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18. Newtonville avenue and Howard street, Newton.
112. Washington street and Waverly avenue, Newton.
113.
Waverly avenue and Vernon street, Newton.
114. Eldridge and Vernon streets, Newton.
115. Centre and Elmwood streets, Newton.
117. Washington and Channing streets, Newton.
171. Boyd and Fayette streets, Newton.
21. No. 1 Truck Station, Newtonville.
23. Washington and Walnut streets, Newtonyille,
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No. One Truck and No. Four Hose Station
No. Three
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Residence of Otis Pettee. Secretary of G. F.
No. One .
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24. Chapel and Watertown streets, Nonantim.
25. Lowell and Watertown streets, Newtonville.
26. Walnut street, opposite High school, Newtonville.
27. Forest and Alpine streets, Newtonville.
28. Walnut and California streets, Newtonville.
212. Watertown and Parsons streets, Newtonville.
224. Nonantum Worsted Mills, (P) Nonantum.
225. Silver Lake Co., (P) Newtonville.
226. High school, Walnut street. (P) Newtonville.
231. Washington park, Newtonville.
241. Adans and Middle streets, Nonantum
31. Waltham and Washington streets, West Newton.
32. River and Pine streets, West Newton.
34. Waltham and Derby streets, West Newton.
35. Chemical A Station, West Newton.
36. Fuller and Washington streets, West Newton.
Hillside avenue and Otis street, West Newton.
37. 312. Police Headquarters, City Hall, West Newton.
313. Webster street and Webster place, West Newton.
331. Margin street and B. & A. R. R. Station, West Newton.
334. Shaw and Winthrop streets, West Newton.
336. Woodland Park Hotel, (P) Auburndale.
4. No. 5 Hose Station, Auburndale.
41. Auburn and Charles streets, Riverside.
42. Woodland avenue and Grove street, Auburndale.
43. Ash and Islington streets, Auburndale.
44. Lexington and Freeman streets, Auburndale.
45. Auburn and Greenough streets, Auburndale.
47. Woodland and Vista avenues, Auburndale.
421. Hancock and Fern streets, Auburndale.
442. Lasell Seminary, (P) Auburndale.
5. No. 6 Hose Station, Lower Falls.
51. Washington and Concord streets, Lower Falls.
52. City Farm, Waban.
53. Grove street and Pine Grove avenue, Lower Falls.
54. Entrance Cottage Hospital, Woodland.
512. Paper Mills, C. F. Crehore & Sons, (P) Lower Falls.
6. No. 7 Hose Station, Upper Falls.
61. Chestnut and Winter streets, Upper Falls.
62. Chestnut and Oak streets, Upper Falls.
63. Mechanic and Elliott streets, Upper Falls.
64. Walnut and Lincoln streets, Highlands.
65. Cook and Boylston streets, Highlands.
612. Office Pettee Machine Works, (P) Upper Falls,
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613. Newton Mills, (P) Upper Falls.
617. Boylston and Chestnut streets, Upper Falls.
641. Gamewell Fire Alarm Works, (P) Highlands.
7. Station street and Glen avenue, Newton Centre.
71. Walnut street and Cemetery gate.
72. Centre and Pelham streets, Newton Centre.
73. No. 3 Engine Station, Newton Centre.
74. Beacon street and Laurel avenue, Newton Centre.
75. Cypress and Paul streets, Newton Centre.
76. Centre street and Norwood avenue, Newton Centre.
712. Honer and Cedar streets, Newton Centre.
8. Beacon and Hammond streets, Newton Centre.
81. Ward street and Waverly avenne, Newton Centre.
82. Kenrick street and Waverly avenue, Newton.
83. Waverly avenue and Kenilworth street, Newton.
9. Brookline and Dedham streets, Oak Hill.
91. Clark and Parker streets, Oak Hill.
Cautions to Persons holding Signal Station Keys.
Never open or touch the apparatus except in case of fire.
Never sound the alarm for a fire seen at a distance, unless assistance is called for.
Be reasonably sure there is a fire before sounding the alarm.
Be sure your station is locked before leaving it.
Never let the key go out of your possession, except to some responsible person to give an alarm of fire, and be sure the key is returned.
If you remove from your house or place of business, return the key to the Chief of Fire Department, City Hall.
Directions in Case of Fire.
