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PAGE 2A—GODERICH, SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1977
!eople'
inparticular
The Goderich Fire Department has implemented a new
system of alerting firemen when there is a fire. Once the
new system is perfected and proved safe proof, the siren
will no longer be sounded in this town. Instead, the firemen
will be alerted by pagers or monitors similar to those worn
by doctors on call. These monitors can be worn on the
Where's the fire?
Only the
will know
firemen's belts. They emit a loud beeping noise when a call
comes into the department. Pictured left to right are, Doug
Musselman of Bell Canada's Radio Communication
Systems who installed the new system last week, G.F.D.
chief Ralph Kingswell and councillor Bob Allen
representing the town. (staff photo)
firemen
or sure
Goderich citizens may soon
cease to wonder where the
fires are in this town. It isn't
because there won't be any
more fires to worry about, but
because the alarm will . no
longer he sounded when there
is a fire.
As of last week, the
Goderich Fire Department
implemented a new method
of alerting firemen to a fire
without the use of the old
alarm system.
The old system involved
fire phones which were in-
stalled in six firemen's
homes, the fire hall and the
police station. When someone
called the emergency fire
number all the phones would
ring. At least one person
would answer a phone and
collect the information
regarding the fire's location.
This person would then
sound the alarm by pushing a
key attached to the phone.
This person (usually a
fireman's wife) then also.had
to telephone all the firemen to
alert them in case they did
not hear the alarm.
Under the new system, the
fire phones will still exist but
when these phones ring, a key
will automatically be hit and
that key will give a tone
signal to a radio monitor or
pager which each fireman
will wear on his belt. These
monitors are similar to those
worn by doctors who are on
call but away from the
hospital. They emit a loud
keeping sound. The fireman
can hear his monitor. even if
he is within a 10 or 11 mile
radius of town.
When the monitor sounds,
the firemen go directly to the
fire hall where they find out
the fire's location. The
monitors also act as a one
way walkie talkie. The bay
station or truck mobile radios
can be used by the fire chief
or whoever i, available to
give the other firemen in-
structions because the voice
can be heard through the
monitors.
Each fireman has a unit in
his home for recharging the
monitor's battery. The
monitors are still capable of
producing the noise while
they are in the unit being
recharged.
Industries
in town with
automatic sprinkler systems
that go off in the event of fire
will also he included in the
new monitor system. The
sprinklers will trip a circuit to
turn the monitors on..At the
fire hall a panel box then tells
the firemen the location of the
fire.
At present there are 21
monitors and three main-
tenance spares. They are
being used on a rental basis
until they are fully tested.
Once the new system has
been proven fail safe, the old
fire siren will he discon-
nected. The siren will con-
tinue to ring for now until the
system has been used for
awhile. The new system will
eliminate hours of work for
those firemen's wives who
had the task of calling all the
firemen every time the alarm
sounded under the old
system. And since the siren
will no longer he rung, people
in the immediate area will no
longer he awakened by it at
night.
Also people will no longer
become alarmed as they once
die] by the sound of the siren.
The new system will even
eliminate the old problem of
fire truck chasers. These are
people who, upon hearing the
alarm, rush to the fire hall
and follow the .trucks usually
getting in the way and posing
a general nuisance to
firemen..
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Goderich Police Chief Pat K ing received a Queen's Silver Jubilee medal aryl plaque
commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Queen's succession to the throne :Nbout 2, ilii
plaques and medals were given out in Canada to people in various fields for giving more
service than normally expected of them Chief King feels that the plaque and medal which
he received reflects on the whole Goderich Police Department (staff photo)
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