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NEw ENGLAND ASSOClATIOlXl O1~ FII’,E CHIEFS
this organization, urging a closer degree of cooperation between the motor
vehicle bureau or any other such bureau a~ your organization so designates,
would perhaps be in order. And, without pu°tting our good President on the
spot, Henry, have you something to contribute at this point.
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CHIEF THoMas: The question of a resolution having come up, I think
that I should tell you and the group that" the Eastern Association of Fire
Chiefs, meeting at .Elmira, New York, just about three weeks ago, did pass
a resolution on this subject. Their resolution was a request to the International
Association to set up a ’committee or a sub-committee to make a survey and
come up with some recommendations for a remedy.
Of course, as you have said, Roi,.we are all thoroughly ]?amiliar with the
problem, and we. might even go a little bit further if you had the time, to
remind our members of the terrific time they had down around Elizabeth,
and the air crashes down there. That sure was a traffic problem.
The International will entertain such a resolution as has already been
presented. My own personal opinion is this. The State of Connecticut has
the same type of cooperation between the Fire Department and the Motor
Vehicle Department as has already been mentioned by Chief Seavey, if the
Fire Department gets the number of the offending vehicle, whether it is obstructing
its passage or obstructing its. operation, well, they will bring the
driver in, if he is r.eported to the Registry of Motor Vehicles.
Now, I do believe, and it is my personal opinion, that it is a State problem,
because the Motor Vehicle Laws are set up on the State government approach,
and not on the Federal level.
I would favor such a resolution, and suggest that if you s6 desire, you
could make two resolutions; one of them to be sent to all of the States. in
New England, to the Motor Vehicle Commissioners, for their cooperation
that you so much desire, and the second resolution to be forwarded to the
International, Roi, that will give added emphasis in calling for some sor.t of
a discussion, and perhaps the setting up of a Committee at the national level.
MODZRATO~ WOOLL~Y: I think that that may answer this. question, because
it would immediately tie in all of the other organizations in the Fire
Service, throughout the country, through the International, and .we could
work with the national and International Traffic forces of the country.
Therefore, Mr. President, merely as the Chairman of the P~nel, it would
be my suggestion that you entertain two resolutions to be drawn up; one to
cover the individual States in a recommendation from this. organization.
Pardon me, but I see that John Gerletti has some ideas on the subject, so
I will strike out my remarks.
MR. JortN G~RL~TTI: With the coming of television and with the expanding
of the T-V units throughout the United States, and I might say
that we have 360 stations, now andwe expect to have 500, fire becomes a
positive public show for television; with the utilization of the T-V and the
traveling television wagons, you are jamming the scene an untold number
of times.
I saw three fires in California, in which the last 2,000 feet, it took two
hours to clear the path.
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