::::;====== -· -~-=- ----- --·---- .------·· ., CITY OF ATLANTA 8 August 1969 , . Memorandum Regarding Discrimination .Against Black Fir emen Of Atlanta . -- ~ '· . Mayor Ivan Allen, Chairman Board of Firemaster s-, Alderma-r-k...\'lm. :·.r • Knight and Atlanta Fire Chief Paul O•. Williams . --.. ~ . . .___·. ......_,__ -· . . . Black Firemen of Atlanta __ .. To: ··-- - -'" · --· From: / ·-. -- " The Black firefighters of Atlanta are dedicated municipal emplo{eei, \ concerned wi th the safety and welfare of our city and all of its citizens ; ·During the years of our tenure as f iremen we hav& been subjected to dis- ·· · crimination and abuses as outlined below. We request that imrre clia te _ action be taken to correct these practices, and that on or before Mond~, \ August 18, 1969 that we receive a formal report on your 1fc.:t io·ns in corre~ ' ing the act ions cited herein: , -~ / \ · . . :. .·-.. . . 1 I. HIRING PRACTICES .. _=--:::--=- ~ - - r \ :;~11,; . , -~ . -- - The ratio of Black Firemen to White Firemen does not - ~ to the· popu lation of Black citizens in Atlanta. There -.. . a re. . . about 90 to 100 Black Firemen in a department of more than 900 men. Black·-Eiremen that are drafted into the armed servic~s are rep.laced by sthi te firemen II. SEGREGATED SLEEPING & LOCKER AQ.RANGEMENTS J Lockers and beds of Black Firemen are placed in the back or away frcm the whit e firemen. III. RECREATION CLUB _,._..=--,~_ ·__ .l.963 . N. Y-~ ____ ci dCZ>n d - ' ~· ~ The membership was clos ed the vear Black Firemen were hired in Land was given to th e club by the governm:l\t_ ~~ , Lake Allatoona. )_13 acres) .( ~ -4N-~ h0 ~ ~ ~ ° ' - ) 1 PROMOTIONAL DISCRIMINATION ~ ~ . ~1 ~:;;tt;_ . - i Black Firemen should be included in every department. White ,fil$~ -a,- i• r.1en with less time and experience are promoted· to -dr-:i-ve-r po sit1on s .~ --d l ack Firer.ien with 5 and 6 years should be promoted to Lieutenants-;-·- beca use the entire officer cabi net is mad e up of all white officers. Most of these off i c er s have _b e e o k.n.o-wr:1-t-G-£.0 r c e t l=\-e-i-r--p-r-ejtta'rc-e-s-on- B"'l-a ck Firemen • We ar-e aware· of the test for Lieut.e nants, but in a time of an emergency men have been promoted wholesale from private to captains within a year, thus_ i setting proper precedent. We consider this an er.1ergeJ)_cy .-hec-atrse--o-f tne overall discrimination in the depa rtm ent. White drivers are giving up their positions because they know future Lieutenants are going to be appointed by Chiefs. · This is true because in the last capt ain's test the aides of all the chiefs dominated the list. Some of these Lieutenants didn't place in the top 40 on the Lieutenants list. Now they are captains. \ V. EXP!:RIENCE AND LENGTH OF Tir.1E ON THE DEPARTMENT Acting offi cers, we feel th at every Black Firemen with _the time and experience, equal to any . white firemen, should be.given the opportunity to be an ac~ing office~: This ap~li:s tol°;ra driverse House d~ies should be picked according to seniority. ~ 1 /·S ,)-f2rvyJ f,../-,v. ~ ) VI. STAtJDARD SET OF RULES FOR ALL C INS ~ich shift is operated different, captain authority has no limit. He forc es personal prejudices on Black Firemen. Transfer of ~en to other stations. ( ~ ~~ ~ FOR CONTACT: Fireman William Harner 195 Hermer Circle, N. W. Atlanta, Georgia 30311 ________ elephone - 794- 2244 __ __ . or ----Fire Station 16 on C Shift Telephone 523-5786 • ~ fi9 ~ /1 P1_ Iv 7 1~ A .--~- I • I . = r cilf ____ _.,., L. � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document — a ies i oe ee, ee CITY OF ATLANTA 8 August 1969 Memorandum Regarding Deseeinine tion Aged Black Perenen Of Atlanta ; a A a ne SS - : »To: Mayor Ivan Allen, Chairman Board of Firemasters, Alderman_vim. .T. sree _ Knight and Atlanta Fire Chief Paul 0. Williams ~~ mae . eae From: Black Firemen of Atlanta : = s The Black firefighters of Atlanta are dedicated municipal employees, i concerned with the safety and welfare of our city and all of its citizens. ! During the years of our tenure as firemen we have been subjected to dis-. - | crimination and abuses as outlined below. We request that immediate- action be taken to correct these practices, and that on or before Monday, - August 18, 1969 that we receive a formal report on your ‘actions in corrette__ ing the actions cited herein: / : | . mit Hy at. . 1 I. HIRING PRACTICES se ee eS ems n ; ‘ ’ oar ' = . The ratio of Black Firemen to White Firemen 46K not correspond: ——to the population of Black citizens in Atlanta. There are about 90 to 100 Black Firemen in a caper ment of more than 900 men. Black- Firemen II. SEGREGATED SLEEPING & LOCKER ARRANGEMENTS Lockers and beds of Black Firemen are Stace in the back or away éxom the white firemen. III. RECREATION CLUB sa add The membership was closed the vear Black Firemen were hi -— ee 1963. Land was given to the club by the governne t on Lake ALlatoons ae 13 acres te ee ie IV. PROMOTIONAL DISCRIMINATION © =) | } at Black Firemen should be included in every department. White fires men with less time and experience are promoted: to driver-positions. “Black ’ Firemen with 5 and 6 years should be promoted to Lieutenants, because the ~~: entire officer cabinet is made up of all white officers. Most of these officers s have been known—-to_force—their-prejudices-on- Black Firemen. We -=-are aware of the test for Lieutenants, but in a time of an emergency men have been promoted wholesale from private to captains within a year, thus setting proper precedent. We consider this an emergency-because of the i overall discrimination in the department. White drivers are giving up their ‘ positions because they know future Lieutenants are going to be appointed by Chiefs.: This is true because in the last captain's test the aides of all aE the chiefs dominated the list. Some of these Lieutenants didn't place in . the top 40 on the Lieutenants list. Now they are captains. =a V. EXPERIENCE AND LENGTH OF TIME ON THE DEPARTMENT Acting officers, we feel that every Black Firemen with the time and experience, equal to any. white firemen, should be.given the opportunity to be an acting officer. This applies to extra drivers. House duties should be picked according to seniority. Gq iS neo - VI. STANDARD SET OF RULES FOR ALL C INS Each shift is operated different, captain authority has no limit. : He forces personal presudieds on Black Firemen. Transfer of men to other ° stations. : hi p prt, te Aprhe. 6 olf FOR CONTACT: Fireman William Hamer “1 aa vi? | | / | 195 Hermer Circle, N. W. so ec Atlanta, Georgia 30311 ..- ‘'*™ cig Blephone - 794-2244 we, -N ——— = . or — : a ‘ - Fire Station 16 on C Shift ice Telephone 523-5786  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 1, Folder 14, Document 24 Box 1 Box 1 Folder 14 Folder topic: Fire department | 1968-1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/ad0a78deaa766e785edb1c57084f20da.pdf 3cf2f3eabf66dfc43680f387eff79625 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. RUL E S F I R E P R O MO T I O N B O A R D CITY Revised 11arch 196 7 OF ATLANTA �11. An examination for Fire Captain will be held annually and the register established will be valid for one year. 12. Examinations for all other classes of positions will be held when the Board deems a list necessary~ and the registers established will be valid for one year. The life of such registers may be extended for an additional year if the Board deems it practical and expedient to do so. 13, Satisfactory completion of a performance test of driving skill under the supervision of the Fire Training Chief is a prerequisite to applying for proraotion to Fire Rescue Lieutenant. 14. When a man on an eligible register for a higher position than his present class declines an assignment which would allow him to act as an alternate for the higher position, his name will be moved down on the eligible list below the name of the man who accepts the assignment. 15, If a qualified eligible is serving io a permanent vacancy in a temporary capacity at the time of a new examination, he will not be required to take any further examination. 16. The Fire Alarm Superintendent will qualify men for the position of Fire Dispatcher and will furnish the Fire Promotion Board a list of qualified applicants and their grades. 17. Non-fi refigh ting personnel desiring to retur n t o firefi ghting must serve one ye ar as full- pay Firemen before being eligible to corn~et e in promotional examinations. Members of the Training Division are considered to be firefishting personnel. 18. Upon r e turn to the Fire Departraent, reenployed Firemen~ including those who we re formE: rly on th e eli gible r e gist e r for Fire Lieut enant or other pr omotional r e gisters , must serve one year as full-pay firemen befor e being eligible to compete in promotional examinations. 19, Seniority will be reco gnize d by the addition to the final attained passing grade of one -h a lf (½) point for e c ch ye ar of service in the Fire Depar t ment beyond the first five (S) years to a maximum of five (5) points in any cas e . For promotion to th e rank of Cnptain and highe r., s eniority will b.:: reco gniz e d by giving one - ha lf (!~) point for each year of s e rvice on next lower r ank only , to a maximum of five (5) points . 20 , In t he e ven t of a ti e in fin a l grade s a ft e r addition of s enio r ity po ints, the man with t he hi ghest s eniority will be pl a ce d h igh est on the e l i gi ble registe r . If s enio r ity po int s a·.ce the s ame~ t he man with the highes t wr i tten grade will be placed hi ghe s t on t he eligible regis ter. 21. Fire Department personnel serving in the armed f orces will accru2 seniority as th ough serving j_n t he Fire Departr.1ent. 22. Fire Department pers onnel on military le~ve may be given the promotional examination for which they are eligible and will be notified of the opening and closing dates of application for all examinations for clas ses to which they may apply. �• 23. Linemen, tr.echinists; fire equipment mechanics, and fire carpenters may be qualifi~d by th~ Personnel Department from open competitive registers. Fire Department personne l who quclify may be certified ahead of others on the list if desired. Fire Department personnel may be qualifie d by the Personnel D~partmcnt from promotional examinations from within the Fire Deportment. 24. A sche<lule of eligibility for promotion and who may apply for the various classes is shown in Table I. 25. Examinations '.:vill be conducted according to the schedule of weights and phases listed in Table II. �T ABL E I SCHEDULE OF-ELIGIBILITY FOR PROMOTION FOR PROMOTION TO : WHO MAY APPLY : Fire Appa ratus Opera tor Firemen who have completed two years of s e rvice. Fire Rescue Lieutenant All fire fighting personnel who have completed five years of s e rvice in the Fire Department. Fire Dispetcher All fire fightin g pe rsonnel who have completed five years of service in the Department and have had one year of service in the Signal Division of the Fire Department. Fire Lie uten ant All fire fi ghting personne l who have c oople t e d fi ve years of s e rvice in the Department. Fi r e Captain Fire Lie utenants wi th a t l east 3 years ' s e rvi ce as Lie utenant. Fire Drill Instructor , Chi e f All Fi re Captains Fire Battalion Chief Fire Captains wi t h a t least 3 years ' s ervi ce as Captai n. First Deputy & Deput y Fi re Chief All Fire Battalion Chie fs Fire Inves ti gator I All f i re fight ing pers onnel and fire disp~tchers who have comple te d five years of servi ce i n the Fire Department. Fire Investigator II Fire Investigators with one year of service as an Investiga t or. Assistant Fire Marshal Fire Investigators with 3 years' service as lnvest igator. Fire Marshal Assistant Fire Marshals and Fire Investigators with 3 years' service, � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document RULES FIRE PROHOTION BOARD CITY OF ATLANTA Revised March 1967 ll. 12. 13. 14, 15. 16. 17, 18, 19, 20. 213 22. An examination for Fire Captain will be held annually and the register established will be valid for one year. Examinations for all other classes of positions will be held when the Board deems a list necessary, and the registers es- tablished will be valid for one year. The life of such registers may be extended for an additional year if the Board deems it practical and expedient to do so. Satisfactory completion of a performance test of driving skill under the supervision of the Fire Training Chief is a prerequisite to applying for promotion to Fire Rescue Lieutenant. When a man on an eligible register for a higher position than his present class declines an assignment which would allow him to act as an alternate for the higher position, his name will be moved down on the eligible list below the name of the man who accepts the assignment, If a qualified eligible is serving in a permanent vacancy in a temporary capacity at the time of a new examination, he will not be required to take any further examination. The Fire Alarm Superintendent will qualify men for the position of Fire Dispatcher and will furnish the Fire Promotion Board a list of qualified applicants and their grades. Non-firefighting personnel desiring to return to firefighting must serve one year as full-pay Firemen before being eligible to compete in promotional examinations. Members of the Training Division are considered to be firefighting personnel. Upon return to the Fire Department, reemployed Firemen, including those who were formerly on the eligible register for Fire Lieutenant or other promotional registers, must serve one year as full-pay firemen before being eligible to compete in promotional examinations. Seniority will be recognized by the addition to the final attained passing grade of one-half (%) point for each year of service in the Fire Department beyond the first five (5) years to a maximum of five (5) points in any case. For promotion to the rank of Captain and higher,seniority will be recognized by giving one-half ('s) point for each year of service on next lower rank only, to a maximum of five (5) points. In the event of a tie in final grades after addition of seniority points, the man with the highest seniority will be placed highest on the eligible register. If seniority points are the same, the man with the highest written grade will be placed highest on the eligible register. Fire Department personnel serving in the armed forces will accrue seniority as though serving in the Fire Department. Fire Department personnel on military leave may be given the pro- motional examination for which they are eligible and will be notified of the opening and closing dates of application for all examinations for classes to which they may apply. 23. 