New Fire Signals Will Be Initiated

Trial Friday Night

All New Signals will be sounded at 7:45 Friday night for Instruction

A plan is being promulgated by Fire Chief E. O. Byrd which will, when adopted, eradicate the nuisance in Culver and vicinity, of calling central to find out exact location of a fire.

Mr. Byrd has arranged a system of signals, one of which will be blown for each fire and which will give the proximity of the blaze.

Next Friday night, the new signals will be tried on the community in order that the people may know how they will sound. The blast will be blown beginning at 7:45 p.m. Since there are six signals, it will probably take about five or ten minutes to complet them. A short interval, will be allowed between each signal in order that there will be no confusion.

The members of the fire department will gather at the town hall at 7:30 p.m. to be in readiness in case there should be a fire at that time.

After the signals have been blown the department will take the truck out near the lake to practice on the new pump which was recently bee installed on the fire truck

The new signals

The new signals are as follows:

ONE blow of the siren about the length that is given at noom hour - signals a fire in the district south of Toner avenue, east of Ohio street and north of the Evangelical chrurch street

TWO blasts signals a fire in the district within the city limits

THREE blasts signals a fire in the dirstrict within the city limits and west of Ohio Street

FOUR blasts for the district within the city limits and south of the Evangelical chrch corner, or Mill street

One one extremely long blast of the whistle denotes a fire in the academy district.

One long blast and one short blast of the whistle denotes a fire in the county near Culver or for cottages around the lake.

Is a good move

This is a plan that has been much needed in the community. In the past, the whistle blew once for a fire no matter where the fire was located, and people, being away from home or away from their places of business were naturally anxious to know just where the blaze was.

This caused an influx of calls at the telephone office. As a result, the telphone operators were unable to distinguish between calls from the firemen and calls from other persons. This will undoubtedly be a great help. - July 24 1924, Citizen