Get the key to the nearest station to the fire ; open and pull the hook all the way down once, and let go. If you hear no sound from the bells or tapper, in the station, pull again. If you fail the second time, go to the next nearest station and do the same, but do not touch any other, if the nearest one gives the alarm.
Remain at the station, if possible, after giving an alarm, to direct the firemen to the fire.
No person will give alarms for the same fire (after the first alarm has been given), without an order from the Chief or Assistant Chief.
Citizens are earnestly requested to keep themselves informed as to the location of keys. Signs over each station will give the desired information,
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Signals.
1-Blow for test at 11.45 A. M. and 5.45 P. M. ; Sundays, 12.15 P. M.
1-1-Two blows will be given when the companies in service at fires have "made up."
Should an alarm occur from another station before this signal is struck, companies answering Second will immediately answer on First; companies answering Third will answer Second.
School Signals.
3-3-3 Once-Morning session at 7.15 or 8.15. Afternoon session at 12.45.
Tampering with any part of the Fire Alarm System will be prosecuted according to law.
W. B. RANDLETT, Assistant Chief,
Fire Alarm Headquarters, No. 3 Engine Station.
H. L. BIXBY,
Chief of Fire Department, Room A, City Hall. Office Hours : 2 to 5 P. M.
ORDINANCES RELATING TO FIRE DEPARTMENT.
ORDINANCE XIII.
Fire Department.
SECTION 1. A Fire Department is hereby Department established.
Established. Charter § 7.
There shall be a Chief of Fire Department, an Assistant Chief, who shall be operator of the fire alarm under the direction of the superintendent telegraph, three steam fire-engine companies, four hose companies, and one truck company.
Each steam fire-engine company shall consist of
Number men eleven men ; to wit, a foreman, an assistant foreman and officers. (who shall also be clerk), an engineman, a driver, a fireman, and six hosemen.
Each hose company shall consist of six men ; to wit, a foreman, an assistant foreman (who shall also be clerk), and four hosemen.
Each truck company shall consist of thirteen men ; to wit, a foreman, an assistant foreman (who shall also be clerk), a driver, and ten truckmen.
SECTION 2. The Chief of Department shall be Chief's responsible for the discipline, good order, and duties. proper conduct of the officers and men constituting
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the department, and for the good condition of all houses, reservoirs, hydrants, wells, engines, hose, hose-carriages, hooks and ladders, trucks, and all apparatus and furniture thereto belouging, and connected with the department. He may suspend May suspend, any officer or member; and shall forthwith refer his case to the board of aldermen for its action. He shall have the superintendence and, under the direction of the Joint Standing Committee on the Fire Department, the control of the engine and other houses used by the department, of the furniture therein, and of the engines and apparatus, as well as of all other property appertaining to the department.
Superintend- ence and con- trol of houses and apparatus.
Sole command of members.
SECTION 3. The Chief of Department, or, in lis absence, the Assistant Chief, shall have sole and absolute control and command of all the other members of the department and of other persons present at fires.1 The officer in command of the company which first arrives at a fire shall be the
Fire-wards, etc., may
to be pulled down.
1 PUBLIC STATUTES-SECT. 3. The fire-wards, or any three of them, present at a place in immediate danger from a order buildings fire, or, where no fire-wards are appointed, the selectmen, or mayor and aldermen present, or, in their absence, two or more of the civil officers present, or, in their absence, two or more of the chief military officers of the place present, may direct any house or building to be pulled down or demolished, when they judge the same to be necessary in order to prevent the spread- ing of the fire.
Engineer to have power of fire-wards under Sect. s.
SECT. 4. In cities and towns which, by vote of the City Council, or of the legal votes respectively, have accepted the provisions of this section, or of chapter two hundred and one of the statutes of the year eighteen hundred and seventy-three, the engineer of a Fire Department in command at a fire shall, to the exclusion of all other persons, have the power conferred by the preceding section.
Stat. 1873, chap. 201. Accepted Feb. 12, 1877.
Acceptance.
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officer in command until the Chief of Department or the Assistant Chief arrives.
SECTION 4. The Chief of Department shall Rolls. keep rolls of the companies, specifying the name, age, occupation, and residence, and the date of the admission and discharge of each member of the department; and he shall keep an accurate account of all property belonging to it.