24, 25. Linemen, machinists, fire equipment mechanics, and fire carpenters may be qualified by the Personnel Department from open competitive registers. Fire Department personnel who qualify may be certified ahead of others on the list if desired. Fire Department personnel may be qualified by the Personnel Department from promotional cx- aminations from within the Fire Department. A schedule of eligibility for promotion and who may apply for the various classes is shown in Table I. Examinations will be conducted according to the schedule of weights and phases listed in Table II, gr TABLE I SCHEDULE OF ELIGIBILITY FOR PROMOTION FOR PROMOTION TO: WHO MAY APPLY: Fire Apparatus Operator Firemen who have completed two years of service. Fire Rescue Lieutenant All fire fighting personnel who have completed five years of service in the Fire Department. Fire Dispatcher All fire fighting personnel who have completed five years of service in the Department and have had one year of service in the Signal Division of the Fire Department. Fire Lieutenant All fire fighting personnel who have completed five years of service in the Department. Fire Captain Fire Lieutenants with at least 3 years' service as Lieutenant. Fire Drill Instructor, Chief All Fire Captains Fire Battalion Chief Fire Captains with at least 3 years' service as Captain. First Deputy & Deputy Fire Chief All Fire Battalion Chiefs Fire Investigator I All fire fighting personnel and fire dispatchers who have completed five years of service in the Fire Department. Fire Investigator II Fire Investigators with one year of service as an Investigator. Assistant Fire Marshal Fire Investigators with 3 years' service as Investigator. Fire Marshal Assistant Fire Marshals and Fire Investigators with 3 years’ ser- vice.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 1, Folder 14, Document 23 Box 1 Box 1 Folder 14 Folder topic: Fire department | 1968-1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/b9962a723d9abb4bfb8eb9a8fc4782a9.pdf 9bcea9cccbcf239e3598db701f684813 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. OEPARTMENT of FIRE 46 COURTLAND ST.,~. E. Atlanta, Georgia P.O. WILLIAMS CHIEF August 15, 1969 Honorabl e Ivan All en, Jr. Mayor, City of A.t l an ta City Hall Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear f-,iay or Allen: He have been dea ling iii t h Co1.1 mu nity Re l ati ans and have accepted so1·i1 e of t lle i r su ggestions re l ativ e to e li Din atin g some pro bl e~s. Various polici es and facts pertaining to this departmen t are attac hed. It is ir.ter-<?s t in~ to not ,., th ~ followin a exce r ot f r om the Rep ort of t he Un ite d St ates Co1i11n-is.,ion on Civil Ri ghts 196 9: entitl ed Fer /\11 th e Peopl e . . . By ./.\11 the Peopl e 1·1 hich has just r ea ched this off-ic e : 11 Despite t he be l at ed ad;n i ss ion of fi r em 2n in t o t he /l.t l anta de; artment and t he e l abor ate pro ce dur es 1·n i ch s urr0Ui1d2d t he ir i nt rodu cti on, t he Atlanta Fire Department had a l arge r pr oporti on of :·legroes i n unifo rm than any ot her ce:ntra l city in the survey and a hi gile r de gr ee of in teg r ation than many . 11 We are in th e proces s of ie-writi ng th e Rul es and Reg ul ations of the Atlanta Fire Depa rtment to e li Ji nat e any in equ i t i es in t he old boo k, to e li min ate any possibility of di s cri mi nat i on or t~ e possi ~ility of any office r over-reacting 1-1ith authority. As soon as this ll as been comp l eted, it ',<J ill be presented to t he Board of Fire Masters for their approv a l and adopt i on. We ~voul d 1i ke to stress t i1at any fireman ~-J ho has grie van ces , has three methods by which to air t hem in t iiis office: by comp l etin 0 a Form 52 (Spe ci al Request ) , go throu gh t he Company 0-ffi ce rs and Batt al ion Chi ef , or by use of a Sug ge stion Form availuble in all stations. Any justifiable gri e vances \<J ill oe strai ghten ed out. Yours ve ry truly , QO, (, /{J 'd'f-r.A " ~ pl_' O. HILLI AMS, Chief Atlanta Fire De;-;a rtr:ie nt POW: 11 a Enclosure cc: Mr . W. T. Kn i ght, Chai rman Bo ard of Fi re f·'i as t ers "HELP SA VE LIFE AND PROPERTY BY PREVENTING FIRES" �The Atlanta Fire Department's only interest is in t he protection of lives and property from fire. The citizens of Atlanta should have and deserve t he best fire protection available. In order to accomplish this, we nust have the best trained, qualified, and experienced personnel in responsible positions regardless of race, creed, or color. Fi re Department o ffi cershi p must have le ade rship. One cannot gain leade rship Subordinates will not look upon such an officer as a l eader. Life and property is at stake . Decisions and act..ions of a fire officer are bused on knowl edge and experience of the job. Therefore, standards and qualifications must be kept high. Rather than lower the standards, they should be rais ed. if standards have to be lov-1e red so one can qua"lify. PROMOTIONAL POLICIES: Promotions in the Fire Deµartnent are made according to merit and fitness. The promotional system of the Atlanta Fire Department is set by law. Anyone r.ieetin'.J t,1e qualifying standards as set fort h Liy the Promotion al Board will be promoted regar dl ess of race, creed, or color. We 1,1ill not and do not discriminate for or against anyone meeting the qualifying standards of this system. Promot ion ai examin ations for Fire Lieuten&i'its ar.:: h::1d ::very t \·:o years. To qualify , a i~an must have had f ive years service in the Fire D2pa rtm2nt . After t he examin ation, t he app licants are li st ed according to their scores from a combination of th2 written test , training school aver age , and sen iority points . This list is divided into gr.oups of 20 . The first 20 me n are rated at oral intervi e\vs , and t hi s score is added to their grades fror.i the above three items. Promotions from t his list are made in order of t he applicant's fin al score. So far , the first 7 men have been promoted from the Li eutenant's examin ation he ld in March of 1969 . The first bl ack f iremen started to work in April 1963, so that this is t he first year (1 969 ) any of them have been eli gibl e to ap ply f or promotion to Lieutenan t. There we re 153 applicants, of whom 6 we re bl ack. The first bl ack app licant is in the 6th group of 20 or approxir.1ate ly position 102 on t iie li st. Promoti ons to Fi re Apparatus Ope r ator are made by appointment. The Captai n at each station makes these sel ections s ubj ect to t he approval of the Battali on Chi ef. The men must have i1ad at l east two years servi ce with t he Fi re De partm2n t and have passed ti1e required dri ving tests at the Training School. There are nine black firemen in these pos itions. �. ~- · -·-- ·- .. HIRING PRACTICES: Eligible lists for Firemen are established every week after the weekly intervie\·1s. ·(During 0·larc h, Ap ril, and July of this year, interviews were held every t vw v,eeks.) As vacancies occur, the Fi re Depart ment calls the men on a list in t he order of their scores. Each person on the list of a certain dat e is contacted and offered emp loyme nt be fore movin g to the next chro nological li s t. O~ce a man is on t he eligi ble list , he is not by-p assed unless the Fire De partment is unabl e to contact him by tele phone or letter. Through July 25, of this ye ar) 60 white men were put on the eli ~i ble list and 57 black men. Of these, 45 wf1ite men have been employe d and 41 black men. Of the 86 7 men in t he extinguishing division, over 19% or 165 are black. Nine of t hese are Fi re Ar,pa ratus Operators and 25 are on Military Leave. Fireme n that l eave the departn1ent for military service are reinstate d when they return (this is a Fede r al Law ) and are usually returned to t he sam2 station from vihich ti iey l eft. RECRE.D.TIOi'~ CLUB: In J an uary of 1959, a grou p of firemen lease d a 5. 7 acre tract of l and at Lake ! 11 atoona fro:,1 tne JOver nrnen t and organized a cluo wh ic h ~as call ed Atl anta Firene n 1 s Re creation Club. However, the Fir2 Depa r tr,12nt nor th e City of At l anta has any j uris diction over the activiti es of tr1is club. It i s a private organ i zat i on controll ed oy a Board of Trustees composed of e l even men, 1·1ho adhere to tr1e i'li s '1es of the majority of t he m2mbe rs, and i s sup ported entirel y by dues pai d by the membe rs and ma in tai ned througi1 voluntee r services of t he membe rs. � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document City OF ATLANTA DEPARTMENT of FIRE 46 COURTLAND ST.,S. E. Atlanta, Georgia meager) s “raaite <a mf : P. 0. WILLIAMS CHIEF August 15, 1909 Honorable Ivan Allen, Jr. Mayor, City of Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Mayor Allen: We have been dealing with Community Relations and have accepted sone of their suggestions relative to eliminating some problems. Various policies and facts pertaining to this department are attaciied. Tt is interesting to note the following excerpt from the Report of the United States Commission on Civil Rigiits 1969, entitled For All the People...By All the People which has just reached tnis office: "Despite tne belated adnission of firemen into the Atlanta departinent and the elaborate procedures which surrounded their introduction, the Atlanta Fire Department had a larger proportion of Negroes in uniform than any other central city in the survey and a higher degree of integration than many." We are in the process of re-writing the Rules and Regulations of the Atlanta Fire Department to eliminate any inequities in tne old book, to eliminate any possibility of discrimination or tae possivility of any officer over-reacting with authority. As soon as this has been completed, it will be presented to tiie Board of Fire Masters for their approval and adoption. We would like to stress tnat any fireman who has grievances, has three methods by which to air them in tiis office: by completing a Form 52 (Special Request), go through the Company Officers and Battalion Chief, or by use of a Suggestion Form available in all stations. Any justifiable grievances will be straigntened out. Yours very truly, AO) (Ae Ca toni) . O. WILLIAMS, Chief Atlanta Fire Departnent POW: 11a Enclosure ce: Mr. W. T. Knight, Chairman Board of Fire Masters “HELP SAVE LIFE AND PROPERTY BY PREVENTING FIRES" The Atlanta Fire Department's only interest is in the protection of lives and property from fire. The citizens of Atlanta should have and deserve tne best fire protection available. In order to accomplisn this, we must have tae best trained, qualified, and exnerienced personnel in responsible positions regardless of race, creed, or color. Fire Department officership must have leadership. One cannot gain leadership if standards have to be lowered so one can qualify. Subordinates will not look upon such an officer as a leader. Life and property is at stake. Decisions and actions of a fire officer are based on knowledge and experience of the job. Therefore, standards and qualifications must be kept high. Rather than lower the standards, they should be raised. PROMOTIONAL POLICIES: Promotions in the Fire Denartinent are made according to merit and fitness. The promotional system of the Atlanta Fire Denartment is set by law. Anyone meeting tne qualifving standards as set forth by the Promotional Board will be promoted regardless of race, creed, or color. We will not and co not discriminate for or against anyone meeting the qualifying standards of this system. Promotional examinations for Fire Lieutenants are he very tye years. To qualify, a man must have had five years service in the Fire Department. After the examination, the applicants are listed according to their scores from a combination of the written test, training scnool average, and seniority points. This list is divided into aroups of 20. The first 20 men are rated at oral interviews, and this score is added to their grades from the above three items. Promotions from this list are made in order of tie applicant's final score. od al Ma i So far, the first 7 men have been promoted from the Lieutenant's examination held in March of 1969. Tie first black firemen started to work in April 1953, so that this is the first year (1969) any of them have been eligible to apply for promotion to Lieutenant. There were 153 applicants, of whom 6 were black. The first black applicant is in the 6th group of 20 or approximately position 102 on the list. Promotions to Fire Apparatus Operator are made by appointment. The Captain at each station makes tnese selections subject to the approval of the Battalion Chief. The men must nave nad at least two years service with the Fire Department and have passed the reauired driving tests at the Training School. There are nine black firemen in these positions. HIRING PRACTICES: Eligible lists for Firemen are established every week after the weekly interviews. (During March, April, and July of this year, interviews were held every two weeks.) As vacancies occur, the Fire Department calls the men on a list in tne order of their scores. Eacn person on the list of a certain date is contacted and offered employment oefore moving to the next chronological list. Once a man is on the eligible list, he is not by-passed unless tne Fire Department is unable to contact him by telephone or letter. Through July 25, of this year, 60 white men were put on the eligible list and 57 black men. Of these, 45 white men have been employed and 41 black men. Of the 867 men in the extinguishing division, over 19% or 165 are black. Nine of these are Fire Apparatus Overators and 25 are on Military Leave. Firemen that leave tne department for military service are reinstated wien they return (this is a Federal Law) and are usually returned to the same station from which they left. RECREATION CLUB: In January of 1959, a group of firemen leased a 5.7 acre tract of Tand at Lake Allatoona from tne government and organized a ciuo which was called Atlanta Firemen's Recreation Clud. However, the Fire Department nor the City of Atlanta nas any jurisdiction over the activities of tnis clud. It is a private organization controlled by a Board of Trustees composed of eleven men, wao adhere to tne wishes of the majority of the members, and is supported entirely by dues paid by the members and maintained througin volunteer services of tiie members.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 1, Folder 14, Document 22 Box 1 Box 1 Folder 14 Folder topic: Fire department | 1968-1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/e86428ac4709267ea765a75495da9045.pdf 0108a99f7b3a5386398f9cccfcddecbd Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. c 1~-r· u~ 1'-.J TA 1 1·T ,,t C) c DEPARTMENT of FIRE 46 COURTLAND ST., s. E. Atlanta, Georgia X 119J Jr 9t1. P.O. WILLIAMS CHIEF AU']USt 15:i 1969 demo to: All PE:rsonnGl Frora: Chi~f of Fir~ Jspartm2nt Su~j~ct: Reiteration of Fir~ D~partm2nt Policies t-1 re Deo arti:l<2ni.: or n c--=rs s.1a i I aGJre: ss comr.iand· by t:1ci r surna1-:-12s. tne fi r t::men und,2r th1;:i r Fi re~,1en sha 11 ad::.;r~ss t i,::: i r su~;2ricr offi c2rs or acting offi Cl:rs iJy rank. Qualified mt::i1 i•il1 :.i1:: assigner:! on a ro tating i..asis to th;.; capacity as ccting offict: r or ~xtra apparatus OiJL! ra t or. Fill - ins will al so oe donG o~ rotati n~ basis with ccns ist2nt records !·ept at sac:i 0nn i ni2 hous G on an indivi dua.l s hift basis as c~posc1 to a sEation. by order of ; . -:Jl,. , ') I • ~' I ..,~.- / , L-v ~ C~,,~ ).!A- P, O. '!