Title
Northington General Hospital Fire Department
Subject
World War II
Fire departments
Description
Scenes of a fireman's daily routine at Northington General Hospital are told here in a story of words and pictures. Photo No. 1 was posed especially for the News. Kneeling in the front row are: Maj. Joseph Feeley, Capt. Lucious Harrison (the Fire Department is under the jurisdiction of these Post engineers), Fire Chief Alan Rayfield, Assistant chief Henry Ryan, Floyd Strickland, William Brown, Claude Wallace, Homer Wright, Barney Rallare and Frank Foster.
Back Row: James Glover, Olin Steward, Claudie Porter, Russell Lovelady, Melvin Boteler, Frank Thomas, Charles Burns, Ray DeLoach, Woodrow Prewitt, and Lucious White. In extreme rear are Charles Parsons and Lee Martin.
Photo No. 2 shows Foster and Wright performing regular morning truck checkup and cleaning job.
Photos 3 and 4 are close parallel to GI life. Calisthenics and bed-making are part of the fireman's daily life.
In photo 5, Fire Chief Ryan gives some pointers to the Drill Class of the 4447th SCU on fire-fighting and prevention.
Photos 6,7 and 8 reveal periodical inspections made in the interest of fire prevention and keeping equipment in tiptop shape. [Photo] 6 shows the checking of dry pipe valves and air compressors, controling the sprinkler systems. Water pressure from one of the hydrants is checked in [photo] 7. In the last photo, Claude Wallace makes sure the alarm is working.
Back Row: James Glover, Olin Steward, Claudie Porter, Russell Lovelady, Melvin Boteler, Frank Thomas, Charles Burns, Ray DeLoach, Woodrow Prewitt, and Lucious White. In extreme rear are Charles Parsons and Lee Martin.
Photo No. 2 shows Foster and Wright performing regular morning truck checkup and cleaning job.
Photos 3 and 4 are close parallel to GI life. Calisthenics and bed-making are part of the fireman's daily life.
In photo 5, Fire Chief Ryan gives some pointers to the Drill Class of the 4447th SCU on fire-fighting and prevention.
Photos 6,7 and 8 reveal periodical inspections made in the interest of fire prevention and keeping equipment in tiptop shape. [Photo] 6 shows the checking of dry pipe valves and air compressors, controling the sprinkler systems. Water pressure from one of the hydrants is checked in [photo] 7. In the last photo, Claude Wallace makes sure the alarm is working.
Source
Personal Collection of Whitney Telle
Publisher
Northington General Hospital News
Date
August 18, 1944
Type
Newspaper
Identifier
102
Coverage
Tuscaloosa (AL)
Text
Northington General Hospital News
Original Format
Newspaper