He shall at the close of each three months, and Reports of oftener if required, make to the city council a fires, etc.
detailed report of the condition of the Fire Depart- ment, of losses and accidents by fire, with the causes thereof, as well as they can be ascertained, and of the description of the buildings and other property destroyed or injured, the amount of insurance, and the names of the owners.
SECTION 5. The foremen shall preserve order Foremen. and discipline in their respective companies, and shall promptly report in writing the name of any member guilty of misconduct to the Chief of Department, who shall, if he thinks it proper, report thereon to the mayor and aldernien.
The foremen shall cause to be kept by the Rolls. respective clerks rolls of the companies, specifying the time of admission and discharge of each mem- ber, together with the age, residence, and occupation of each member, and a record of all the city's property intrusted to their care, Their rolls and record-books shall at all times be subject to the inspection of the Chief of Department, and they shall furnish him with copies of abstracts thereof at his request.
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Care of ap- paratus, etc.
SECTION 6. It shall be the duty of the men permanently employed in the department to keep the apparatus committed to their care, and the several buildings in which the same is deposited, and all things intrusted to their eare, elean, and in order for immediate use, and to wash and dry the hose of the entire department when required so to do; and they shall clear the snow from the sidewalks and driveways connected with the houses under their charge.
Companies not to leave city, except,
SECT. 7. No company shall leave the city in ease of a fire in another city or town, except by order of the Chief or Assistant Chief of Depart- ment.
Members not to be trans- ferred, except, Badge.
SECT. 8. No member shall be transferred from one company to another, except by order of the Chief of Department.
SECT. 9. Every member of the department shall wear at every fire such a badge as the Chief of Department shall prescribe ; and no person without such badge shall, except by permission of the officer in command, enter within lines formed at a fire by such officer.
SECT. 10. The Chief of Department shall ex- amine all places where shavings or other combustible materials are deposited or collected ; and shall see to the removal of the same, whenever, in his opin- ion, the same are dangerous; and shall direct the owners, tenants, or occupants of such places to remove the same, which they shall do forthwith ; and, in case of refusal or neglect, he shall cause the same to be removed at the expense of such owners , tenants, or occupants.
Shavings and other combus- tible material. Pub. Stats., chap. 104, §§ 1-12.
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SECTION. 11. The Chief of Department shall Inspection of observe all buildings in which steam-engines are Chief. buildings by used, and all buildings in process of erection or alteration, and make a record of such of them as in Steam his judgment may be dangerous, and report thereon Engines. to the mayor and aldermen forthwith. Whenever, in the opinion of the Chief of Department, any camphene or other explosive or inflammable fluid or Camphene, material should be removed, he shall forthwith etc. notify and direct the owner, tenant, or occupant of the premises upon which the same are situated, to remove the same, which he shall forthwith do. In case such tenant, owner, or occupant shall refuse or neglect as to do, the Chief of Department shall cause the same to be removed at the expense of such owner, tenant, or occupant. No person shall obstruct the Chief of Department in carrying out the provisions of this section.
SECT. 12. The Chief of Department shall on Chief to the last day of each month, prepare a pay-roll of all prepare pay-roll. persons regularly employed in the department, and present it to the committee on the Fire Department for their action. On the last day of June and of December in each year, the clerk of each company shall make a roll, bearing the full name, age, occupation, and residence of every member of the company, specifying also the number of times the company has been called out, and the attendance of each member, to which shall be appended the following certificate :-
"We, the undersigned, do hereby certify that, according to the best of our knowledge and belief, the foregoing persons are members of-company, and that said company had consisted
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of -- members during the last six months; that during that time they have performed all the duties incumbent upon them as firemen, have been present at every turnout of the company, or been duly excused; and that they are entitled to all the privileges and pay of firemen."
Certificate of pay-roll.
The certificate shall be signed by the foreman and clerk, and shall be delivered to the Chief of Department.
The Chief of Department shall examine these rolls, and if they are found correct, shall approve them, and present them, with the pay-rolls of the several companies, to the committee on Fire Depart- ment for their action.
Fire-alarm Telegraph.
Keys.
SECT. 13. The Chief of Department shall have the care and management of the rooms, apparatus and machinery connected with the fire- alarm telegraph, and shall determine to whom shall be intrusted the keys of the signal-boxes. He shall prepare rules and directions for giving alarms of fire through the telegraph.
Sigal-boxes.