~I LL1,'\i 1S~ C, i1cf Atlanta Fir~ 0ep1rtmant PO\tJ: 11 a "HELP SAVE LIFE AND PROPERTY BY PREVENTING FIRES" � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document City OF ATLANTA, DEPARTMENT of FIRE ; \) 46 COURTLAND ST.,S. E. ~, fh Atlanta, Georgia yb P.O. WILLIAMS CHIEF August 15, 1969 ijemo to: All Personnel Fron: Chief of Fire vapartment Subject: «eiteracion of Fire Department Policies Fire Department orricers Siail aduress tae firemen under their command by their surnanes. Firemen shall adaress ticir superior officers or acting officers vy rank. Qualified men will Ye assigned on a rotating wvasis to the capacity as acting officer or extra apparatus operator. Fill-ins will also ve done on rotating oasis with consistent 3 records kept at each engine house on an individual shift basis aS opposed to a station. By order of. es CeBiliten sac Q. ‘tA, Cnief eee Fire Uepartment POW: 11a “HELP SAVE LIFE AND PROPERTY BY PREVENTING FIRES”  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 1, Folder 14, Document 21 Box 1 Box 1 Folder 14 Folder topic: Fire department | 1968-1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/f8a9bdcfe3b53883cb992bc9627f3582.pdf 66a30ba8000f6f3f1ba3e7b43ff968ba Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. I NT E R NAT I ON AL 8 8 I P E A C ATLANTA , H T R AS SOC I AT I ON E E GEORG S I T A R - E 3-0 E T, 3 0 N, O F --F· I R E -E , - SU I T F I GHT E RS E 2 3 4 g The follO'wing re sol u tion was adopted by majority vote at the regular meeting in July, and i s here~vith presented to the Board of Fire Masters for consideration : WHEREAS; For many y ears, the Rules and Regulation of the Atlanta Fire Department have provided that a member may terminate his employment with the depar tment for a period of up to six months without lo ss of seniority, and WHEREAS ; ·. the_se.~1rul es and regulations were changed on September 12th, 1966 to provide that all member s l eaving the servic es of the departmen t for any time would l oose all seniority rights-, and _. WHEREAS; time has passed, and s ituations have changed, and meanings and intentions of the above changes in the Rules and Regulations have made it necessary, and the feeling has been generated amow1g our members to correc t many inequities caused by these changes, Therefore BE IT RESOLVED ; That Local 134 of the International Association of Fire Fighters petition the Board ofFire Masters of the Atlanta Fire Department, thru this -....-_-_ --_-_ .-- ---=--.......:.eso-luti.on-,-to-rr.el.le-r-t:- back-t(;'-the--Ru-l-e.s- ai:1d Regulations that were in effect immediately prior to September 1966. And:1 . BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED; that all members of the Atlanta Fire Department be accorded all seniority rights as provided by those Rules and Regulations which were in effect September 2nd, 1966. · Presented 017, behalf of the membership of the Local ~ JI-ii' fz5_ ccro, ~ ,. 'tJ ~ ee.---~ diaries H. Ellis, President 0 AFF I<... • :;o WITH THE I NTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF F IR E FIGH TER S SIN C E 11118 GEORGIA STATE THE GEORGIA STATE F IR E F IGHTER S A SSO CIAT ION A NO THE ATLANTA LABOR COUNCIL AFL•C·IO � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS =F a ad j 661 PEACH TREE STREET, Nw. EE = SUITE 234 ie 7 —" Botte hd Nd ATLANTA, GEORGIA = 3:0309 The following resolution was adopted by majority vote at the regular meeting in July, and is here- with presented to the Board of Fire Masters for consideration: WHEREAS; For many years, the Rules and Regulation of the Atlanta Fire Department have provided that a member may terminate his employment with the department for a period of up to six months with- out loss of seniority, and WHEREAS; theseurumles and regulations were changed on September 12th, 1966 to provide that all members leaving the services of the department for any time would loose all seniority rights, and WHEREAS; time has passed, and situations have changed, and meanings and intentions of the above changes in the Rules and Regulations have made it necessary, and the feeling has been generated amoung our members to correct many inequities caused by these changes, Therefore BE IT RESOLVED; That Local 134 of the International Association of Fire Fighters petition the Board of Fire Masters of the Ret ente Fire Department, thru this —_———_resolution,_to_revert—back_te_the-Rules and Regulations ee were in effect immediately prior to September 1966. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED; that all members of the Atlanta Fire Department be accorded all seniority rights as provided by those Rules and Regulations which were in effect September 2nd, 1966. La aie ° pehee* of the membership of the Local © Ks Te. A; LHe SC aaa ca Cliarles H. Ellis, President AFFic. © 29 WITH = THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS SINCE 1918 —- GEORGIA STATE AFL-«Cio THE GEORGIA STATE FIRE FIGHTERS ASSOCIATION —- AND THE ATLANTA LABOR COUNCIL  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 1, Folder 14, Document 20 Box 1 Box 1 Folder 14 Folder topic: Fire department | 1968-1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/8393c78cf78034fcd7abab3cb921f61c.pdf 6402d57026614181f7392c1801403a09 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. ASSIGNMENT TO REGULAR POSITION: Effective 5-27-69 Wood Livingston 5-27-69 " Shiver 6-3-69 " Henley 6-3-69 " Worsham 6-:3-69 " Willingham 6-3-69 " Morris 6-5-69 " w. c. Jones 6-5-69 "' II R. J. Nollie 6-7-69 II K. P. Nash 6-7-69 II Carol J. Burge, Steno. 6-9-69 II Martha J. Ray, Typist 6-9-69 R. w. Tinke r 6-11-69 " J. A. Smith 6-11-69 "II B. L. Brammer 6-17-69 II P. R. Pace 6-17-69 c. L. Reese 6-17-69 " J. R. Hardy 6-17-69 " G. L. Winfrey 6-18 -69 "II D. L. Guy 6-19-69 G. A. l'vlaner 6-19-69 " Prince 6-19-69 J. A. "II 6-20-69 J. E. Jones, Bldg. Cust. P. A. Chovan 7-3-69 " c. E. White 7-8 -69 " Sanford Cameron 7-9-69 " L. E. c. A. B. w. H. F. 13. R. A. s. J. R. Total - 26 Effective 6-3-69 II 6-5-69 6-12-69 " II 6-24-69 II 7-9-69 Tot.al - 5 Effective 5-22-69 6-4-69 " II 6-6-69 Total - 3 RE-EMPLOYMENTS: w. Bi gg s L. House G. w. Gibson H. E. McCoy, Auto Mech. s. L . Smith K. s. MI LITARY LEAVE REQUESTS: D. F'. Robinson c. Bradley JG v. Harris F'. ATTACHMENT #1 �RETURNED FROM MILITARY LEAVE: D. A. Millar c. I\. Noel w. E. Coker L. R. Atchley R. E. Stephens s. E. Tolbert Effective 6-16-69 II 6-25-69 II 7-1-69 II 7-5-69 II 7-11-69 II 7-15-69 Total - 6 Effective 5-26-69 II 5-26-69 II 5-28-69 6 -1-69 " II 6-6-69 II 6 -7-69 II 6-15-69 6 -2 1-69 " II 6 -2 4-69 II 6 -27-69 II 6-27-69 6 -27-69 " 6 -29-69 " 6-30 -69 " 7-3-69 " II 7- 8 -69 7-15""'.69 " Total - 17 Total - 4 RESIGNATIONS: Natha niel Maddox, #16 c. Cooper, # 15 Peter Sheller, # 1 F. A. Smith, # 33 L. E. Burkett, # 8 H. D. Mills, # 13 w. c. Adams, # 5 s. L. Smith, # 18 L. H. Yancey, # 30 \ 1. L. Kemp, # 11 R. s. Marbut, # 23 M. D. Kelley, # 12 Leothus Slaughter, # 5 P. A. Copeland, # 24 R. c. Wallace, # 25 J. M. Odom III, #30 J. T. Cleveland , # 23 J. DISMISSALS : w. C. Jones, # 31 R. G. Buc han an, # 22 H. F. Henley , #8 G. L. Winfr ey, #12 ATTACHMENT #2 Effective 6-5-69 6-6-69 ",, 6-11-69 II 7-3-69 � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document ASSIGNMENT TO REGULAR POSTTION: ° o . AW = GP w i Ore VEOANDAMED GT Carol Wood Livingston hiver Henley Worsham Willingham Morris Jones Nollie Nash J, Burge, Steno. Martha J. Ray, Typist R. W. Tinker J. A. Smith B. L. Brammer P, R. Pace Cc. L. Reese J. R. Hardy G. L. Winfrey D. L. Guy G,. A. Maner J. A. Prince J. E. Jones, Bldg. Cust, P. A. Chovan Cc. E. White Sanford Cameron RE-EMPLOYMENTS: K. W. Bigos = » House Gibson Oran Cw=ear MILITARY Go < Oo ie) McCoy, Auto Mech, Snith LEAVE REQUESTS: Robinson Bradley Harris ATTACHMENT #1 Effective 5-27-69 u 5-27-69 " 6-3-69 " 6=-3-69 " 6={3-69 ay 6-3-69 tt 6-5-69 i 6-5-69 u 6-7-69 " 6-7-69 " 6-9-69 " 6-9-69 m 6-11-69 " 6-11-69 i 6-17-69 At 6-17-69 " 6-17-69 Te 6-17-69 uy 6-18-69 ‘Y 6-19-69 IY 6-19-69 " 6-19-69 ft 6-20-69 " 7-3-69 MF 7=-8-69 a 7-9-69 Effective 6-3-69 " 6-5-69 Uy. 6-12-69 a 6-24.69 uw 7-9-69 Effective 5-22-69 " 6-4=-69 " 6-6-69 Total - 26 Total = 5 Total - 3 EE Nathaniel Maddox, #16 Se Cy Peter F. A. Le. By H. WwW. Se La, Ay W. L. Rs Ss M. OD. arao RETURNED FROM MILITARY D, Ae Millar Cc. A. Noel W. E. Coker L. R. Atchley R. E. Stephens S. E. Tolbert RESIGNATIONS: Cooper, #15 Sheller, #1 Smith, #33 Burkett, #8 Mills, #13 Adams, #5 Smith, #18 Yancey, #30 Kemp, #11 Marbut, #23 Kelley, #12 Leothus Slaughter, P, A. Re 'G. J, M. J. Te. Cleveland, #23 Copeland, #24 Wallace, #25 Odom III, #30 DISMISSALS: Ci R. G F L Jones, #31 Buchanan, #22 Henley, #8 Winfrey, #12 ATTACHMENT #2 LEAVE: Effective 6-16-69 #5 Effective mt Effective ! mt w mT 6-25-69 7-1-69 7-5-69 7-11-69 7-15-69 5-26-69 5-26-69 5-28-69 G-1-69 6-56-69 6-7-69 6-15-69 6-21-69 6-24-69 6-27-59 6-27-69 6-27-69 6-29-59 6-30-69 7-3-69 7-8-69 7-15-69 6-5-69 6-6-69 6-11-69 7-3-69 Total - 6 Total - 17 Total - 4  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 1, Folder 14, Document 19 Box 1 Box 1 Folder 14 Folder topic: Fire department | 1968-1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/cde4847bad2e41c651afb0704f60725a.pdf 390b8f47c8898f596d683611a74cc1f2 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. - ------ ----------· . ) MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF FIRE MASTERS MEETING, July 28, 1969. The following members were pres ent : Mr. W. T. Knigh t 7 Mr. Jack Summers, Mr. Q.. V. Williamson. Mot ion by Mr . Summe rs 9 seconded by Mr. Williams, that the minutes of the last meeting b e approved. Motion c arried. The Board was informed of _the following assignments to regular positions: See Attachment #1 . Moti on by Mr. Willia mson, seconded by Mr. Summers that these a ssignme nts be approved. Motion carried. !he Board was informed of the following re-employments: See Attachment #1. Motion by Mr . Summers, seconded by Mr. Williamson, that the~e re-employments be approved. Motion c a rried. Requests for military leave was read to the Board for the followi ng: See ~t tachment #1 . Motion by Mr. Williamson, second ed by Mr. Summers, that these military leaves b e a pprove d. Motion carried. The Board was informed of the following personnel that have returned from military leave: See ~t tachment #2. Motion by Mr. Williamson, seconded by Mr. Summers,that the se person n el be rei nstated to their positions in the Fire Department. Motion carried. The Board was informed of the following resignations: Se~ttachment #2 . Motion by Mr. Williamson, seconded by Mr. Summers, that these resignations be accepted. Motion carri ed. The Board was informed of the following dismissals: See Attachment #2. Motion by Mr o Williamson, seconded by Mr. Summers, that the Board concur in these dismis sals. Motion carried. �Min . of Bd. F.M. Mt g. July 28, 1969 Page #2 The Board was informed of the following retirements: Fire Investigator E. F. Davis, effective 6-1-69. Li e utenant J. C. Wingo 9 #21, effective 6-10-69. Deputy Chief D. W. Garrett, #4, effective 7-17-69. The Board wa s informed of the non-service connected disibility pension of W. c. · Lamb, # 15, effective 6-9-69. A 6 months leave of absence was requested for Fire Investigator F. s. Stonecypher, effective 6-11-69, for assignment to the Law Department. Hotio n by Mr. Williamson, second ed by Mr. Summers, that this leave of absence be approved. Motion c a rried. The Board was infomed that the War Service Appointment as Fire Apparatus Operator of L. L . Wood, #29, had been withdrawn, effective 7-1-69, due to the return from military leave of the regular Fire Apparatus Operator. The Bo ard concurred i n this action. The Board was in f ormed of the following diciplinary actions: W. L . Kemp, #11, suspended 3 d ays, effective 6-22-69, for violation of the Rules and Regulations of the Department. J. R. Colbert, #4, suspended 1 day, 6-24-69, f or violation of the Rules and Regulations of the Department. C. E. White, #8, suspended 4 days, effective 7-19-69, for violation of the Rules and Regulations of the Department. C. A. Livingston, #37, susp~nded 4 d a ys, effective 7-19-69, for violation of the Rules and Regulations of the Department~ Motion by Mr. Surmners, seconded by Mr. Williamson ;-t ha t the diciplinary action taken by the Chief be approved. , Motion carried. Sick Leave Extensions were requested f or the following: . H. D • . Smith, #11 , 30 calendar days, 5-17-69 through 6-15-69~ J. H. Grant, Shop, 14 calendar days, 6 - 2- 69 through 6-15-69. R. S. Marbut, #23, 27 calendar days, 6-1-69 through 6-26-69. H. T. Proctor, Signal , 3 calendar d ays, 6 - 9-69 through 6-11-69. C.R. Hitchcock, #8, 90 calendar days, 6-12-69 through 9-9-69. R. W. Pealor, #6, 25 calendar days, 6-1-~-69 through 7-11-69. Motion by Mr. Williamson , seconded by Mr. Summers; that these extensions be approved. Motion carried. �Min . of Bd. F.M. Mtg. July 28, 1969 Page # 3 The Chairman informed the Boa rd that the fo~lowing promotions were to be made: 1 1 l 2 2 Deputy Chief Battalion Chief Captain Lieutenants Fire Investigators I The Chairman asked Chief Williams for his recommendations: Chief Williams recommended Battalion Chief A. P. Black, top man on the eligible list as certified by the Personnel Board, to be promoted to Deputy Chief effective 7-17-69. Motion by Mr. Summers, seconded by Mr. Williamson, that Battalion Chief A. P. Black be promoted to Deputy Chief effective 7-17-69. FOR: Summer, Williamson, Knight. Chief Williams recommended Captain J. R. Pittman, top man on the eligible list as certified by the Personnel Board, to be promoted to Battalion Chief effective 7-17-69. Motion by Mr. Williams<:rn, seconded by Mr. Summers, that Captain J. R. Pittman be promoted to Battalion Chief effective 7-17-69. FOR: Williamson, Summers , Knight. Chief Williams recommended Lieutenant P . W. Mauldin, top man on the el igi ble list as certified by the Personnel Board, to be promoted to Captain effective 7-17-69. Motion by Mr. Will iamson, seconded by Mr. Sumrner s, that Lieutenant P . W. Mauldi n be promoted to Captain effective 7-17-69. FOR: Williamson, Summers, Knight. Chief Williams recommended Fire Apparatus Opera t or L. L. Chapman, certified by the Personnel Board, to be promoted to Lieutena nt (Aide ), effective 7 -17-69 . Motion by Mr. Williamson, seconded by Mr. Summers, that Fire Apparatus Operator L. L. Chapman be promoted to Lieutenant (A ide) effective 7-17-69. FOR: Williamson, Sumners, Knight. - --- �Min of Bd. F.M.Mtg. July 28, 1969 Page #4 -- .---- Chief 'Williams recommended R. T. White, top man on the eligible list as certified by the Personnel Board, to be promoted to Lieutenant effective 7-17-69. Motion by Mr. Summers, seconded by Mr. Williamson, that R. T. White be promoted to Lieutenant effective 7-17-69. FOR: Summers, Williamson, Knight. Chief Williams recommended Fire Apparatus--operator J. G. Hill, top man on the eligible list as certified by the Personnel Board, to be prqmoted to Fire Investigator I, effective 6-2-69. Motion by Mr. Summers, seconded by Mr. Williamson, that Fire Apparatus Operator J. G. Hill be promoted to Fire Investigator I effective 6-2~69. FOR: Summers, W;i.lliamson, Knight. Chief Williams recommended S. A. Moss, t_.9p man on the eligible list as certified by the Personnel Board, to be promoted to Fire Investigator I, effective 6-11-69. Motion by Mr. Williamson, seconded by Mr. Summers, thats. A. Moss be promoted to Fire Investigator I, effective 6-11-69. FOR: Williamson, Summers, Knight. Chief Williams showed a draft of the pr oposed new Rule Book for the Department to the Board and exp lained that it was to be refi ned and prepa red for pr esen t ation to each Board Member fo r s tudy after which time they will b e requested , to adopt it. - - Ch j_e f Wi lli ams e x p lai ned t ha t copies of r u l e b ook s from some of t he most progres s i v e cities had b een r e sear ched a nd that thi s propos e d rule book would be up-to - d a te a nd compre h e nsive. Ca p ta in C. t h e Board r requesti ng resolutio n H. El lis , and Capta in P. E. Johnson appeared before e p resent i ng Local 134, I AFF , a nd pr esente d a resolution res tor a t i on o f senior ity rig h ts . (A copy o f thi s is attached ) . Captain Sl l is po i nt ed out the fac t tha t one o f the pri mary objec t ives of Loc al 134 was s e n i or i t y and u r g ed favo ra b le consideration of t heir resoluti on. He furt her stated t hat a survey he had mad e indicated t ha t t he mo rale was very good at the pre s e nt time a nd rest o ratio n of seniority would incr ease the g ood mora l e a nd more solidify t h e rank s and team spir it with i n t he Departme nt. �-- --- Min. of Bd. F.M.Mtg. July 28, 1969 Page #5 Mr. Knight thanked Captain Ellis for his appearance before the Board and -assured him that the resolution would be given very careful consideration. Meeting Adjourned. � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF FIRE MASTERS MEETING, July 28, 1969. The following members were present: Mr. W. T. Knight, Mr. Jack Summers, Mr. Q. V. Williamson. Motion by Mr, Summers, seconded by Mr. Williams, that the minutes of the last meeting be approved. Motion carried. The Board was informed of the following assignments to regular positions: See Attachment #1. Motion by Mr. Williamson, seconded by Mr. Summers that these assignments be approved. Motion carried. The Board was informed of the following re-employments: See Attachment #1. Motion by Mr. Summers, seconded by Mr. Williamson, that these re-employments be approved. Motion carried.