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oc Apr August 27, 1927 WINNETKA IF TRAINING WILL DO IT, THEY'LL HAVE IT "It" Meaning the Utmost in Ef- ficiency Toward Which Our Firemen Are Striving The Winnetka Fire department, one of the best equipped in the state, both in regard to the building in which it is housed and in the apparatus with which it is provided to do its "Stuff," is going to go just one step further in the matter of attaining a reputation. It proposes to be one of the best drilled departments in the state. G. M. Houren, chief, is himself recog- nized as an authority in his line of work, not alone in the local field in which he operates, but also throughout the state and nation, where he at- tends and participates in conventions of firemen. Get Detailed Instruction And it is under his personal direc- tion that the eight members of the department are now receiving detailed instructions in the various phases of the work. The Winnetka fire depart- ment has long enjoyed a reputation for efficient work, whenever called to duty, but in the same manner in which the old station quarters, which did service and the old equipment which sufficed to extinguish fires have been supplanted by the most up-to- date quarters and equipment, so the men, in keeping with the progressive spirit are anxious to become even more proficient in their work. Consequently, the series of training periods which Chief Houren has in- stalled. Chief Houren also appreciates the fact, he says, that conditions in Winnetka are quite different from what they were a few years ago, and that, whereas, there formerly were no large apartment buildings to safeguard, there are now several of these stuc- tures and the tendency of the grow- ing and expanding village is to acquire more and more of them. Prepared for Emergency The fire department, he says, is mind- ful of the increased responsibilities which come to it as a result of this progress, and it is to be always pre- pared for any emergency, that the "school of instruction" has been opened. Practice and instruction in handling ladders; the method of getting them in- 847 Center Street William L. Wente Sheet Metal Works Roofing Tile Slate Asbestos Slate Flagging Walks Floors Terraces Telephone Winnetka 225 to position in the least possible time; operation of the large extension ladder | in which from five to six men are re- quired; all the latest tricks in scurry- ing up a ladder with a line or hose; the knack of anchoring it there if that is advisable; tieing of the proper knots in hose hoisting rope, when that pro- cess becomes necessary; the hoisting of a short ladder to the roof or a win- dow; making engine hose connections; the rescuing of persons from a burning | building, and particularly those who have become unconscious and have to be carried down a ladder; the Schaefer method of resuscitation, and scores of other things which arise in the form Maria Beauty Culture Look Your Best New Building ELM ST. AT CHESTNUT Phone Winnetka 762 of emergencies into which the fireman is often thrust without as much as a second to deliberate on the better method of procedure. To Be Regular Stunt "It is a case," Chief Houren says, "in which the firemen must be pre- pared for any emergency, and now, with our equipment the best it is pos- sible to obtain, we propose to do our full share in preparing to operate it in the best manner possible." All the foregoing practice stunts ex- plain the maneuvers of the firemen which pedestrians in the vicinity of the engine house have been witnessing the past week. Some were of the opinion there was a Turnverein meet in session and others surmised the pretty lawn surrounding the fire de- partment headquarters had been con- verted into an athletic field. Both guesses were essentially wrong. It was Chief Houren putting his men through their paces. The men are proving so efficient, and at the same time are enjoying the "school" so much, that it is to become a regular part of the curriculum. Philip vonAmmon, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernst C. vonAmmon of 568 Elm street, has returned from a boys' camp at Shelby, Mich. 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