Fiz 17. 182M-V. Incoming Overhead Lines with Lightning Arrestore Showing Separation of Choke Coils, Current Tranformere and Disconnecting Switches (the Latter by Means of Soapstone Barriers on Account of Insulating Qualities. Protection of Operator from Horn Gape. Deurnation and Warning Signs.

ported with definite and specific signs, not only forbidding entrance to unauthorized persons, but also containing a vatement of the presence of high tenon equipment and a warning of the attendant danger.

2. Design and Arrangement of High Tension Structures and Enclosures.

(a) In general, the high tension equipment strucures should be completely enclosed with some fireproof material, with easily removable doors providing access to the equipment.

(b) Concrete or brick cells around and over all high tension of crit breakers are strongly recommended; with similar barriers also between the individual phase tanks of the switches. The use of the cell is to confine the damage which would result

Fig. 18. 13,200-V. Incoming Line Compartment or Left, with Bus and Oil Switch Compartments on Right, ow. ing Asbestos Doors and Designations.

(e) Where outdoor installations are made ad this has become quite general in the case of the tr former installations), particular care should taken to provide a complete enclosure, prope locked, thoroughly grounded and equipped with da ger and warning signs. While screen enclosures a entirely satisfactory to prevent unauthorized person from gaining access to these outdoor installations still another possibility must be guarded against:the enclosure must be extended high enough, and a comparatively small mesh screen provided around any live parts, to provide against the danger of accidental contact with an unguarded end of a pipe. bar, rod, etc., being carried.

3. Provisions for Barrier Separation of Adjacent Appar atus and Equipment.

(a) Flame-proof barriers should be placed tween all disconnecting switches, current tra formers, high tension fuses, choke coils, etc., to

to fit local conditions, but the general plan could still obtain. The work of the Safety Committee must first have the approval and endorsement of the executive officials of each company, and all efforts must radiate from headquarters through the various committees. A house organ or employes' bulletin is a very effective stimulus in maintaining safety work among the various companies. There is no need of any great expense in connection with an employes' bulletin; it may be published on ordinary multigraph paper and the work done with a multigraph machine.

General Publicity

Every Public Utility Company should have some man in the organization who is on friendly terms. with newspaper men or reporters, and in the larger cities it should be arranged to have these reporters call each day at the office of the public utility company. In this way, although there may be no publicity department, the reporter or newspaper man is able to dig out the news items in your conversation. There is plenty of interesting news stories regarding Accident Prevention work, and continual contact with reporters and newspaper men will get them before the public.

Campaigns

A Safety Campaign is always productive of good newspaper publicity. One of the best methods of inaugurating a Safety Campaign is to interest the local school authorities and have work emanate from these schools. If someone in each organization is able to write newspaper stories, they will find no trouble getting them into the papers. Of course, they must be written in newspaper style in order to be accepted. If there is no such man on the property, regular daily interviews with the reporters will put the news over. Our experience has been that newspapers are always willing to take news, but if we attempt to spatter it with advertising or propaganda it will not get by.

A good method of getting the right kind of newspaper stories is to have a file of clippings of Safety First material used in other papers and other places. This can usually be applied with a few changes. It would not require any particular effort on the part of each organization to arrange to keep a file of clippings. Keep in touch with those companies that have had successful Accident Prevention campaigns and get their file of publicity.

Conclusions

Every effort should be made by every Company to reduce accidents. The first step should be a systematic plan of permanent organization. Spasmodic campaigns undoubtedly accomplish some good, but the perpetual hammering is what finally counts. There is no property too large or too small to have some kind of a Safety Organization.

Following a Safety Organization each Company should arrange with the National Safety Council or some other body to get posters and literature. The cost of this is very little, and the result comparatively big.

This should be followed by establishment of friendly conversational relationship with reporters and editors. Do not hesitate to give newspaper men a full line of what you are doing and what you are accomplishing, and leave it to them to find the news in it. If a publicity man is available on your property, have him prepare the news in acceptable style, and it will relieve the burden of the newspaper force and be received more graciously.

Safety campaigns, known perhaps as Accident. Prevention work, should be started in each city. This can be done without a great deal of effort, and is certain to bring the subject before the public both verbally and through the newspapers.

Report of Subcommittee on Fire Prevention of Southwestern Geographic Division At the outset of the Subcommittee's work it was thought advisable to confine its report this year to a summary of the methods employed by member companies. Such a report would then suggest points for special investigation by succeeding committees.

The Subcommittee presents in this report the facts. gathered through a questionnaire which was sent to all member companies, to which 37 replies were received.

1. Is your generating station a fireproof building? Yes-15.