- Requests for military leave was read to the Board for the following: ; See Attachment #l. Motion by Mr. Williamson, seconded by Mr. Summers, that these military leaves be approved. Motion carried. The Board was informed of the following personnel that have returned from military leave: See Attachment #2. Motion by Mr. Williamson, seconded by Mr. Summers,that these personnel be reinstated to their positions in the Fire Department. Motion carried. The Board was informed of the following resignations: See Attachment #2. Motion by Mr. Williamson, seconded by Mr. Summers, that these resignations be accepted. Motion carried. The Board was informed of the following dismissals: See Attachment #2. Motion by Mr. Williamson, seconded by Mr. Summers, that the Board concur in these dismissals. Motion carried. eo. Min. of Bd. F.M.Mtg. July 28, 1969 Page #2 The Board was informed of the following retirements: Fire Investigator E. F. Davis, effective 6-1-69. Lieutenant J. C. Wingo, #21, effective 6-10-69. Deputy Chief D. W. Garrett, #4, effective 7-17-69. The Board was informed of the non-service connected disibility pension of W. C. Lamb, #15, effective 6-9-69. A 6 months leave of absence was requested for Fire Investigator F. E. Stonecypher, effective 6-11-69, for assignment to the Law Department. Motion by Mr. Williamson, seconded by Mr. Summers, that this leave of absence be approved. Motion carried. The Board was infomed that the War Service Appointment as Fire Apparatus Operator of L. L. Wood, #29, had been withdrawn, effective 7-1-69, due to the return from military leave of the regular Fire Apparatus Operator. The Board concurred in this action. The Board was informed of the following diciplinary actions: W. L. Kemp, #11, suspended 3 days, effective 6-22-69, for violation of the Rules and Regulations of the Department. J. Re Colbert, #4, suspanded 1 day, 6-24-69, for violation of the Rules and Regulations of the Department. C. E. White, #8, suspended 4 days, effective 7-19-69, for violation of the Rules and Regulations of the Department. C. A. Livingston, #37, suspended 4 days, effective 7-19-69, for violation of the Rules and Regulations of the Department. Motion by Mr. Summers, seconded by Mr. Williamson, that the diciplinary action taken by the Chief be approved. Motion carried. Sick Leave Extensions were requested for the following: H. D.. Smith, #11, 30 calendar days, 5-17-69 through 6-15-69. J. H. Grant, Shop, 14 calendar days, 6-2-69 through 6-15-69. R. S. Marbut, #23, 27 calendar days, 6-1-69 through 6-26-69. H. T. Proctor, Signal, 3 calendar days, 6-9-69 through 6-11-69. C. R. Hitchcock, #8, 90 calendar days, 6-12-69 through 9-9-69. R. W. Pealor, #6, 25 calendar days, 6-17-69 through 7-11-69. Motion by Mr. Williamson, seconded by Mr. Summers, that these extensions be approved. Motion carried. Min. of Bd. F.M.Mtg. July 28, 1969 Page #3 The Chairman informed the Board that the following promotions were to be made: 1 Deputy Chief 1 Battalion Chief 1 Captain 2 Lieutenants 2 Fire Investigators I The Chairman asked Chief Williams for his recommendations: Chief Williams recommended Battalion Chief A. P. Black, top man on the eligible list as certified by the Personnel Board, to be promoted to Deputy Chief effective 7-17-69, Motion by Mr. Summers, seconded by Mr. Williamson, that Battalion Chief A. P. Black be promoted to Deputy Chief effective 7-17-69. FOR: Summer, Williamson, Knight. Chief Williams recommended Captain J. R. Pittman, top man on the eligible list as certified by the Personnel Board, to be promoted to Battalion Chief effective 7-17-69. Motion by Mr. Williamson, seconded by Mr. Summers, that Captain J. R. Pittman be promoted to Battalion Chief effective 7-17-69. FOR: Williamson, Summers, Knight. Chief Williams recommended Lieutenant P. W. Mauldin, top man on the eligible list as certified by the Personnel Board, to be promoted to Captain effective 7-17-69. Motion by Mr. Williamson, seconded by Mr. Summers, that Lieutenant P. W. Mauldin be promoted to Captain effective 7-17-69, FOR: Williamson, Summers, Knight. Chief Williams recommended Fire Apparatus Operator L. L. Chapman, certified by the Personnel Board, to be promoted to Lieutenant (Aide), effective 7-17-69. Motion by Mr. Williamson, seconded by Mr. Summers, that Fire Apparatus Operator L. L. Chapman be promoted to Lieutenant (Aide) effective 7-17-69. FOR: Williamson, Summers, Knight. Min of Bd. F.M.Mtg. July 28, 1969 Page #4 — Chief Williams recommended R. T. White, top man on the eligible list as certified by the Personnel Board, to be promoted to Lieutenant effective 7-17-69, Motion by Mr. Summers, seconded by Mr. Williamson, that R. T. White be promoted to Lieutenant effective 7-17-69. FOR: Summers, Williamson, Knight. Chief Williams recommended Fire Apparatus Operator J. G. Hill, top man on the eligible list as certified by the Personnel Board, to be promoted to Fire Investigator I, effective 6-2-69. “Motion by Mr. Summers, seconded by Mr. Williamson, that Fire Apparatus Operator J. G. Hill be promoted to Fire Investigator I effective 6-2-69. FOR: Summers, Williamson, Knight. Chief Williams recommended S. A. Moss, top man on the eligible list as certified by the Personnel Board, to be promoted to Fire Investigator I, effective 6-11-69. Motion by Mr. Williamson, seconded by Mr. Summers, that S. A. Moss be promoted to Fire Investigator I, effective 6-11-69. FOR: Williamson, Summers, Knight. Chief Williams showed a draft of the proposed new Rule Book for the Department to the Board and explained that it was to be refined and prepared for presentation to each Board Member for study after which time they will be requested to adopt it. Chief Williams explained that copies of rule books from some of the most progressive cities had been researched and that this proposed rule book would be up-to-date and comprehensive. Captain C. H. Ellis, and Captain P. E. Johnson appeared before the Board representing Local 134, IAFF, and presented a resolution requesting restoration of seniority rights. (A copy of this resolution is attached). Captain Ellis pointed out the fact that one of the primary objectives of Local 134 was seniority and urged favorable consideration of their resolution. He further stated that a survey he had made indicated that the morale was very good at the present time and restoration of seniority would increase the good morale and more solidify the ranks and team spirit within the Department, Min. of Bd. F.M.Mtg. July 28, 1969 Page #5 Mr. Knight thanked Captain Ellis for his appearance before the Board and assured him that the resolution would be given very careful consideration. Meeting Adjourned.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 1, Folder 14, Document 18 Box 1 Box 1 Folder 14 Folder topic: Fire department | 1968-1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/a7e4312019b6cb5bcaf371fd67c665ee.pdf 93ac135f411916e799354b7e477c23aa Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. - -- - -- PIED M C NT DRIVING CLU B • 1 215 PtEb M C N,. A \fE NUt, N, E, • A TL A NTA , GE O RG .I A 30:30~ - - - - - July 7, 1969 The Honorable Ivan Allen Mayor, City of Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, Georgia Dear Sir: This past Sunday, we found it advisable to call on the Atlanta Fire Department for assistance during an emergency, at our swimming pool. / Even though our own lifeguard and a physician in attendance at the pool were able to prevent a tragedy, I would like, on behalf of the Piedmont Driving Club, to e x tend our sincere appreciation to the Atlanta Fire Department . The speed with which they responded to the call , the courtesy, and genuine concern and spirit of helpfulness displayed by the members of the department were most comforting and appreciated. In addition, a police cruiser arrived at the same time to render whatever assistance would have been necessary. With ~ il rsonal regards , B . fla ter Schytte Manager BWS/n f cc : Mr . P . O. Wil l iams Chief , Atl a nt a Fi r e Depar tmen t � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document PIEDMONT DRIVING GLUS ° 1215 PIEDMONT AVENUE, N. E. * ATLANTA, GEORGIA 303093 July 7, 1969 The Honorable Ivan Allen Mayor, City of Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, Georgia Dear Sir: This past Sunday, we found it advisable to call on the Atlanta Fire Department for assistance during an emergency, at our swimming pool. Even though our own lifeguard and a physician in attendance at the pool were able to prevent a tragedy, I would like, on behalf of the Piedmont Driving Club, to extend our sincere appreciation to the Atlanta Fire Department. The speed with which they responded to the call, the courtesy, and genuine concern and spirit of helpfulness displayed by the members of the department were most comforting and appreciated. In ‘addition, a police cruiser arrived at the same time to render whatever assistance would have been necessary. With ner go regards, Me ° loiter Schytte Manager BWS/nft ec: Mr. P. O. Williams Chief, Atlanta Fire Department  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 1, Folder 14, Document 17 Box 1 Box 1 Folder 14 Folder topic: Fire department | 1968-1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/5f119aaf8ede1572aed52a516d1c0765.pdf f0a538c806223cf7c10401063e0845cc Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. CITY~ OF ATLANTA DEPART M ENT of FIRE 46 COURTLAN D ST., S. E. Atlanta, Georgia .June 26, 1969 P . O . WILLIAMS CHIEF Hono ra bl e Ivan ll en, Jr. Mayor, City of At l anta City Ha ll Atla nta, Georg i a 30303 ea r Mayor All en : This is to ad vis e that I will be on vacat i on fro m Ju ne 30 until my return on Ju ly 14, 1969 . 1st ep uty Ch i ef J . I. Gi bs on will be i nc arge of the depa rtment du ri ng my absence. Respectfu lly submi tted, . OQu)~ · jlJ_, 0 . \Ir LLI AMS Chief Fire Department POW: 11 a "HELP SAVE LIFE AND PROPERTY BY PREVENTING FIRES" � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document CitTyY OF ATLANTA DEPARTMENT of FIRE 46 COURTLAND ST,.,S. E. Atlanta, Georgia June 26, 1969 NLR, IO ae P.O. WILLIAMS CHIEF Honorable Ivan Allen, ur. Mayor, City of Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Mayor Allen: This is to advise that I will be on vacation from June 30 until my return on July 14, 1969. Ist Deputy Chief J. I. Gibson will be in charge of the department during my absence. Respectfully submitted, i? Deh perme’ Chief Fire Department POW: 11a “HELP SAVE LIFE AND PROPERTY BY PREVENTING FIRES”  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 1, Folder 14, Document 16 Box 1 Box 1 Folder 14 Folder topic: Fire department | 1968-1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/c50c830ee2ef151e0ebb14b3d0dd5c66.pdf 72ddaa91b33d13e06d0a14970a107f84 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. CITY OF ATLANTA DEPARTMENT OF LAW 2614 FI -RST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 June 26, 1969 Chief P. O. William Atlanta Fire Departm nt 46 Courtland Str t, S. E. Atl nta, G orgi 30303 Dear Chief: Your letter of Jun the Fire Dep rtment con tructe and man Fulton County purauan G orgia gi 1 ture . Pl of th t y b Pr viou r aponsibil th op r tio County . If you n d ~ ~ ru• m ntion d aed the numb r ov r four and incr a ount of mon y ton County for fir pr v ntion rvic. L gi 1 tur h v lr ady r ov d th ty of Atl nta Fire Dep rtm nt to up rvi t tion built nd maint ind by Fulton ny furtb r inform tion; pl Your s dvis. ry truly, alph C. Jenkin 1 t City Attorn y Aa o RCJ/j BC: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr . � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document CITY OF ATLANTA DEPARTMENT OF LAW 2614 FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303 June 26, 1969 Chief P. O. Williams Atlanta Fire Department 46 Courtland Street, S. E. Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Chief: an opinion as to what steps the Fire Department sho event that Fulton County constructs and mans fi unincorporated area of Fulton County pursuant/ to Act No \322 of the 1969 Session of the * mentioned act increased the number Please be adv k : s to not over four and increased the amount of money of fire stat that may be/dpent by ton County for fire prevention service. Previous seggions of the Legislature have already removed the responsibil of the ity of Atlanta Fire Department to supervise the operatio tations built and maintained by Fulton County. If you need any further information, please advise. Yours very truly, Ralph C. Jenkins Associate City Attorney RCJ/jk BC: Mayor Ivan Allen, Jr.