SECT. 14. No unauthorized person shall open any of the signal-boxes, except in case of fire, or interfere with the wires or the poles or other supports of the wires.
False alarms.
SECT. 15. The Chief of Department shall see that every person raising a false alarm of fire is prosecuted.
Gambling.
SECT. 16. No gambling shall be allowed in any building occupied by the Fire Department, nor shall spirituous liquors be kept or used there.
Water from hydrants, etc.
SECT. 17. No person shall draw water from the reservoir or fire-hydrants, except in case of fire, and except as otherwise provided ; 1 nor shall any
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engine, hose, or truck be taken out of the city with- out permission of the Chief or Assistant Chief. No part of the apparatus shall be taken from the city, unless to a fire, without special permission from the mayor and aldermen.
SECT. 18. No occupant of any building or room in which there is a hatchway or trap-door shall suffer the same to be left open at night.
SECT. 19. Any member of the department Disabled injured or disabled while on actual duty shall members. receive pay for the time lost in consequence, not exceeding three months.
SECT. 20. No person shall wantonly or care- Setting fire lessly set fire to any tree, bush, grass, leaves, brush- wantonly to wood, rubbish, or other substance in any place in trees, etc. the city of Newton.
SECT. 21. Whoever shall violate any provision Penalty. of this ordinance shall forfeit a sum not exceeding twenty dollars.
RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE NEWTON FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Chief of Department.
The Chief of Department shall have the sole and absolute command at fires and alarms of fires over all members of the department and of all other persons present at fires, and of all apparatus and appurtenances belonging to the department, and direct all measures he may deem proper for the extin- guishment of fires. He shall devote his whole time to the performance of the duties of his office. He shall visit the engine, hose, and truck stations daily, if possible (Sundays excepted), and report to the fire committee or board of aldermen such suggestions or recommendations as he may deem necessary. He may, from time to time, issue such orders for the government of the members as he may deem necessary, subject to the approval of the mayor and aldermen.
He shall have power to suspend any officer or member of the department for insubordination, disorderly conduct, or neglect of duty, said suspension to continue, pending the action of the mayor and aldermen.
Assistant Chief.
In the absence of the Chief of Department the Assistant Chief shall have the same authority, and exercise the same
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powers, as the Chief of Department. On arrival at fires he shall report to the officer in command, and when on duty wear his fire-hat.
He shall have, under the direction of the Chief of Department, general supervision and management of all the telegraph apparatus belonging to the department, and every thing pertaining to the same. He shall keep the same at all times in perfect working order, and repair all breaks in the most expeditious manner, reporting to the Chief of Depart- ment for all necessary supplies, and such improvements as he may think advisable. When additional help is necessary, he will make application to the Chief of Department; and, when in the immediate vicinity of the department houses, he may obtain the assistance of the regular members, by direction of the Chief of Department. He shall give necessary instruc- tions to persons in the department and to key-holders. He shall devote his whole time to the duties of the position.
Engineers.
The engineers shall have full control of the engine, bunk, and meeting rooms and basements, and shall report to the Chief of Department at once the name of any member of the department, or other person, guilty of any disorderly con- duct, or violation of the rules and regulations ; also any damage which their apparatus, or any part of it, their houses or furniture, may have sustained. They shall keep an account of all supplies that come to the station, and promptly report when materials are required for use ; keep their engines at all times in condition for immediate service. Delays or accidents resulting from neglect will be sufficient cause for suspension or discharge. They shall instruct their stokers in the management of the engines. The use of all patent preparations for cleaning the metal is strictly prohibited. All material for polishing will be furnished from headquarters.
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Keep the safety valve set at eighty pounds, and run the engines according to the line of hose ; an hundred pounds will be carried only when working through an extra long line, or two lines of, say, five hundred feet each. Water-pressure will never exceed a hundred pounds, except on special order from the Chief or Assistant Chief of Department.
The following whistle-signals will be made use of in this department until further orders :-
One whistle, signals pipemen to look out for water.
Two whistles, signal for burst hose. Three whistles, signal for coal.
Two short and one long whistle, signal, "Make up."
Engineers will be on duty at all times. No member shall shut off the water, or in any manner move the machinery attached to the engine, except at request of the engineer.
When the services of the engine are not required, draw the fire, always leaving sufficient quantity for rekindling in case of another alarm while returning. All fuel partially consumed shall be preserved, and not be left burning in the streets.
