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There might not be anything glamorous about being city fire marshal, but A. D. Meador, who has held that position since 1959, likes it Meador, a native of Big Spring, also serves as assistant fire chief. His duties include in vestigation, inspection and en forcement of fire laws in pub lic buildings and retail stores; eliminating fire hazards when they are found; and reporting on fires to the State Board of In surance at Austin Meadow came to work for the City of Big Spring March 1, 1958, and was hired as a mechanic in the fire department. “I never got the chance to be a mechanic,” he said. *The first thing they did was make me a fireman.” Whenever there is a fire, Meador has to be at the scene to inspect the damage and make estimates. “When you've been doing it over a long period of time,” he said, ‘“‘your estimates become fairly accurate.” Then follow reams of paper work which has to be detailed and specific, citing the damage to the house or building, the cause of the fire, and whether or not it could have been trig gered by a potential fire hazard in the area. Meador and his wife, Doro thy, live at 1102 Wood. They have two daughters, Mrs. Doro thy Ann McDonald, Chicago, Al., and Mrs. Barbara Tibbs, Big Spring; and one son, Sam Meador, Odessa, who is a teach er at Permian High School, Odessa. There are four grand children “I've had a good job working for the city,’ Meador says, “I have built a home, sent my kids to college, and have enjoyed the opportunities here.”’ FIRE MARSHAL’S JOB IS HECTIC A. D. Meador catches up on his paperwork
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Big Spring Daily Herald
Big Spring, Texas, US
Sun, May 26, 1968
Page 26
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