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 1, Folder 14, Document 15 Box 1 Box 1 Folder 14 Folder topic: Fire department | 1968-1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/c43fd1864f2b019426110ce78524b181.pdf d45f68898a86866078dd4e1b3365d71a Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. CITY OF ATLANTA DEPARTMENT of FIRE 46 COURTLAND ST., S. E. Atlanta, Georgia February 20, 1969 C. H . HIL DE BR A ND , JR. Chie f Mr. Earl Lande rs Adm . Asst . to the ~ayor Ci ty Ha ll Atlanta, eorg i a 30303 Dea r Mr . Landers: I am de ply gr at eful to you for t he confi den ce and trust dis pl ay Jin support i ng me i n my bi d for t ne hono red posit i on of Chief of t:1e At l anta Fire De partment t o become effect i ve Ap ril l, 1969 . To attain th is pos ition is a cul, i nat i on of a life long ambiti on to v1h i ch I p1edge my untiring efforts toward a realistic conti nu i ng pr ogres sive program for t his depa rtmen t wh ich will meet the demands and needs of t rese changing times . Si ncere ly, , a143.215.248.55 Atlanta Fire Department POW: 11 a "HELP SAVE LIFE AND PROPERTY BY PREVENTING FIRES" � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document CITY OF ATLANTA DEPARTMENT of FIRE 46 COURTLAND ST., S. E. Ailanta, Georgia February 20, 1969 Cc. H. HILDEBRAND, JR. Chief Mr. Earl Landers Adm. Asst. to the Mayor City Hall Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Mr. Landers: I am deeply grateful to you for the confidence and trust displayed in supporting me in my bid for the honored position of Chief of the Atlanta Fire Departinent to become effective April 1, 1969. To attain this position is a culmination of a life long ambition to which I pledge my untiring efforts toward a realistic continuing progressive program for this depart- ment which will meet the demands and needs of tnese changing times. Sincerely, YO Aoi oy WILLIAMS, Actg. Chief Atlanta Fire Department POW: 11a “HELP SAVE LIFE AND PROPERTY BY PREVENTING FIRES’  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 1, Folder 14, Document 14 Box 1 Box 1 Folder 14 Folder topic: Fire department | 1968-1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/aa20cf0aa5b02a59d7c2643e77beda51.pdf 1a79cb005fbc6d216ca71b03994a7bb3 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. CI TY OF ATLANTA DEPARTME N T of .E!B-E46 COURTLAND ST., S. E . Atlanta, Georgia February 19, 1969 C. H . H IL DEBRAND, JR . Chief Honorabl e Ivan All en, J r . Mayor , City of At l anta City Ha 11 Atlanta , G org i a 30303 Dear ~ayo r All en : I am deep ly grateful for th conf i de ce and t rust dis pl ayed by naming me to t he honored position of C i ef of t he At l anta Fir Depa r b,ent to become effective Ap ril 1 , 1969 . I appreciate your support and pl e ge to yo u my u t iri ng efforts to\.'1ard a rea 1i sti c con ti nu i ng progressive program for this depa rtment ~'1°1 i ch wi 11 meet tie de, ands at <.l needs of t hese changirg t i mes . That my years of serv i ce are t.,e i 19 climaxed i n this lilanne r i s my 1i fe 1ong a1,1uit ion and the greatest cha 11 e ge of my life . Thank you for making t hi s opportunity poss i ble for me . S? Jrely, JroK?i~~ At l anta Fire Depa rtment PmJ : 11 a "HELP SAVE LIFE AND PROPERTY BY PREVENTING FIRES" � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document CITY OF ATLANTA DEPARTMENT of FIRE 46 COURTLAND ST.,S.E. Atlanta, Georgia February 19, 1969 Cc. H. HILDEBRAND, JR. Chief Honorable Ivan Allen, dr. Mayor, City of Atlanta City Hall Atlanta, Georgia 30303 Dear Mayor Allen: I am deeply grateful for the confidence and trust displayed by naming me to the honored position of Chief of the Atlanta Fire Department to become effective April 1, 1969. I appreciate your support and pledge to you my untiring efforts toward a realistic continuing progressive program for this department which will meet the demands and needs of these changing times. That my years of service are being climaxed in this manner is my life long awvition and the greatest challenge of my life. Thank you for making this opportunity possible for me. Sincerely, 5 Ud JQ. WILLIANIS, Actg. Chief Atlanta Fire Department POW:11a “HELP SAVE LIFE AND PROPERTY BY PREVENTING FIRES"  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 1, Folder 14, Document 13 Box 1 Box 1 Folder 14 Folder topic: Fire department | 1968-1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/b8fae825a970ed8d14aeaedc888cb12a.pdf 7f452930e80137c5a5bb2e577c8d231e Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. CITY 0 ATLANTA DEPARTMENT of FIRE 46 COURTLAND ST., S. E. Atlanta, Georgia RtCFIVFb January 1, 1969 DEC 31 1968 C. H . HIL DEBRAND, JR. C h ief iill.ANTA F,ii£ DEPT. Chief of Department TOt ROM : Ohief of Traininc Monthly Repor~ Su.BJEC Dear Sira During the month of December the annual pumper tests completed and a copy of the results and maintenance ne ded for eaoh apparatus was forwarded to the shop w r divi ion offio . The Education 1 Training Progr sohedul as co plated xaminations w r dminietered to all company personnel ranking from private through captain. A ne training sch dul waa isaued for the first quart r of the year. fh safety paper was printed and issued al P• and R. Atl R tment I "HELP SAVE LIFE AND PROPERTY BY PREVENTING FIRES" � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document CITY OF ATLANTA DEPARTMENT of FIRE ag tI RH 46 COURTLAND ST.,S. E. al dar Atlanta, Georgia RECEIVE) Januery 1, 1969 DEC 31 1968 Cc. H. HILDEBRAND, JR. Chief ATLANTA FIRE Dépr, TO: Chief of Department FROMs Chief of Training SUBJECT: Monthly Report Dear Sirs During the month of December the annual pumper tests were completed and a copy of the results and maintenance needed for each apparatus was forwarded to the shop division office. The Educational Training Program schedule was completed and examinations were administered to all company personnel ranking from private through captain. A new training schedule was issued for the first quarter of the year. The safety paper was printed and issued also. submitted, R./W. McGill, Chief of Trai Atlanta Fire Department RWM: fm “HELP SAVE LIFE AND PROPERTY BY PREVENTING FIRES"  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 1, Folder 14, Document 12 Box 1 Box 1 Folder 14 Folder topic: Fire department | 1968-1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/558d2beb0d914b77d6002331254e57d9.pdf 99122c1a620d33580cc23e0cfd4ee39d Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. CONSOLIDATED MONTHLY REPORT For the month of December FIRE DEPARTMENT A CLASSIFICATION OF ALARM• How Alarms Were Received: Box Teleol,one Auxiliary and Miscellaneous Total Alarms FIRES In Building, Brush or Grass Rubbish near Buildings Rubbish in Vacant Lots Dumps · Miscellaneous Fires Outdoora Vehicles in Street Total Fires ~ -· - This Month Last Month 136 1020 157 131 3 19 8 811 122 1131 117 641 114 8 72 186 371 11 1 1 16 8 19 7 14 154 102 5 1 4R 117 735 3R 99 522 lR 128 2 63 72 31 161 527 224 100 31 219 57 4 20 8 1262 This Month Last Year . ,I\ , CALLS OTHER THAN FIRES Rescue or Emergency N eodless Calls Accidental Alarms False Alarms Total Calls Other Than Fire, ~~ ~ Total Alarms in City 6 This Year to Date 2045 9 776 19 Last-Year to Dato 13557 126 8 8224 1459 10951 2059 2683 105 16 25 1796 2113 136 20 24 1 7ih LI.A t; '"J.?7 1545 F,q ] R 1392 c; R0R 1838 34 132 436 2501 87 ? 36q 238? 6124 47 4 7 1096 844 1304 2 10555 51 35 28 515 396 51 35 28 515 396 1313 1131 8 72 13557 109 51 40A F, ? 68 } ()Qt; 11q 14q c; OUT-OF-CITY CALLS Special Aid Contract Aid Mutual Aid Total Out-of-City Calla Total Alarm, i B This Month DIRECT ... IIIE L08S 6 4 6 548 17 18 Fire Loss (Bett Figures to Date) Persons Killed by Fire Persons Injured C LOSS BY SIZE OF' F'IRE Over $15,000 $5,000 to $15,000 $1,000 to $5,000 $100 to $1,000 Less than $100 No Loss 4. 11 . 55 9.34 1 5.0 0 2034 . 68 3643 . 46 Thi s Year to Date % of Lo11 % of Fires 3.20 5.71 10.91 20.18 5.18 54. 8 2 335232 3 5 . This Year to Date INDEX ,..IGUIIIES Fires per 1000 population Fires per $1,000,000 valuation Fires per 1000 buildings Fire lo8S per capita Fire loss per $1,000,000 valuation Average Fire losa per building fire D Same Month Last Year 77.05 12.56 7.75 2.55 .09 Last Year % of Fires ¾ of Lo11 2.61 5.17 13.28 19.79 9.06 50.09 66.41 16.40 13.04 3.29 .36 This Year to Date 7 702317 39 1 07 Laat Year to Date 471 5 91 2 18 107 Lut Year to Date 3 . 50 . 50 8 . 14 9.05 . 12 9 6. 05 2S86 . 33 Additional data uaed In C above: Population_ ,?_Q_Q.,_tQQ ____________ _ Valuation of Real Eatat.. corrected to true value Buildings in city_ ~?:.9,_.?§. _________ _ Note : Building fire, and loaea only are used in C and D. •--i~?..g4--4.Q,.~§.t __ �• PAGE 2 E Dece mbe r 1 9 6 8 This Year to Date ANALYS I S OF LOSS FIGURES - FIRES IN BUILDINGS Insurance Carried on Property Involved in Fires Preliminary E&timates of Insurance Losses Total Valuation of Pro~ rty Involved in Fires Insurance Losses Adju sted Insurance Losses Pending (Preliminary Eatimatea) Estimated Uninsured Louea Best Figurea ·to Date · Last Year to Dato 4 78 21 7089 7 0 2 9388 613 9 13 8 7 8 40 2 3 251 352 0698 ':47.250 8 7501 89 6 26 4 75 6 63 4 4 ?n11qn 327921026 3 36 08 20 1031732 25250 9 4 645061 200 4 2.L 7702317 7085.L 4715912 OUTDOOR FIRES (Automobilea, Graa1, Misc.) Beat Figure, to D ate Total1 . ,. F CAUSES OF FIRES IN BUILDINGS Fire• Lon (Beat Figure) % of Total Lo11 No. of Fire1 Lo11· ( Beat Fipre) % of Total Lo.. I Chimneys, Flues 3. Sparks on Wooden Shingle Roofl 4. Sparks on Other Roofing 5. Defective Heaters 6. Rubbish Near Heaters 7. Combustibles Near Heaten a. Open Light,, Flamea 9. Hot Ashes 10. Oil Burners 11. Starting Fires, Kerosene, Gaao- 5 27 1F.7F.7 L1.Rq 9 41 11 152 14 99201 7945 2 3 8547 2 1 6100 1. 3 1 9 .105 3 . 172 2. 8 74 ?.7 c; 00 1 c; 6.34 ? .866 fi34 2 .074 3.343 .003 2.140 2 477 172 fi 1 149 84 1 64 15 2 ] line 42 12 6 14 12 12. Carele11 Smoking Total Building Firee No. of LHt Year to Date 1 1. Chimneys, Soot Burning 2. Defective or Overheated 13. Children with Matches 14. Other Carele11 Uae of Matches 15. Defective Electric Wiring 16. Electric Appliances and Motors 17. Home Dry Cleaning 18. Other Use of Flammable Liquids 19. Lamps and Stov es 20. Gas and Appliances 21. Grease on Stoves 22. Spontaneous Igni tion 23. Fireworks 24. Lightning-Rodded B uildings 25. Lightning-Not Rodded 26. Thawing Pipes 27. Sparks from Machinery 28. Incendiary 29. Miscellaneous Known Causes 30. Suspiciou11 31. Unknown Th11 Year to Date No. of Firea Thi, Month 6 1 535 132 58 151 122 1 66 A.1.-6e4h 65173 47fi83 155995 251355 250 160943 ?? 1 .L 29 10 1 14 9 4 ?O F. l t; .44 652 2 5 ? 7A1t; 1 739 53 25 90 1700 RAnn 1.401 . 59l 3 . 7 3< . 0 5c . 031 10805 36473 169190 117fiS 29314.8 71390 . 23; 7. 76~ 3. 63. . 68 ' 1. 30; 1. 53L 131727 2. 83 .. l.02J 5.26 .09~ . 45, . 00~ .67 8. 69' 4. 56: . 04: 49. 58: _ lR< 2 1 16 1 ' I 1 6 13 51 167 4 11015 207151 47c; .146 2 755 28 141 oni::. R 47520 24i;n19 4S80 1 17 4662 1 .620 20925 571149 116600 .278 7.596 1 . 550 9 2 16 134 90 2 157 21155 120 21500 404631 212349 2040 2306231 1796 4645061 ?~ 22 165 105 2 212 186 2059 4770880 53.452 7501896 �PAGE3 G Thia Year to Date Occupancy of Building a. b. c. d. e. I. PUBLIC BUILDINGS Government Buildings Hospitals and Institutions Schools Churches Amusement Buildings II. DWELLING OCCUPANCIES a. Hotels b. c. d. e. December 1 968 INSPECTIONS, FIRES, AND LOSSES l!IY OCCUPANCIES Lodging Houses Apartments Dwellings Stores and Dwellings III. MERCANTILES Office Buildings Small Retail Stores Restaurants Large Single Occupancy Mercantilea e. Multiple Occupancy Mercantiles f. Wholesale Houses 11. Storue Warehouses a. b. c. d. IV. MANUFACTURING Textile, Fabric Workers Metal Workers W ood Workers Food Products Chemical Works Flammable Liauids and Gases Multiple Occupancy Manufacturin2 b. Miscellaneous Manufacturin2 a. b. c. d. e. f. g. V. a. b. c. d. MISCELLANEOUS BLDGS. Lumber Yards Railroad, Wharf Property Bulk Oil Stora2e Public Garages and Filling Stations e. Private Garaa:es f. Miacellaneoua Structurea Total in BuiJdinga Inspectlona Firea La1t Year to Date LolHI Inapectiona Firea Lo11e1 192 489 1 ? qo 629 1077 2 17 lR 10 17 6 5 200 5714 ? 4.hR l q 52258 14565 0 156 45 1 1078 658 8 15 2 13 10 15 6 1286 7 1 66100 48946 5 64190 281 337 563 9 164 84 78 23 507 8 76 6 1771 5 4 5 49 5 504710 148 7918 2550 225 3 93 c:;1 2? q7 7? 85 25 Ll.lq RO t; 4. 43 319 16095 L].q ? ?04. 11nc.c; ? h t; R? OO 1 1 92 4 3 17 971 45 116 68 2439975 42481 0 160275 1567 1 Rl R q4. 1 48 c:;? c; 7 275950 1177qo ?L1LLR77 496 159 112 4 2300 14000 34075 226918 398 1c:;1 770 1053 5 1 5 23 2500 1 n<rn 4 6 7 c:;o 73000 133100 298 c:;c:;2 154 171 93 qR7 24 l7 6 3 2 25 50190 1 H; 1 01 .2]7 00 16 23550 Q c;Ann 250 2656 234 c:;4. 7 H,F. 137 118 943 R 5 4 29 ?c:;nnn 150 ROR71 762C::, 77 568 7 2S4000 31 6-=!0 l c; 558599 123 11 1 1 2 5000 l 7SOO 1147 1183 703 lR c:;c:;qi:; 44 60 34712 129310 899 1420 i::.R1 26 60 LI. c; 141180 ?41?41 37160 25659 2059 501896 23579 1796 4645061 , 7 67 29 8 2 �H December 1 968 FIR E S AND LOSSE S B Y TYP E OF B UILDING Lo11e1 to Date Fires to Date Type of Building Thie Year BUILDING IN WHICH FIRE STARTED Fi re-Resistive: R einforced Concrete Protected Steel Frame Not Fire-Resistive *: Brick or Stone Walls Iron-Clad Concrete Block or Tile Walla Wood Frame Not Classified Totals in Buildings Where Started Last Year 103 2 2 4 2393 22 88576 6512 8 3 2 460 9 28 31 58 9 20 12 8 50 27 39 750 19 27 6189 7 J 74?10 2 8381 qi::,0577 20~ ':1 .L / 'jb 325617 4 S2n17 2 6 0910 l?.q? 4 l l ? nn 4 r.:; 7 4 13146 4 5 9 1 826 29 22 88750 53235 7501896 4645061 5 188 167 2 I .LU 1 6 771 14 4 10 Total Loss es 1 nt_ .. ,,... _ en n c, I 1r t ! - - m nct l v w,... n A o r w it h u n nr ,.,_ ected St ed Plans checked f or new and alteration Fire al.arm s v s-c.ems new Exit liqht svstems new Fire alarms and e x i t liohts (Exist I Lut Year 77 33 E xposure Losses (Number of the above fires which spread to other buildiruzs, and losses in these other buildings): Thi• Year meml rs. b 1q fiCj FOLLOW- U P O N IN S PECTIONS AND OTH ER F I RE PRE, E N TION WO R K N umb er of Cases in Which the F ollowing Wor k Was Done Inspection s by company personnel Inspe ctions by F ire Preve ntion Bureau Total re-insp ections Gas and fue l a ll i n_~ections New buildings i nspected 1Witef.. inspections of fires in buildinas Oil burners inspected Bottle gas inspections Zoning inspections Complaints received Violations found Extensions of time granted Notices of violations issued Liability notices served Violations corrected conditions referred to other denartments Court actions instituted Arrests made convictions Fire drills supervised Radio talks Other talks and lectures: Number Total audience Photographs taken: for Fire Prev. Bureau other School Exit Drills supervised Dynamite Permits Burning Permits issued =IJIISIIB! permits Issw=,n Thi a Month 129 98 Last Month 582 2056 363 16 16 1 42 180 21 80 237 13 22 133 78 571 33 338 151 457 15 3 31 57 4 19 297 229 406 27 1 I Thia Year to D ate 1503 25 6 59 3530 29 9 326 111.n~ 1 4 f.47 i::,qn 1 LutYear to Date 1S11 21S 77 3144 170 157 11 ~? 3 h? r.:; F.F.OQ 34~ ~Llf, 1012 21 qf. 50f:.1 ini::. 21 1 ?q7 ?175 dQ8fi 24 10 1 c:; 1 18 4 1 1 7 25 3000 _.5A._ __ l? - 38 3720 -· 23 i 1 87 12 2 f. 7 29 i~ 26 402 4h?4F, 482 19 7 1 ~Q 18 l ?l h 418 Remarks on Inspection and Other Fire Prevention Work May Be Found on Page No. 8. ~.4.__ 95 249 1?AOA 3S2 188 107 22 1 ~Ah 536 �December 1 968 T his Month INV GTIGATION OF FI R E S T otal Fires Investigated Determined· Accidental Determined Suspicious Undetermined Origin Incendiary Incendiary F ires : F ires. for which Arrests w ere Made Number of Arrests Cases in which Convictions were Secured N umber of Convictions F alse Alarms : Alaqn!> far which Arrests were Made Cases in which Convictions we,e Secured Misdemeanors (in connection with hres): Convictions Last Month This Y ear to Dato Last Year to Date 25 13 28 317 319 9 1 21 7 4n '6 6 3 16 2 48 144 c;i:; 119 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 22 31 1 - 5 18 ~4 11 1 i:; 21 15 11 6 .s 2 26 11 l. 2 2 1 Not Classified Remarks on Investigation Work : . ~ ., ,. .. December 1968 K PllRSONNEL DATA Manpower Total P ersonnel at End of Month Total Days- Lo.st for Sickness Total Days Lost for In.Jury Average Daily Absences smallest Fighting Force on Duty Largest Fighting Force on Duty Total Days vacation Days off, Personal Military Leave, Days off suspensions, Days off outy out<>0f•City, Days off Holidays Loaned from Ext. Div. This Month 911 880 84 90½ 14 10 7 240 21 Last Month 911 352½ 87 490 17 22 21 441 40 Same Month Last Year 895 439 147 53 24 20 2 178 21 Changes NJpointments Resignations Retirements Dismissals Deaths Promotions Demotions Military Leaves Ret .Mil .Lv. ~eemoloved 3uspended Reclassified This Month 9 6 2 3 1 3 2 2 6 5 This Year to Date 173 102 20 50 4 49 4 31 16 32 20 Last Year to Date 247 97 5 82 240 7 40 18 95 22 42 �PAGE& L December 1 968 This Month HOW ALL FI RES WERE CON T R OLLED o ut before arrival of apparatus BY occupants ( With extingUishers, hose lines, etc.) Automatic sprinklers controlled fire Automatic sprinklers held fire in check Heads Reolac e d BY Fire Department; using : Standp ipe Sys tems Water solution extinguishers Pump cans Foam extinguishers I u Carbon Tetrachloride ·units CO 2 or dry-chemical ·gas units Other type extinguishers Burned off Booster line with fog Booster line with fog and wet water One 1½- inch hos e line with fog One !