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

NEW ENGLAND ASSOCIATION OF FIRE CHIEFS
MR. HERBERT L. WHITNEY: President Molloy, Mayor Butler, Fire Chiefs, Members
and Guests: of the New England Association of Fire Chiefs.
Fire Marshal of New Hampshire, Aubrey G. Robinson, who was supposed to welcome
you at this gathering, is unable to be here this afternoon, and he has requested
that I give you a message in his behalf.
Therefore, it is with pleasure that I am hon, ored to help welcome you to the 3
Annual Conference of this Association.
At this time, we wish to thank all our colleagues from New Hampshire, and also
the Fire Marshals and Chiefs from the other States, who have been so gracious as to
give us the. help which we have requested from them from time to time. The co,
operation has been wonderful, and I ,believe the good services provided ,by £he Fire
Service can.~be traced right back to this co-operation .....
It may interest you Chiefs to kr~,cw that during this current session of the Legislature
we have passed legislation for the flame-proofing of tents, as well as emergency
lighting, which is a big step in preventing the loss of life.
Also, during this session .of the Legisla.t~re, there was. a bill presented to undo the
work of the last ten years, when the law prohibiting fireworks was enacted.
The .bill was brought before the Legislature to repeal this act, and again allow
the sale and use of fireworks in New Hampshire.
Now, we--of the Fire Service--know what injuries and fires have come a’bout
from fireworks, and therefore great efforts were made to prevent their sale and eliminate
these injuries and fires, which could again, take their toll of life and property. :
Through the Ibacking .of our Fire Chiefs in New Hampshire and other agencies
dedicated to the prevention of injury, we stood .our ground and defeated this ’bill.
We now wish to thank the Chiefs who have been so co-operative in this fight,
and also the fight of the Natior~,al Fire Protection Association, through their secretary,
Charlie Morgan, for their help, which they gave to our service.
In closing, I earnestly hope that every one here will return home from ~this conference
with s,cmething they h.ave learned Which will help in the prevention of loss
of lives and property from fire.
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Thank you very much! (Applause.)
PRESIDENT MOLLOY: It is with a great deal of pleasure that I introduce to you the
new Chief of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Chief Frederick R. Crompton. (Applause.)
CHIEF CROMPTON: Mr. President, honored guests and members of the New England
Ass, eciation of Fire Chiefs. When John wrote to .me he said he expected me to
say a few words, and it is going to be a few words.
On behalf of the City of Portsmouth and surrounding town,s it is a great pleasure
to have you here. We gain a lot of knowledge getting together here. Mr. Vio,lette,
we have a little trouble with parking; will you take care of the tickets? Come up town
andwe will have a place for you to park. (Applause.)
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