Fire Prevention Report Shows 20 Percent Drop in Losses
Analysis of the first half of 1927 indicates a downward trend in fire losses in the United States and Canada. The National Fire Protection Association cites estimates of about 12,000 annual deaths, down from 15,600, while the New York Journal of Commerce puts six month losses at 176,919,000, versus 228,785,700 in 1926, suggesting the year could produce the lowest losses since 1920.
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America
Robert S. Moulton
National Fire Protection Association
New York Journal of Commerce
United States
Canada
Tts
Journal of Commerce
Actuarial Bureau
National Board “of Fire
Underwriters
Fire losses across 1926 27 estimated near half a billion
An article analyzes fire loss projections for the year, noting 360 homes 5 schools 5 churches 15 hotels 1 hospital 96 farms 4 warehouses 6 department stores 2 theatres 8 public garages 3 printing plants 3 dry goods stores in data, with an added 25 percent for unreported fires. If 1926 27 differences hold, total may near 450 million, the first under half a billion since 1921 22. It credits better construction fire fighting and vigilance for the drop, citing concrete unit production and fire resistant floors as mitigating factors.
Model Building Codes Fight Fire Across States
Building codes covering large territories are in force or being prepared for six U S regions. The Pacific Coast Conference code, adopted by Sacramento and several California cities, sets fireproofing ratings for materials. it serves as a model for Florida and Shreveport codes and underpins state codes in Ohio and Wisconsin with updates. New Jersey drafts theatre and assembly building provisions for cities lacking ordinances, with enforcement by the state Labor Commissioner and a Camden metropolitan area model for municipalities.
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United States
Pacific Coast
Conference
Sacramento
Alhambra
Fontana
San Bernardino
Cal
Klamath Falls
Ore
Florida
Shreveport
New Jersey
State Commissioner of Labor
Anw
Camden
Home fire losses drop in Waterloo nine months
Waterloo reports a nine month drop in home fire losses to $20,630.06 from $21,619.37 in 1926, due to reduced alarms and prevention work led by Fire Chief Ray Tiller. The Silvers Manufacturing fire drives total yearly losses to $90,716.88 versus $48,797.56 last year, while overall home losses fall aside from that incident.
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Waterloo
Ray Tiller
Silvers Manufacturing Company
Silvers
Lst
Governor Walker Quote on Fire Dept Costs and Opportunity
Georgia Governor Clifford Walker warns that each fire department response consumes materials and labor that could be used to produce new goods for mankind, highlighting opportunity costs in public safety funding.
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Gov
Clifford Walker
Georgia
Baptist Bible school to hold rally day in Manchester
The Baptist Bible school in Manchester Iowa will observe its annual rally day with exercises at the church Sunday at 11 48 a m Rep C Ga Cole from Greeley will be in charge of Supt Bernard Cocking The school membership has shown a marked increase under the direction of the newly appointed pastor Rev A A Rideout
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Manchester
Baptist Bible’ School
C. Ga. Cole
Greeley
Will
Bernard Cocking
A. A. Rideout
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