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Five weeks of thorough training for air raid wardens and auxiliary firemen will start this week under the supervision of eight instruc tors furnished by the Big Spring fire department. Assistant Chief E. C. Gaylor, who is in charge of the work, said that he anticipated that there would be a minimum of 100 taking the courses and possibly up to 250 or more. At a preliminary meeting last Wednesday, more than 100 turned out in abominable weather. For the most part these were key men and Gaylor figured that each would bring back two or three helpers to take the courses. Five classes will be operated simultaneously, starting at 8 p. m. Wednesday. Thereafter, classes will rotate to a new instructor each succeeding Wednesday until the five-part course has been com pleted. A. D. Meador, assisted by A. T. Steward, will direct the salvage class, one which deals d ao much with retrieving damaged mate rials but with protecting furnish ings and other valuables while fighting fire. Saving this prevents the need of replacements which might tie up machinery that could otherwise be used in war effort. D. Foster will be Instructor and H. W. Clawson assistant in the small tools course, explaining the use of the door opener, ax, span ner, safety chain, bar, hose clamp, double male and female hose con nections, hose kinker, and the use of and how to tie firemen’s knots. Correct procedure in raising ladders, how to space them, climb, splice, and test as well as other uses of the ladder will be taught by H. V. Crocker, instructor, and W. D. Driggers, assistant. Tommie Morris will give dem onstrations and lectures in care and operation of pumps of differ ent types in his class, while E. C. Gaylor instructs in controlling in cendiary bombs, what to do in bomb attacks of this sort, how to handle ventilation, etc. While some of the work will be lecture material, other of it will be put in the open demonstrations, making use of the city fire de partment equipment. Classes will meet in the city hall building. E. C. GAYLOR DEE FOSTER H. V. CROCKER A. T. STEWARD A. D. MEADOR HUBERT CLAWSON TOMMIE MORRIS DILLARD DRIGGERS : | the Big Sprit Chief Fire ‘Raenreiees z Olie Cordill, Sr. Although ill health has prevented him from taking an active part in the cur rent training program, Cordill had given Assistant Chief Gay lor a free hand in planning adequate instruction. (Photos Cordill, Crocker, Driggers, Stew art and Clawson all by Rodden; of Gaylor, Foster, Meador and Morris all by Bradshaw).
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Big Spring Daily Herald
Big Spring, Texas, US
Sun, Apr 12, 1942
Page 19
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