NEAFC 32nd Annual Conference.pdf - New England Association of ...

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How many o£ the Fire.Chiefs, here, have the so-called Group Insurance?
It is usually applied to the smaller departments, but some of the larger departments
do have it.
I would again urge that you read your policies and s.ee what they offer; read
the small print. Most insurance policies are well written, and you get what
you pay J?or, so long as you deal with a reputable company. But, read your
policy and see if it is adequate for your present-day circumstances. See that
it actually covers your disabilities that I have mentioned to you, the respiratory
and lung diseases, and the heart diseases. Make sure that the policy applies to
those matters, and not just to the fellow who breaks his leg by falling from a
30-foot ladder, coming down from the second floor.
In other words, make sure that it applies to the situation as it may exist
in your-own Department.
Then, too, personal insurance is very important, because of the fact that
the Group Hans, and the compensation covering all o£ these things may be
inadequate to cover your actual needs. There are very few compensation
plans that will offer you enough to live on.
Most of you Chiefs make a fairly decent salary,, although not a tremendous
one, but it is enough to live on, comfortably. Could y~ou live on the amount
that your compensation would offer to you?
The compensation in the State o£ Maine runs around $25.00 a week.
Would you like to live on that?
So check on the question of personal insurance for yourself and, also,
if the people in your unit should ask you about it, then you can talk to them
about it and discuss it; but, make sure that they read the policies and make
sure that they are adequately covered.
And now, Gentlemen, this is the last chart o~ the lot, entitled ~Sex."
Gentlemen, I looked and looked about, because I wanted to ~ind something
to talk to you about on this subject. Finally, I made this. chart, and so I just
say to you now: "This is the end!" (Applause.)
PRESIDENT FORTIER: Our next speaker is Massachusetts State Representative
Howard S. Russell, a Member of the Recess Commission on Fire Safety in
Nursing Homes, Hospitals and Institutions, and his subject this morning is
.~Life and Fire Safety in Convalescent Homes.’"
Representative Russell! (Applause.)
REPRESENTATIVE HOWARD S. RUSSELL: Mr. President, Members o£ this
Association, their Guests and Friends.
It is a pleasure for me to have a chance to be with you at your Conference
today, and to talk to the Fire Chiefs from all over New England, and perhaps
a few from outside, about a very important subject.
I am not going to tell you any funny stories, becau~se the’ subject that I am
going to talk to you about is anything but funny. It is very important to
each o£ you, and it is imporFant.,.~o your Association, and to your cities and
towns, and to you personally, that matters be handled properly, and I refer
to the fire safety matter in institutions, such as nursing and convalescent homes
and boarding homes and hospitals and matters of that kind, which.are growing
so rapidly all over 1)his:a~,e___a,~t~the present tim._. _e: .......
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