Drivers.
Drivers permanently employed shall be on duty at all times. They shall be held personally responsible for their stables, and for the care and management of their horses. They must not drive them faster than is consistent with the safety of the public and of the apparatus of the department. They will be held responsible for any damage caused by them, or carelessness displayed in conveying their apparatus to and from fires. Racing to or from fires will not be allowed under any circumstances. If the apparatus of two or more companies shall proceed to or from a fire on the same street, they shall do so in single file, except in case of Chemical Engine, which shall have the "right of way" over all. Re-
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turning from fires, they shall drive at a moderate rate of speed. On arriving at fires, the horses shall be blanketed, and kept moving, if possible: and upon returning to the house, if wet by perspiration, they must be immediately rubbed dry. These instructions will also apply to drivers of hose-carriages and tenders.
Exercise Hours.
The horses used exclusively by this department will be exercised daily, in accordance with the following order :-
IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, April 21, 1884.
ORDERED, That on and after May 1, 1884, the several horses perma- nently employed in the Fire Department shall be exercised daily (Sundays excepted), and in the following streets, except when otherwise ordered by the Chief of Department :-
No. 1 ENGINE .- Washington to Church, to Eldridge, to Vernon, to Park streets.
No. 2 ENGINE .- Washington to Elm, to Webster, to Waltham, to Chestnut, to Margin streets.
No. 3 ENGINE .- Willow to Beacon, to Crescent avenue, to Pleasant, to Centre, to Willow streets.
No. 1 TRUCK.
No. 4 HOSE.
Washington, Parsons, to Central avenue.
Exercise hours to be regulated by Chief of Department, and not to exceed one hour nor less than one-half hour. The rules governing inclem- ent weather and holidays will remain in force. Any employee failing to conform to the above order shall be subject to suspension.
H. L. BIXBY, I. F. KINGSBURY,
Chief of Department. Clerk.
when the horses have performed no duty within the twenty- four hours next preceding. The horses will not be exercised on public holidays, and never speed them faster than a slow trot.
"Right of Way when Proceeding to Fires" as Accorded by Law. [Chap. 37, Acts 1874.]
An Act to Punish the Wilful Obstruction of Fire Engines, etc.
Whoever wilful and maliciously obstructs or retards the passage of any engine, or other apparatus, of any fire department, while going to a fire,
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through any street, lane, alley, or other way, shall be punished by imprison- ment in the House of Correction not exceeding three months, or by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars. [Approved Feb. 28, 1874.]
All drivers of this department will govern themselves by the above law, and use the utmost discretion at all times to avoid accidents.
Stokers.
The stokers shall respond promptly to all alarms, and when in quarters, they will assist in hitching up. When on duty at fires, they shall be under the direction of their respec- tive engineers, who shall require their whole and undivided attention. On return from fires, they shall remain on duty until relieved by their engineers. They will be required to sleep in their respective stations.
Foremen.
It shall be the duty of the foremen of all companies where permanent men are not employed, to see that the apparatus committed to their care, and the several stations in which the same are deposited, and all things in or belonging to the same, are kept neat and clean, and in order for immediate use; to see that the snow is cleared from the sidewalks and driveways connected with the stations under their charge.
Fines.
Foremen of companies will see that the following fines for non-attendance are rigidly enforced :
For absence from fires and alarms . $1 00
For absence from regular and special meetings 50
Assistant Foremen.
The assistant foreman, shall, in the absence of the fore- man, perform all the duties and exercise the same authority as the foreman.
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Members.
The members of the several companies shall, upon an alarm of fire from the section of the city to which they are assigned for duty, proceed promptly to the place of the fire in an orderly manner, report to the foreman, and perform any duty that may be required of them. They shall remain on duty until relieved by orders, which shall be given only by the officer in command. If the company to which they are attached does not respond to the alarm on first call, they shall proceed to their engine, hose or truck station, and remain thirty minutes, unless called into service or relieved by dismissal. No member shall be absent from duty for a longer period than one month, except in case of sickness, or by special permission of the Chief of Department. No person whose occupation requires his daily absence from the city will be eligible to membership in this department. Any officer or member of this department who shall remove from the city shall thereupon cease to be a member: and all members of the department will be required to live within a reasonable distance of their respective stations.
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