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141iite ire chief Should be
meeting:of the
reaF'lre Board and
cOtincli repreSePtatives from its
member municipalities was told list
*- 'Wednesday:
• The recommendation was. one of
52 included in a.Iongrawaited report
en a mttniciPal.
- Survey:- of the Atifirigham- area
conducted -the• Ontario _t!ire-
Marshal's office. •
Although it is butane of a total of
52, the recommendation to hire a
full-thne chid could be considered
the most significant and its
'timeliness cannot be denied, coming
'a within days of a fire board decision
to do just that. The board, had based
its deciSien, on the recommendation,J
of its own ad hoc committee.
At Wednesday's special meeting
Bruce Gougeon and Bob Beckett,
fire services advisors with
421e041'43'1144.0*lir-4:
cePPIt to the19 boardxnernbers.
politicianiassem
,• The perception of the general'
public is that the fire- department •
will. deliver a good service, Mr.
Gougedriard. A4ire-is reported and
in a relatively short time-auffker
apparatus and manpower respond
the emergency, the fire
extinguished and the 'department
returns to the station.
• A more i depth investigation,
• however, reveals deficiencies and
problems which were addreesed by
Mr. Gougeon as. he _presented the
report. Many of these, he said, are
• comMon - with smaller ',fire
• departments and initie;caseaf the
Wingham department, stimilitife
been developed over Many years
and passed on to the present
Although everyone on the continues, that one or both Of they ranks within the department. - . ...
department *alight fires; only the must attend all emergencies totalte Since , the present system,- ,.. ,
chief is involved with other functions command. "AS' a result, , fire the fire department doeSvo ,provide
which are required to provide fire suppression is sticceSsful whilia'act- ' the chief with a method in which ••.%,,
protection. In Wingham, however, ministration- is minimal," Mr. officers can be trained; evaluated_
this -is a two-man Operation -and the Gougeon read from the report. aha assessed as to whom additional
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report states that the chief and - ' ' C ern= u 0 I.Ca1 i ens systems, responsibilities can -be assigned, a
deputy chief feel they are the only • apparatus and, equipment are number ,of the recommendations
, ,.,nle.ititterS.eftbeiliP:41: equate, hom,rever.„ training is very focustd on_ area .,.:•,,
41/0"403%ttat.,. dtre-g"It' ;77, '2flj 7 9 :114#1#4iFiletfi
Lue aii-the: bask-- and Ake, prevention 4#710}-77,-*-4'ithelld .1 • 4*
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Stratton, training, fire, prevention Altbou 6111:7'.• titbit tIttti .06111;if V-7 the
c ammunicat ioot sys terns , and deputy for their in.uv iui terest and delegation of authority and direct
apparatus and equipment. dedication to th:e. department, the responsibility exists. Another is to
They also f4believe, :the report- report suggests "they have free the chief and deputy-Yrom day-
mpted, tt, assume far too much
•direct responsibility for all the
functions of the -fire department"
and reCOmmends more delegation of
iheltdrnhOS thspl. ValtkoOto Other
to -day activities of the department,
providing time which can be better
spent in other duties'. such -as
developing= "--. (im 1eonPage 21%).
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,6011 fit Perry end
ayte Holmes- of Wingham, re-
ceived a degree- with honors in
the -Specia&ed Honors FOOCI Sci-
ence progrern at the June 3'
convcCation af the University of
-pimp& He is ernpioyed with May
aadBakeiCan.ini, Mississauga,
as atechnioal advisor arid sefes'
represenetive in the fine cheini-
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Wawazio
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swarded,*tie40. Taylor
Construction Ltd. . the:7. '.iontract to
build the new three -Span; concrete
bridge for the sum 441,05.4094. The
McLeariMayler bid** the hivvestti
the three received..
Engineer Dunn of 13....11:,4tess-
and Associates, Goderigh; as weitas
Hugh .McGtigan. • Of the Stratford
office of the Ontario Ministry of
Transportation ( ).frirereen hand
when the tendert were opened.
Ashad heeitI#0000, Mr, Dunn
said, the greatest difference in the
bidding Was. area of "di -
watering" fOr,c0itruptiOn.
*f.‘This is a pretty elaborate 'set-
up," he continued. Due to arteSian,
water pressure in *limit; wells,
must. be drilled to lower the water
level below the fecitiagat an
estimated 20 feet below theriVerbecf.;
It is not evenknown'him many welis
must be drilled to lower the water.
level sufficiently.
Pumping facilities must be
manned 24 hours a day until the pier
footings have been constructed, Mr.
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Another WirniOniSh9WIOWerilig
thewiter'''table will affect ;
neighboring drilled wells. He said.
the township, mist have a planin
place to supply water to-neiglii3oring
landowners, • particularly since . a
iMmber of them run milking
operations.
Ileptiggested that site meetings be
held before construction is started to'
make neighbors aware of the
potential Problems,
"I feel: we Can jive within our
original estimate or -$1,162,00 Unless
something ridiculoushappens;ualid
Mr. Dunn. Included in the $1,162#00
are land purchases, engineering
studies and miscellaneous costs, .as
will as the actual construction costs.
Councillor Tayler. thanked:
Mr. Dunn for all his work' on' the
bridge project and for ac-
TeeillieretYlkitie council members
tht°6 •
case for , a neW bridge before
go verMnellt officials..
'East Wawanosh will receive
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ton stand- f
ends With tan's surrender
A four-hour striad-off in the hamlet
of Walton last •Wednesday ended
peacefully at, about 4 p.m.. when a
inedw1m several guns sur-
n4eredt40 6lice
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*lea* 2.71. was
6 by the Ontario
lo*Ing the
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A foOLIC
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beirig llred
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summoned to the scenejtist after the
noon -hour on June 1. 'The tall
followed a domestic dispute. •_
Officers from the , Winghain,
Listowel? Goderich and Sebringville
OPP detachments, assisted at the.
Scene, either in setting up road-
blockS or evacuating , neighboring .
homes, saidSgt. Nieltea.„,
• An01.1) tactics and .rescue unit
-froth: totiden Lind VOitr* train .
• iiegottitott Also were sonmonett
However, no shotS were fired and*
the man agreedto end thestandoff
later that afternoon.
Walton IS 1 ted 18 kilometres
at 'Or B tiat the jimetiort of
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