NEAFC 31st Annual Conference.pdf - New England Association of ...

NEW ENGLAND ASSOCIATION OF FIRE CHIEFS
port, Fairfield, Easton, Trumbull, Shelton, Orange, Woodbridge, Bethany, Hamden,
Cheshire, Southington, West Hartford, Bloomfield, Windsor, East Gran.by, and Sub
field: These are the two main, line systems with lateral lines of small diameter extending
to approximately. 3~ delivery points in .Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire..ri’he
mo, st northerly .of which is Concord, New Hampshire.
I would suggest that each of you familiarize yourselves with the location and size
of the pipeline in your town. In wooded areas it may be readily identified by the
cleared space f~om 30-~0 p wide. In other location’s it may be identified by the casing
vent pipes at each highway ’crossing. These casing vent pipes~are either two or three
inches in diam_eter extending vertically above ground a distance of two or three
feet and’ terminating in a 180-degree U-bend at the property lines on each side of the
road. Signs have been, or are being, placed at all road crossings identifying the pipe,
line and its location. Local gas company officials are familiar with the pipeline location,
and Northeastern Gas Transmission Company has individual town maps showing the
pipeline location, which are available to any of you up.ort request.
It is our earnest desire to co-operate with all local and state agencies in order to
maintair~ the excellent record, which we have already established, and to insure that
if a pipeline failure should ever occur, that it will be handled in a safe, efficient manner
with the maximum speed and the least possible ir~convenience to local residents. We have
asked our airplane pilot to notify our maintenance crews of any fires or other hazardous
conditions which may be observed not only in connection with .o.ur own pipeline, but
which may exist elsewhere along the system--particularly gra’ss fires or forest fires which
may not have been recorded. He will notify our maintenance crews by radio, who
will in turn contact the proper .officials immediately to see that such hazards are properly
taken care of. And we would particularly appreciate receiving word from any of
you if you ever notice any conditions which appear to you to be hazardous or even
r!oubtful. Just call Northeastern Gas--collect--at any of the three offices or notify
your local gas company. We promise immediate investigation. May I extend an invi,
ration to each of you to visit our offices at either ’Holliston, Shelton, or Springfield to
become acquainted with our operating personnel, and to further familiarize yourselves
with the services which we perform. Thank you.
’PRESIDENT MOLLOY: Thank you, Mr. Miller. Is Percy Bugbee in the aud,ience?
I want to thank you very much, Mr. Bugbee, for relinquishing some of your time. Mr.
Bugbee is General Manager of the National Fire Protectiofl Association and will talk
on "New Developments in Fire Protection." Mr. Bugbee. (Applause.)
Mr. Bugbee: Gentlemen, Mr. President, and those ,of you who are left here this
morning. I will cut this down so you can, get out ofhere at twelve o’clock on schedule,
and I will just cover a few of the more important new developments in fire protection
out of a great many we might disguss with some pr0,fit in a meeting like this.
To me the obviously most important development these days is the world situation
we are in, and how it may._ affect all fire departinents in this country eventually--par,
ticularly if we are ever subjected to an atomic attack. I think the fire ’service in general
has been played down altogether too much by the Feddral Ci~,il Defense thinking, and
hasn’t been give~ the opportunities and information that is really available, but all too
much of which is classified as "secret," and that there is a great deal of useful research
and information that would affect very materially the fire department operations in
event of any attack on any of our cities, which ought to be released to the fire service.
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