½ ~inch hose line with fog & wet water Two or more l ½-inch hos e line with fo g Two or rr:ore 1½ - ·i nch hose line with tog · & wet water One 2½-inch hos e line with fog One 2½-inc...1 hose line with s traight stream · Two or more 2½ - inch hos e line with foll! Two or more 2½ - inch hdse line with straiizht streams Brooms _ .__Qther eauinment n 11.rdP-n hoi::e P ulling s ·.,itches or fuses 76 767 1395 ?? 41n 98 41 4 20 1?1 5 15 3 2 2 4 1 1 4 75 205 9 163 4098 180 · -5 45 1{;·1t:; 3 131 117 64 776 11 6 2 110 104 92 622 2? 111 52 110 4 l?~ S? 62 102 130 22 lf'lO 23 17 . 5 11 21 4 Rakes Last Year to Date This ·Year to Date 75 214 20 Ll.? 77 Total Fires At Fires M USE OF EQUIPMENT t 1t - FFeet of booster hose used c,f l½ • inch hose used Feet of 2½ - inch hose used Feet of ladders used Number of s alvage covers s pread Gallc"ls of water used {estimate) Gallons of Wet water used ( estimate) CO 2 {lbs. ) . ,___ Chemical foam (lbs, ) Gas maslrn - Resc. bv LadnPr Co. 's Smoke Eiectors N Last Year to Date 745634 283950 5314 75 37279 1011 588167 257585 459 200 40631 867 2220 1878 707 206 100 S2S 200 22 This MISCELLANEOUS WORK Fire alarm boxes tested F lJ·e alarm boxes painted Underg-round c~ble installed (feet) UnderL,'1"01ind cable removed (feet) - - --·Aerial wire installed (feet) ., Aerial ·,· ire remove-d ( feet) reasons for various r,1oved (Referred to water De_p.artr:!l~!!t) .. _ . - ·· HJtlrants .. Individual cut- o!f valves installed on existin~ l}Ldrants(Referred. WD) ( R:!~~d W~_t hydrants installed 1S 1 900 ! r This Year to D ate Last Year to D ate ·- T his Year to Date Mon.th ~ l~ ew At Drills This Year to D ate 1007 95 14271 1420 42334 10759 Last Year to Dato q?4 91 1615fl 990 2687R 8209 - �7 PAGE December 1968 fN I I MISCELLANEOUS WORK - This CON T. Month Lut Year to Date This Year to Dato EYdrants painted H.Ydre.nts lubricated ! HYdrants renal.red Work done by Engine Comoanies: Hvdrants flushed & insoected Hvdrants oainted HYclrants lubricated Flrewells inspected & lubricated (Not applicable in Atlanta) Pieces of ~l!aratus re~aired Material cost Labor cost Al>(!aratus tire ex11ense 25232 26380 9840 49 I 0 WOltK OP' P'IIII: COMPANll:8 WORKING TIME Times om.-ny Number of Number Rum at Work: at At Fires ' Hra. Min. RUD ll'ir- ' - --· - Engine Truck Mile, · - --- Special Hn. Min. At FirN Min. Hra. Special Hn. Min. �PAGE 8 De c e mbe r 196 8 EQUIPMENT USED BY SQUAD CAR This Month No. of Runs This Year Last Month to Date Last Year to oate 42 37 4 32 ~11 , 3 10 4 32 53 30 32 Bandages First Aid Resc. Inhalatcrs & 10 Splints Blankets I I Diving Hoods Oxygen Masks Mileage ESTIMATED MILES SAVED BY CANCELLATION VIA RADIO This Month ·Last Month This Year to o a.t e L ast Year t o oate REMARKS (Use space below for comm ents or explanation of important or unusual i t ems in any section, A too, above.) �I December 196 8 WORI< OF FIRE COMPANIES THIS MONTH p T 1 n7 31 2 QF, 3 54 57 96 88 90 33 40 107 79 64 67 34 61 97 80 44 62 45 40 73 50 19 57 53 15 19 18 56 39 14 54 47 59 11 29 20 9 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 I 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 R-1 R-2 R-3 R-4 Y-1 Y-2 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 R- 21 C 47 53 s 71 29 121 108 80 89 86 R- 43 2 p 89 62 72 72 LAST YEAR THIS YEAR R- 4 2 18 48 37 37 38 23 15 I I I 971 8 15 74 3 763 1266 996 1161 522 465 1000 808 790 617 363 588 1138 765 431 534 452 465 845 507 242 58 3 6 03 139 241 231 38 9 397 26 2 6 31 534 537 140 322 183 101 4 T C 478 630 8 71 1137 8 14 398 694 717 786 1 486 1156 968 1130 817 309 547 315 4 06 355 243 83 s p 583 525 483 575 956 826 785 398 · 276 766 596 625 489 311 467 734 551 . 320 517 424 408 609 344 25 4 472 488 179 251 24 5 293 344 216 4 24 468 4 46 1 57 249 13( 65 R-34 1 T C 28 3 4 36 647 Rnn 521 291 486 1086 4 76 980 537 514 667 621 246 389 23 0 30 2 34 6 22 7 s � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. 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Text Any textual data included in the document CONSOLIDATED MONTHLY REPORT Pm aa ) FIRE DEPARTMENT For the month of December 19_68 This Last This Month || This Year Last Year A CLASSIFICATION OF ALARMS Month Month Last Year to Date to Date How Alarms Were Received: Box 136 198 117 2045 1268 Teleplione 1020 811 641 9776 8224 Auxiliary and Miscellaneous 157 122 114 1736 1459 Total Alarms L3L3 LI3l 872 355-7 LOO51 ny * FIRES In Buildings 186 168 154 2059 1796 Brush or Grass 371 197 102 2683 2113 Rubbish near Buildings 11 14 5 105 136 Rubbish in Vacant Lots iL 6 L 16 20 Dumps - Ho 25 24 Miscellaneous Fires Outdoors 48 323 18 485 39:9 Vehicles in Street 117 99 128 1545 1392 Total Fires 735 522 408 6918 5808 CALLS OTHER THAN FIRES Rescue or Emergency 263 224 208 2501 1838 Needless Calls wie) 100 62 872 1095 Accidental Alarms cL 31 34 369 319 False Alarms 161 219 132 2382 1495 Total Calls Other Than Fires 527 574 436 6124 4747 Total Alarms in City 1262 1096 844 13042 10555 OUT-OF-CITY CALLS Special Aid Contract Aid 51 35 28 Sis 396 Mutual Aid Total Out-of-City Calls 51 35 23 515 396 Total Alarms 1313" L132 872 M3557 LO951 ' This 4 Same Month This Year Last Year B sCODIRECcT FirRE Loss Month Last Year to Date to Date Fire Loss (Best Figures to Date) 646548 335232 7702317 4715912 Persons Killed by Fire 17 3 39 18 Persons Injured 18 5 107 Lee C _sINbEx FIGURES This Year to Date | Last Year to Date Fires per 1000 population 4.10 3.50 Fires per $1,000,000 valuation 55 50 Fires per 1000 buildings 9.34 8.14 Fire loss per capita 15.00 9 05 Fire loss per $1,000,000 valuation 2034.68 1296.05 Average Fire loss per building fire 3643.46 2586.33 D LOSS BY SIZE This Year to Date Last Year OF FIRE % of Fires | % of Loss | % of Fires| % of Loss Additional data used in C above: Over $15,000 7.30.1 77.05 2.61 66.41 Population. 590,100 220 $5,000 to $15,000 5.7L 12.56 Be 16.40 Valuation of Real Estate, corrected $1,000 to $5,000 10.91 7.75 13.28 13.04 to true value s..3687440561 $100 to $1,000 20.18 2.55 | 19.79 3.29 Buildings in city.220076 0. Less than $100 5.18 09 9.06 -36 Note: Building fires and losses only are No Loss 54.82 50.09 ah © 31 8, PAGE 2 December 1968 E ANALYSIS OF LOSS FIGURES This Year Last Year * to Date to Date ; FIRES IN BUILDINGS Insurance Carried on Property Involved in Fires 478217089 264756634 Preliminary Estimates of Insurance Losses 7029388 4201190 Total Valuation of Property Involved in Fires 613913878 327921026 Insurance Losses Adjusted 4023251 3360820 Insurance Losses Pending (Preliminary Estimates) 35206983 1031732 Estimated Uninsured Losses ‘A72508 252509 Best Figures to Date 7501896 4645061 OUTDOOR FIRES (Automobiles, Grasa, Misc.) Best Figures to Date 200421 70851 Totals 7702317 4715912 No. of This Year to Date Last Year to Date CAUSES OF FIRES Fires ; eer % of ; % of F IN BUILDINGS men Fiioe (Best Figure) eg Fire. (Best Figure) potat 1. Chimneys, Soot Burning 1 Z. Defective or Overheated Chimneys, Flues 5 27 36767 489 22 20615 443 3. Sparks on Wooden Shingle Roofs 1 4. Sparks on Other Roofing 7 5. Defective Heaters 9 41 99201 | 1.319 29 65225 | 1.404 6. Rubbish Near Heaters Ly 7945 105 10 97835 .594 7. Combustibles Near Heaters 15 152 238547 | 3.172 114 173953 5 a73g 8. Open Lights, Flames 2 14 216100 | 2.874 9 2590 O55 9. Hot Ashes 4 1700 .03¢ 10. Oil Burners L 275 003 5 8800 189 ll. Starting Fires, Kerosene, Gaso- line iL 2 10805 snag 12, Careless Smoking A2 535 476846 16.342 A7T7 36473 Tied OF 13. Children with Matches 12 132 65173 ~866 172. 169190 | 3.633 14. Other Careless Use of Matches 6 58 47683 ~634 63 31765 689 15. Defective Electric Wiring 14 151 155995 | 2.074 149 293148 1.30 16, Electric Appliances and Motors 2 122 251355 | 3.343 84 71390 1.534 17. Home Dry Cleaning td 250 -003 1. 18. Other Use of Flammable Liquids 6 66 160943 2.140 64 LTRryo7 2.832 19. Lamps and Stoves 2 20. Gas and Appliances 3 5] TLULs - 146 28 47520 024 21. Grease on Stoves 16 167 207151 | 2,755 141 245019 5.264 22. Spontaneous Ignition 1 4 475 006 8 4580 094 23. Fireworks 24. Lightning—Rodded Buildings 1 25. Lightning—-Not Rodded = 17 46621 .620 9 22155 -454 26. Thawing Pipes 2 120 .008 27, Sparks from Machinery i 22 20925 278 16 21500 OL 28. Incendiary 6 165 571149 | 7.596 134 404631 8.699 29. Miscellaneous Known Causes 13 105 116600 {1.550 90 212349 4.565 30. Suspicious 2 2 2040 047 31, Unknown 23 212 4770880 _ 63.452 EST 2306231 | 49.583 Poeal Buliting Fives 186 || 2059 | 7501896 1796 | 4645061 GS INSPECTIONS, FIRES, AND LOSSES BY OCCUPANCIES December 1968 PAGE 3 Occupancy This Year to Date Last Year to Date of Building Inspections Fires Losses Inspections Fires Losses I. PUBLIC BUILDINGS a. Government Buildings 192 2 65200 156 2 b. Hospitals and Institutions 489 17 5714 451 13 12867 c. Schools 1290 12 246819 1078 [EG 166100 d. Churches 629 10 52258 658 15 489465 e. Amusement Buildings 1077 17 145650 815 6 64190 II. DWELLING OCCUPANCIES a. Hotels 281 78 LITLS 225 85 43319 b. Lodging Houses S37 23 45495 393 25 16095 c. Apartments 5639 50% 504710 5122 419 492204 d. Dwellings 164 876 {1487918 97 805 1306526 e, Stores and Dwellings B4 6 2550 a _A 523200 III. MERCANTILES a. Office Buildings 1192 45 2439975 1567 48 275950 b. Small Retail Stores 4317 116 424810 3818 52 137790 c. Restaurants 971 68 160275 941 57 244877 d. Large Single Occupancy Mercantiles 496 4 2300 398 5 2500 e. Multiple Occupancy Mercantiles 159 6 14000 153 3 f, Wholesale Houses 1124 7 34075 770 5 73000 g. Storage Warehouses 1098 50 {1226918 1053 23 133100 IV. MANUFACTURING a. Textile, Fabric Workers 298 24. 50190 234 16 23550 b. Metal Workers 552 Ee 116101 547 8 5800 c. Wood Workers 154 6 27700 166 2 25000 d, Food Products FA 3 137 5 150 e. Chemical Works 93 2 250 118 4 8087 f, Flammable Liquids and Gases 987 25 2656 943 23 7625 g-. Multiple Occupancy Manufac- : turing 77 31 2 h, Miscellaneous Manufacturing 568 iy 254000 630 15 558599 V. MISCELLANEOUS BLDGS, a. Lumber Yards L23 1 5000 67 b. Railroad, Wharf Property LL 2 29 1 7500 c. Bulk Oil Storage 2 8 d, Public Garages and Filling Stations 1147 18 5595 899 26 141380 |e. Private Garages 1183 4a, 34712 1420 60 241241 | £. Miscellaneous Structures 703 60 129310 583 AS 37160 Total in Buildings 25659 2059 7501896 23579 1796 {4645061  PRGEY December 1968 Hi FIRES AND LOSSES BY TYPE OF BUILDING ers Fires to Date Losses to Dato AIEEE This Year Last Year This Year Last Year BUILDING IN WHICH FIRE STARTED Fire-Resistive: Reinforced Concrete Cal 103 242393 651283 Protected Steel Frame 33 2 2288576 2460 Not Fire-Resistive*: ‘ Brick or Stone Walls 928 850 3256174 | 2761897 Iron-Clad 31 27 52637 174230 Concrete Block or Tile Walls 58 39 260910 28381 Wood Frame 920 750 129241] 960577 Not Classified 12 1 ae Totals in Buildings Where Started 2050 ane 7413146 | 4591826 Exposure Losses (Number of the above fires which spread to! other buildings, and losses in these other buildings) : 29 22 88750 E235 Total Losses 7501896 | 4645061 = Int i w wi ct 1_ members. Plans checked for new and alteration 5 188 167 Fire alarm systems new 2 id LO Exit light systems new 1 6 14 Fire alarms and exit lights (Exist 39 65 771, 4230 [FOLLOW-UP ON INSPECTIONS AND OTHER FIRE PREVENTION W mer af gens ER Be This Month | Last Month | TH Year | Last Yeu Inspections by company personnel 582 180 1503 153.3 Inspections by Fire Prevention Bureau 2056 2180 25659 23577 Total re-inspections 363 237 3530 3144 Gas and fuel oil inspections WS 16 13 299 170 New buildings inspected 16 22 326 LS7 Boiter inspections of fires in buildings 142 133 1403 1132 Oil burners inspected 1 Bottle gas inspections i a 3 Zoning inspections Complaints received = 7 ee A ow Nee ee EF. 647 625 Violations found - _ 571 574 6901 6609 Extensions of time granted 33 = 19 343 346 Notices of violations issued 338 297 3012 1297 Liability notices served as 252 oh 2 2B it 2396 2175 Violations corrected 457 406 5063 4986 Conditions referred to other departments L5 2 27 306 351 Court actions instituted 3 1 21 18 Arrests made = 4 Convictions L ie 24 10 Fire drills supervised a ‘li a oe 33 34 Radio talks 26 95 Other talks and lectures: Number cS 25 | 38 ____ 402 249 | Total audience 3000 | 3720 46246 32808 Photographs taken: for Fire Prev. Bureau se Re ecarees 482 352 Other 2 23 197 188 School Exit Drills supervised 3 138 107 Dynamite Permits ae 2 18 22 Burning Permits issued 87 67 1216 1386 [ee per permits Issued 12 29 418 536 Remarks on Inspection and Other Fire Prevention Work May Be Found on Page No. 8. December 1968 PAGE S&S we This Last This Year Last Year 3 INVESTIGATION OF FIRES Month Month to Date to Date Total Fires Investigated 25 38 317 319 Determined Accidental Ls 9 121 140 Determined Suspicious : 2 5 Undetermined Origin ‘6 3 48 55 Incendiary 6 16 144 119 Incendiary Fires: Fires for which Arrests were Made 2 1 22 31 Number of Arrests 2 1 18 34 Cases in which Convictions were Secured 1 1 91 15 Number of Convictions L 1 21 15 False Alarms: Alarms for which Arrests were Mzde 11 J5 Cases in which Convictions were Secured 6 2 Misdemeanors (in connection with fires): E 26 Convictions 1 2 TE]: Not Classified 2 Remarks on Investigation Work: December 1968 IK PRRSONNEL DATA wesw | ake | alate [REESE] come | teh [Bote] MEE" Total Personnel at End of Month 911 911 895 Appointments 9 173 247 Total Days Lost for Sickness 880 352% 439 Resignations 6 102 97 Total Days Lost for Injury 64 87 147 Retirements 2 20 5 Average Daily Absences Dismissals 3 50 82 Smallest Fighting Force on Duty Deaths 4! 4 Lergest Fighting Force on Duty Promotions 3 A9 240 Total Days Vacation 90% 490 53 Demotions A 7 Days off, Personal 14 17 24 Military Leaves 2 31 AO Military Leave, Days off LO 22 20 Ret.Mil.Lv. 2 16 18 Suspensions, Days off 7 21 2 \|Reemployed 6 32 95 Duty outeof-City, Days off buspended 5 20 22 Holidays 240 AAL 178 Reclassified 42 Loaned from Ext. 21 AQ 21 Div. PAGE 6 HOW ALL FIRES WERE CONTROLLED Out before arrival of By occupants (with e hose Automatic By Fire Department, using: Water solution cans Foam e ‘held fire in check Standpipe Systems Cc or off line line with and wet water One i%-inch hose line with 1a ne more 1 be At Fires At Drill USE OF EQUIPMENT This Year Last Year This Year Last Year to Date to Date to Date to Date Fe2t of booster hose used 745634 588167 Fest of P4-inch hose used 283950 257585 Feet of 2%4-inch hose used 531475 459200 Feet of ladders used 37279 40631 Number of salvage covers spread 1011 867 Galicns of water used (estimate) Gallons of Wet Water used (estimate) CO, (ibs.). 2220 1878 Chemical foam (lbs.) Gas masks / 7O7 525 Resc. by Ladder Co.'s 206 200 Smoke Ejectors 100 22 This This Year Last Year N MISCELLANEOUS WORK Month to Date to Date Fire alarm boxes tested 15 1007 924 Fire alarm boxes painted i 95 BL Underground cable installed (feet) 14271 16156 ‘Undergrovnd cable removed (feet) 1420 990 | Aerial wire installed ( feet) 900 42334 26878 Aérial wire removed (feet) > 10759 8209 _Byiants moved for verious reasons “(Referred to Water peneiaD. Al Individual cut-off valves installed on existing hydrants¢ Referred WD) New hydrants installed £ Referred WD} pace / December 1968 ; This This Year Ns MISCELLANEOUS WORK — CONT. Month to Date Firewells inspected & lubricated (Not applicable in Atlanta) cost _Apperatus tire expense & work or Fire comPanize inser Times WORKING TIME a wn at Sompany of Work Miles Number | Runs at Run At Fires PAGE & No. of Runs Bandages First Aid ~ Inhalatas & Resc. Splints Blankets Div Hoods Masks Mileage EQUIPMENT USED BY SQUAD CAR This Month December 1968 This Year Last Year Last Month to Date to pate ESTIMATED MILES SAVED BY CANCELLATION VIA RADIO This Month ‘Last Month This Year to Date Last Year to Date REMARKS (Use space below for comments or explanation of important or unusual items in any section, A to O, above.) December 1968 WORK OF FIRE COMPANIES THIS MONTH THIS YEAR LAST YEAR R-432 R-341 T Cc Ss P 7 Cc  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 1, Folder 14, Document 11 Box 1 Box 1 Folder 14 Folder topic: Fire department | 1968-1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/74c81820b385fae10ca9476fc03cb00f.pdf 78cabe39952bc84ee387449769b83ad1 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. The undersigned are reside nts _g!