MYFBS, MAY(R - the Digital Library of Georgia

MAYOR'S ANNUAL REPORT. 99conditions may become very serious in less thanthree minutes and it is for this reason that electricalarms are put in and drivers of apparatus use whipand voice to urge willing and fleet-footed animalsalong the streets in an effort to save the valuable timethat the Board of Education values so lightly.I earnestly ask that an ordinance be enacted requiringfire drills in all schools, orphan asylums or likeinstitutions more than one story high.Life Saving Corps.One of the few very important things that we lackand which is in every sense very necessary is theLife Saving implements, consisting of life nets, scalingladders, life belts, etc.Almost every department of our size in the coun- |]try is now equipped, or is being equipped, with theseimplements, which, in the hands of trained firemen,are frequently called into use to save the lives of occupantsof buildings where no other means of exitare available. We have numbers of buildings in thiscity, the upper windows of which cannot be reachedby our longest ladders, and people caught in theseupper floorrf would have no^means of escape if thestairs should be burned away except to jump, and inall probability be killed. We have been very fortunatein this respect, but it is like tempting Providenceto continue taking these chances. The citiesof Charleston, Atlanta, Jacksonville and Tampa areequipped for this service, and I hope that during the {§,'coming year Savannah will be likewise equipped.Fireman's Pension Fund.The firemen of this city are paid salaries varyingfrom $50.00 to $60.00 per month. Many of them