_ ~he_ Seminole Court Apartments . The buildf9g _ at 585 Seminole Ave . , N. E. , directly South of the apartments, is to be razed in the near future because of the Expressway . Several other buildings in this neighborhood have been razed by Hudgins and Company, and the combustible materials were burned at the site . However, the law limiting the size of the fire to 10 feet in diameter was not obeyed , the fires were often 40 to 50 f e et in diameter, and the material was not completely burned but was doused with water and left smouldering for several days . Also, the burned-out debris was not taken away. This caused an unpleasant odor, and is harmful to the health . Because of the dang~r of fire to the Seminole Court Apartments, whose upper floors are constr ucted of wood , and the failure of the contractors t o observe the law, we are r espectfully petitioning you to refuse a permit to the contractors to burn the combus t ible material whe n razing the building at 585 Seminole Ave ., N. E. (Y?! s- Cf I -s-93 5eMl",oc/£ /lv€ A)E. Ar: 6 - 9 7 ~~ fl Ck--N.' ff? f_e_ _( { & � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Pity, The undersigned are residents ‘of the Seminole Court Apartments. The building. at 585 Seminole Ave., N. E., directly South of the apartments, is to be razed in the near future because of the Expressway. Several other buildings in this neighborhood have been razed by Hudgins and Company, and the combustible mater- ials were burned at the site. However, the law limiting the size of the fire to 10 feet in diameter was not obeyed, the fires were often 40 to 50 feet in diameter, and the material was not completely burned but was doused with water and left smouldering for several days. Also, the burned-out debris was not taken away, This caused an unpleasant odor, and is harmful to the health. Because of the danger of fire to the Seminole Court Apartments, whose upper floors are constructed of wood, and the failure of the contractors to observe the law, we are respectfully petitioning you to refuse a permit to the contrac- tors to burn the combustible material when razing the building at 585 Seminole Avée., N. EB. ADDRESS By ! 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Title A name given to the resource Box 1, Folder 14, Document 10 Box 1 Box 1 Folder 14 Folder topic: Fire department | 1968-1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/db1228b59a9eb73066e623c058c8b1f5.pdf aaad7cf64c69f26da160c5670885a5cc Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Metropolitan Cities That Do Not Operate a Fire Department Shop. The f ollowing question was a s ked of each nrunici pal i ty that is covered by this survey. "As the Chief of your department, would you give your candid opinion as to which method is more efficient?" Cincinnati, Ohio Chief B. A. Lugannani Comment: There are good a rguments pr o and con on both meth ods of ma intaining equipment. Howev er 1 all factors bei ng equal, I think t here c an b e l i t t l e qu es tion that when th e repai r s ho p is part i of the Fire Department , the qua lity and quantit y of the work are far s uper ior to that obtained f r om an agency responsibl e for the ma i ntenance of a wi de variety of automotive equi pment. A comparison of Fire De partment maint en ance shops i n Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohi o readily demonstrat es this. The Columbus shops a re well maintained, with me chan i cs tra ined i n th e ser vicing of f ire ~quipment ·only, wh o devot e thei r entir e time to meeting the needs of the Fire Servic e a nd wh o a r e subject to Fire Depart ment discipline. In Cin cinnati t h e area designated as t h e Fire Division s hop is shared with s t reet s weep er s 9 a tire shop and a wash rack. The general ap pearanc e i s more t h at of a truc k junkyard than of an effi ci ent, well maint ained repair shop . Alt hough me chani cs are su pposed t o b e a s signed to Fire apparatus, t h ere is frequ ent transferring of pers onnel so t hat some men whose ma jor me chanical ex perience is tha t gained i n t he lawn mower and small car s hop are assign ed as Fire equ ipment me chanics und er supervisor s wit h little more experienc e . Over the yearsj the Fire Division has l ost pra cti cally all e ff e ctive control over t his agenc y . The situation in general is far from satisfact ory. There is an area , howev er, which a Fire Chief cannot ignore in evalu ating a centrali zed maint enan ce sh op . This is the area of economy t o the municipal operation. Unquestionabl y the maintenance of separate repair agencies--personnel, equipment, buildings, etc.--for each Cit y department cannot help but be more costly than when they are centralized, taking advantage of the economies that are achieved through the consolidation of pers onne l , equipment and buildings. Although th e centraliz ed agency will probably never serve an individual department or division as effectively as one of its own, I believe it can be operat ed with a degree of efficiency 'that would be acceptable» if a City Administration establishes control s that restrict the maintenance facility to a serv ice organ iz ation and insure the operating agencies of supervisory control over their own work and f u ll cqnt,.rol over selection and approval of their equipment 1 For a level Class is an Fire Department that f or years has maintained a high of efficiency and discipline, and recently attained a One A. I.A. rating , our present maintenance facility eyesore and a disgrace . City Administrat ion is becoming aware of th isj and it is anticipated that some corrective action will be forthcominga -1- �It may be of some value to r elat e so me of our background in this area. Until shortly after the end of World War II, the Fire Division did have its own r epai r sh op ~ with most personnel being part of the uniformed ran kso At that t ime, i n an economy move, the City centralized the mainten an ce sh ops und er one J\fu nicipal Garag e operation. Ho wev er, the Fire Di vision retained a supervisory position in the Municipal Garage with supervisory authority over the mechanics wor ki ng on Fire apparatus and with some voice in the transfer of men in and out of the Fire Department repai r section. This man , under the Fire Chief, had full control over practically all matters concerning Fire equipment. His position carried the ti·t l e of Sup ervisor of Fire Apparatus and Equipment and had rank equal to a Battalion Chief. · ·, In January, 1966, over strenuous objection of the Fire .Division, this position was abolished, and all operational control over t he repai r facilities -by the Fire Divisi on was take n away. Since then, we have be en able to show the need for filling the vacated position, but it has be en r eestablished at the rank of Lieutenant. The new position , however, has no supervisory authority and little control over th e s hop work related to Fire Department equipment and as to other duties and responsibilities assigned to the f nrmer. posi t i on at the Municipal Garage . There has been strong opposi t i on from t he man i n charge of municipal f a c i l i ties to the presen c e ,o f any Fire Division personnel in his operation. San Francisco, California. Chief William Murray. Comment: I f we had our own mai nt enanc e shop i t woul d b e more effi cient . J a cksonvi l le, Fl ori da. Chie f J. J. Hubb a rd. We It if it operated our own ma int enance sh op unt il Novemb er 1968. is now u nder t h e Ci t y Motor Pool . I t is my opi nion that we had our own s hop und er Fire Department Supervision would be mor e effi c ient . Fairfax Count yj Vi rginia. Chi ef Wa Ha Burtonj Jr. Comment: Cent ralized repair shop for alr ..the municipalit y may wor k efficiently for t h e Fire Servicej but I do not believe t h is would be possibl e without cl os a control b y the Fire Service. Su ch contro l wi l l ne ces sit at e a well qua lified Superint endant of Fir e Equipment and other personnel , al l under the control of the Fire Chief . -2- ., �Minneapolis, Minnesota. Chief K. W. Hall. Comment: Our Maintenance of Fire Apparatus is conducted by the Equipment Division of the Department of Public Works. We are satisfied with the service and fe el that it is more efficient and economical than it was when under the Fire Department. This is partly due to having to use the shop to employ various disabled fire fighters whereas this is not possible now. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Chief Harry J. Keller. Comment: No, we do not operate our Maintenance Shop. It is my opinion it would be better under the Fire Department Supervision. Newark , New Jersey. Chief J.M. Redden. Comment: I find that c entralized maintenance, as opposed to a Fire Department operated shop, to be a severe detrement to Fire Department operations. Cleveland, Ohio. Comment: A separate and. complete maintenan ce would be more efficient. New Haven, Conn ecticut . Chief Frank Sweeny. Comment: No Department takes c are of its equipment like the Fire Service. You will not be satisfied with a City operated repair complex. Jersey City, New Jersey. Chief R. A. Gibney. Comment: A central garage maintained by the Department of Public Works maintains our equipmente This arrangement has been in existence short period of time., _ JJnable to say which method is more efficient., New Orleansj Louisiana Comment: A shop operated by the Fire Department for Fire Department e qu ipment is the only way a large Department can keep equipment rolling • . .3 V / �Salt Lake City, Utah. Comment: Public Safet y Garage comprises: Fire Department, Police Department, and Boa~d of Health, all under the direction of the Fire Department Master Me chani c. We think our system of public safety works very well. We always have our fire apparatus under our supervision. Tulsa, Oklahoma. Chief E. s. Hawkins. Comment: We had our o~m sho p for some 50 years, but for many reasons--cost, help, etc., we joined a Central City Maintenance Shop. A Fire Department Shop is more efficient ' when adequate quarters and personnel can be providedo Most cities are growing so rapidly that a Central Garage is a must. We have a firm understanding that our emergency equipment co mes first. Richmond, Virginia. Chi ef Sherry . Comment: I think a separate Maintenance Shop is more efficient and more economical. 4 . � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Metropolitan Cities That Do Not Operate a Fire Department Shop, The following question was asked of each municipality that is covered by this survey. "As the Chief of your department, would you give your candid opinion as to which method is more efficient?" Cincinnati, Ohio Chief B. A. Lugannani Comment: There are good arguments pro and con on both methods of maintaining equipment. However, all factors being equal, I think there can be little question that when the repair shop is part of the Fire Department, the quality and quantity of the work are far superior to that obtained from an agency responsible for the maintenance of a wide variety of automotive equipment. A comparison of Fire Department maintenance shops in Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio readily demonstrates this. The Columbus shops are well maintained, with mechanics trained in the servicing of fire equipment ‘only, who devote their entire time to meeting the needs of the Fire Service and who are subject to Fire Department discipline. In Cincinnati the area designated as the Fire Division shop is shared with street sweepers, a tire shop and a wash rack. The general appearance is more that of a truck junkyard than of an efficient, well maintained repair shop. Although mechanics are supposed to be assigned to Fire apparatus, there is frequent transferring of personnel so that some men whose major mechanical experience is that gained in the lawn mower and small car shop are assigned as Fire equipment mechanics under supervisors with little more experience. Over the years, the Fire Division has lost practically all effective control over this agency. The situation in general is far from satisfactory. There is an area, however, which a Fire Chief cannot ignore in evaluating a centralized maintenance shop. This is the area of economy to the municipal operation. Unquestionably the maintenance of separate repair agencies--personnel, equipment, buildings, etc.--for each City department cannot help but be more costly than when they are centralized, taking advantage of the economies that are achieved through the consoli- dation of personnel, equipment and buildings. Although the centralized agency will probably never serve an individual department or division as effectively as one of its own, I believe it can be operated with a degree of efficiency that would be acceptable, if a City Administration establishes con- trols that restrict the maintenance facility to a service organization and insure the operating agencies of supervisory control over their own work and full eqntrol over selection and approval of their equipment For a Fire Department that for years has maintained a high level of efficiency and discipline, and recently attained a Class One A.I.A. rating, our present maintenance facility is an eyesore and a disgrace. City Administration is becoming aware of this, and it is anticipated that some corrective action will be forthcoming. It may be of some value to relate some of our background in this area. Until shortly after the end of World War II, the Fire Division did have its own repair shop, with most personnel being part of the uniformed ranks. At that time, in an economy move, the City centralized the maintenance shops under one Municipal Garage operation. However, the Fire Division retained a supervisory position in the Municipal Garage with supervisory authority over the mechanics working on Fire apparatus and with some voice in the transfer of men in and out of the Fire Depart- ment repair section. This man, under the Fire Chief, had full control over practically all matters concerning Fire equipment. His position carried the title of Supervisor of Fire Apparatus and Equipment and had rank equal to a Battalion Chief. In January, 1966, over strenuous objection of the Fire Division, this position was abolished, and all operational control over the repair facilities: by the Fire Division was taken away. Since then, we have been able to show the need for filling the vacated position, but it has been reestablished at the rank of Lieutenant. The new position, however, has no supervisory authority and little control over the shop work related to Fire Department equipment and as to other duties and respon- sibilities assigned to the former position at the Municipal Garage. There has been strong opposition from the man in charge of municipal facilities to the presqce of any Fire Division personnel in his operation. San Francisco, California. Chief William Murray. Comment: If we had our own maintenance shop it would be more efficient. Jacksonville, Florida. Chief J. J. Hubbard. We operated our own maintenance shop until November 1968. It is now under the City Motor Pool. It is my opinion that if we had our own shop under Fire Department Supervision it would be more efficient. Fairfax County, Virginia. Chief W. H. Burton, Jr. Comment: Centralized repair shop for all the municipality may work efficiently for the Fire Service, but I do not delieve this would be possible without close control by the Fire Service. Such control will necessitate a well qualified Superintendant of Fire Equipment and other personnel, all under the control of the Fire Chief, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Chief K. W. Hall. Comment: Our Maintenance of Fire Apparatus is conducted by the Equipment Division of the Department of Public Works. We are satisfied with the service and feel that it is more efficient < and economical than it was when under the Fire Department. Yo This is partly due to having to use the shop to employ various disabled fire fighters whereas this is not possible now. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Chief Harry J. Keller. Comment: No, we do not operate our Maintenance Shop. It is my opinion it would be better under the Fire Department Super- vision. : . Newark, New Jersey. Chief J. M. Redden. Comment: I find that centralized maintenance, as opposed to a Fire Department operated shop, to be a severe detrement to Fire Department operations. — Cleveland, Ohio. Comment: A separate and.complete maintenance would be more efficient. : New Haven, Connecticut. Chief Frank Sweeny. Comment: No Department takes care of its equipment like the Fire Service. You will not be satisfied with a City operated repair complex. Jersey City, New Jersey. Chief R. A. Gibney. Comment: A central garage maintained by the Department of Public Works maintains our equipment. This arrangement has been in existence short period of time. Unable to say which method is more efficient. New Orleans, Louisiana Comment: A shop operated by the Fire Department for Fire Depart- ment equipment is the only way a large Department can keep equip- ment rolling. Salt Lake City, Utah. Comment: Public Safety Garage comprises: Fire Department, Police Department, and Board of Health, all under the direction of the Fire Department Master Mechanic. We think our system of public safety works very well. We always have our fire apparatus under our supervision. Tulsa, Oklahoma. Chief E. S. Hawkins. Comment: We had our own shop for some 50 years, but for many reasons--cost, help, etc., we joined a Central City Maintenance Shop. A Fire Department Shop is more efficient when adequate quarters and personnel can be provided. Most cities are growing so rapidly that a Central Garage is a mist. We have a firm understanding that our emergency equipment comes first. Richmond, Virginia. Chief Sherry. Comment: I think a separate Maintenance Shop is more efficient and more economical.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 1, Folder 14, Document 9 Box 1 Box 1 Folder 14 Folder topic: Fire department | 1968-1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/d4439a74c526e8bce09560b6243ddbd0.pdf faaa5ed9a9e2a832b4dbfc975e8fb694 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. )\ Metropolitan Cities That Do Not Operate a Fire Department Shop. The following question was asked of each nrunicipality that is covered by t hio survey. "As the Chief of your department, would you give your candid opinion as to which method is more efficient?" Cincinnati, Ohio Chief B. A. Lugannani Comment: There are good arguments pro and con on both methods of maintaining equipment. However , all factors being equal, I t h ink there can be little question th at when the repair shop is, part_ _ _ of the Fire Department, the quality and quantity of the work are far superior to that obtained from an agency responsible for the maintenance of a wide variety of automotive equipment. A comparison of Fire Department maintenance shops in Cincinna~i and Columbus, Ohio readily demonstrates this. The Columbus s .t.ops are well maintained, with mechanics trained in the servicing of fir~ ~quipment only, who devot e their entire time to meeting the needs of the Fire Service and who are subject to Fire Department discipline. In Cincinnat i the area designated as the Fire Division shop is shared with street s weeper s, a tire shop and a wash rack. · The general appearance is more that of a truck junkyard than of an efficient, well maintained repair shop. Although me chani cs are supposed to be assigned to Fire apparatus, there is frequent transferring of personnel so that s ome men whose major me chanical experience is that gained in the lawn mower and small car shop are assigned as Fire equipment me ch ani cs under supervisors with little more experience. Over the years, the Fire Division has lost pra ctically all effective control over this agency. The situation in general is far from satisfactory. There is an area, however, which a Fire Chie f cannot ignore in evaluating a centrali zed maintenance sh op. This is the area of economy to the municipal operation. Unquestionably the maintenance of separate repair agencies--pers onnel, equipment , buildings, etce--for each City department cannot help but be more costly than when they are centralized, taking advantage of the e conomies that are achieved through the consolidation of personnel, equipment and buildings. Although the centraliz ' d agency will probably never serve an individual deµ3.rtment or division as e ~e ~~v~:J ~s o~ · ~ · t~se tto wn = i ·, ~ r~believe it can be operated with a degree of effic: would be acceptable, if a City Administration establishes controls that restrict the maintenance facility to a service organization and insure the operating agencies of supervisory contro.l over the i r own work and full control over selection and approval of thei. r equipment For a Fire Department that for years has maintained a high level of efficiency and discipline, and recently at tained a Class One A.I.Aerating, our present maintenance facility is an eyesore and a disgrace. City Administration is becoming aware of this, and it is anticipated that some corrective action will be forthcoming. -1- � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Ezel Laader s Metropolitan Cities That Do Not Operate a Fire Department Shop, The following question was asked of each municipality that is covered by this survey. "As the Chief of your department, would you give your candid opinion as to which method is more efficient?" Cincinnati, Ohio Chief B. A. Lugannani Comment: There are good arguments pro and con on both methods of maintaining equipment. However, all factors being eaual, I think there can be little question that when the repair shop is. part__ of the Fire Department, the quality and quantity of the work are far superior to that obtained from an agency responsible for the maintenance of a wide variety of automotive equipment. A comparison of Fire Department maintenance shops in Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio readily demonstrates this. The Columbus st.ops are well maintained, with mechanics trained in the servicing of fire equipment only, who devote their entire time to meeting the needs of the Fire Service and who are subject to Fire Department discipline. In Cincinnati the area designated as the Fire Division shop is shared with street sweepers, a tire shop and a wash rack. The general appearance is more that of a truck junkyard than of an efficient, well maintained repair shop. Although mechanics are supposed to be assigned to Fire apparatus, there is frequent transferring of personnel so that some men whose major mechanical experience is that gained in the lawn mower and small car shop are assigned as Fire equipment mechanics under supervisors with little more experience. Over the years, the Fire Division has lost practically all effective control over this agency. The situation in general is far from satisfactory. There is an area, however, which a Fire Chief cannot ignore in evaluating a centralized maintenance shop. This is the area of economy to the municipal operation. Unquestionably the maintenance of separate repair agencies--personnel, equipment, buildings, etc.--for each City department cannot help but be more costly than when they are centralized, taking advantage of the economies that are achieved through the consoli- dation of personnel, equipment and buildings. Although the centralized agency will probably never sérve an individual department or division as efiecistcl, as OF ° aire eect, believe it can be operated with a degree of effic would be acceptable, if a City Administration establishes con- trols that restrict the maintenance facility to a service organization and insure the operating agencies of supervisory control over their own work and full control over selection and approval of their equipment For a Fire Department that for years has maintained a high level of efficiency and discipline, and recetly attained a Class One A.I.A. rating, our present maintenance facility is an eyesore and a disgrace. City Administration is becoming aware of this, and it is anticipated that some corrective action will be forthcoming.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 1, Folder 14, Document 8 Box 1 Box 1 Folder 14 Folder topic: Fire department | 1968-1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/84d73e45d0a7e88f175cb7cd7e469a66.pdf 8e8d0a872e6baf65573887aa68d186e5 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH P. 0. \~ ILLIAMS Born in \~ inchester, Tennessee on January 27 , 1916, Chi ef Paul Ott is Williams attended public school in Adairsville, Georgia; and Tec1 High School in At lanta, Georgia . Chi ef Williams interrupte d his career i n the Atlanta Fire Uepartme nt which began Septembe r l , 1942, to serve in t he U. S. ~avy for three years during World War II. Upon 1i s return, he worked his way throug h t he ranks to his present position. He was appo i nt ed Fire En gineer 7/2/4~, promoted to t he ran k of Lieute nant 10/1/ 52, Ca ptai n 1/4/57, Batta lion Chi ef 1/1 1/ 62, and Ueputy Chi ef 3/2/67. On Ap ril 1, 1969, Chi ef Willi ams wi ll have attai ned nis life l ong amb i t ion of be i ng Ch i ef oft e Atlanta Fire Department . Married to t he form er Christine Ho ll and on July 1, 1936, they are the pa rents of t wo ch il dren : daugh t er Be tty Jane who is a senior at Sy1va n Hi gh School , and son Paul Jr . v1ho is at t end i ng t he University of Georg i a. \.J ith a devo t i on to f amil y, Chief l·Jilliams enjoys campi ng and fish i ng tr i ps wit h his fami ly, ha s de voted much time to wo rk wit h t he boy scouts, and i s a membe r of the Capitol View I ethodi st Churc h. Ever alert to the needs of a prog ress ive Fire Department, Chief Willi ams attended a Seminar at the Un iversi ty of Geo rgia on Fire Administrat i on in 1968 and is present ly attending week ly classes on Executive Development in Muni ci pal Governmen ts conducted as a part of the Un iversity of Georgia Sys tem. � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH P. O. WILLIAMS Born in Winchester, Tennessee on January 27, 1916, Chief Paul Ottis Williams attended public school in Adairsville, Georgia; and Tech High School in Atlanta, Georgia. Chief Williams interrupted his career in the Atlanta Fire Department which began September 1, 1942, to serve in the U. S. Wavy for three years during World War II. Upon his return, he worked his way through the ranks to his present position. He was appointed Fire Engineer 7/2/48, promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 10/1/52, Captain 1/4/57, Battalion Chief 1/11/62, and Deputy Chief 3/2/67. On April 1, 1969, Chief Williams will have attained nis life long ambition of being Chief of the Atlanta Fire Department. Married to the former Christine Holland on July 1, 1936, they are the parents of two children: daughter Betty Jane who is a senior at Sylvan High School, and son Paul Jr. who is attending the University of Georgia. With a devotion to family, Chief Williams enjoys camping and fishing trips with his family, has devoted much time to work with the boy scouts, and is a member of tne Capitol View Methodist Church. Ever alert to the needs of a progressive Fire UVepartment, Chief Williams attended a Seminar at the University of Georgia on Fire Administration in 1968 and is presently attending weekly classes on Executive Development in Municipal Governments conducted as a part of the University of Georgia System.  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 1, Folder 14, Document 7 Box 1 Box 1 Folder 14 Folder topic: Fire department | 1968-1969 https://ivanallen.iac.gatech.edu/mayoral-records/traditional/files/original/8af4e27a937a4d50e933092924368236.pdf c7eba254e8f45344ac841df4356313b4 Scripto Transcription A written representation of a document. Sir: Wi t hin the next f ew week there will be t wo retirements in the Atlanta Fire Department. The Chief and 1st Asst Chief. 0 We have a Alderman on the Board of Firernasters that has a personal friend who he wants to make Chief of the department. This would be fine if he was the most qualified man. This Alderman is more interested with his personal gains than with the city interesto The Chief of the Atlanta Fire Depart ment is a very i mportant position and with times like they are today it would be a shame for the Mayor and Board of Firemasters to sit back and l et this Alderman appoint his friend brother when there is better mateeial available. Why not interview some of the Division Heads in the Fire Department and select the most qualified man. Speak up, do not let t his Alderman lower the moral of the department anymore. Such things as this is why the moral is so low in the Fire Department today . The other Chief Officers i n t he dapartment wi ll not even be cons idered for this position because they do not have a brot her who is connected with this Alderman. � Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document Sir: Within the next few weeke there will be two retirements in the Atlanta Fire Department. The Chief and lst Asst Chief. We have a Alderman on the Board of Firemasters that has a personal friend who he wants to make Chief of the department. This would be fine if he was the most qualified man. This Alderman is more interested with his personal gains than with the city interest. The Chief of the Atlanta Fire Department is a very important position and with times like they are today it would be a shame for the Mayor and Board of Firemasters to sit back and let this Alderman appoint his friend brother when there is better matépial availeble. Why not interview some of the Division Heads in the Fire Department and select the most qualified man. Speak up, do not let this Alderman lower the moral of the department anymore. Such things as this is why the moral is so low in the Fire Department today. The other Chief Officers in the dapartment will not even be considered for this position because they do not have a brother who is connected with this Alderman,  Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box 1, Folder 14, Document 6 Box 1 Box 1 Folder 14 Folder topic: Fire department | 1968-1969