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TEXAS FIREMEN'S TRAINING SCHOOL
In 1929 the
District of the 'State Fi
petit d the State
prima
this
A&M College to
the very warm
Dr. F. C.
sociation
Grande Valley
of Texas,
T. O. Walton and
faculty member, to be School
toward planning and conducting an annual fire
May, 1930.
the College,
of instruction
convention of the
Distrfct.
try
Association,
two days
by the semi-annual
This first schoOl was
cities and
De
cities of the state,
6 fire
76
from the
of the larger
regular session
No. 921
create an~ operate a f
and
the
the State Association
legislative
During the 1931
(House Bill
Ec
rized
of
y the
by t
and be
Upon
an Advisory Board
n, The b ill
~ Board. This bill
ye May 26, 1931.
inted. In
a~ointed
Dr. T. O-
Dr. Frank C, Bolton -
Dr. C, C.
Dr.
Dean H.
E. L.
H. D.
Dr. John
Dean Fred
James R,
- 1954-73
- i956-Pres ent
961-present
-Pre sen t
Olin
W. P~
J
Johnny
19 37-52
1941-52
& 1961-71
1953-68
- 1963-71
969-Present
19 71-Present
1930
under the
by
conducted
World War II.
the State. On
At this t , the two
increased with Chiefs Otis Muenster
by the merger.
Commissioner
was added to
and were
Chief Frank Williams
L. O. Bynum
staff.
January, 1950. A new position was authorized
January, 1950.
g School was conducted by the
from
to
for area
ffered
g
was
added
A. L. Cartwright
resigned
yed in
inception until Wo
Department
for the school as Director~ war,
to A&M College when the two programs were merged,
duties and was appointed as ~
wit
Disaster On this
Firemen's Training School
January, 1957. he w
capacity to the pre
Department of the
from its
Warfare
re spons ibilities
re t u rned
ching
served in this
absence to serve
Defense and
Chief of the
Brayton in
has served in this
This must be an outs
a tribute to an outstan
'two individuals have se
Presgnt Chief, Henry D.
the
f the
ion, and
ton
This program p
is conducted
ing School
A&M
~ 196
Fifth
Annual
.~_ period,
involving ~rom 44 states
of the United States and 30 foreign
The following ~chart depicts the' growth of the training school from
its inception to the present:
Year
1930 76
1935 203
1940 272
19 45 279
1950 31~
1955 4 35
1960 442
1965 527
1970 737
19 71 914
1974
196
487
566
485 (World War II)
558
1235
1622
2041
2993
3121
4170
In t954, it was
of Industrial Fire P
ing
recognized in their pa
one day to permit
in the areas
school specializ-
sented by leaders
,.d for
field
in
for 1229
tS
and conference
attendance of 1557_
had
The year 1967, marked another ext
progr
The f
The ram was con
-attendance of 208 s't'udents from 66
count ries.
~School
became evident.
and encouraging.
in 1971, the a total
towns from spanish speaking
The growth and advancement of the Texas Firemen's Training School has
not been without trials, tribulations it not
have been fo~ the tremendous support manufacturers,
distributors, sales representatives and industry, the have
been possible. Several years ago, two of the staff instructors started to
attempt' to figure the cost of the equipment loaned and donated to the school,
and when they reached $520,000, they stopped. This ~amount does not include
the salaries of the hundreds of representatives of these who
also donate their time
that is due municipalities, i
services fo~
as will be noted Late
great credit
the armed
growth of the school. And,
greater ventures await (he fire
The
thi
Department, to ~
water
acre plot adjacent t
campus. The staff of
found. The fuel
and it w~as pumped from t~he truck
could be'
a fue
the various projects.
raining program of
tion from the original
re
and modern
first permanent site was a 15
on the north side of the
~ls wherever they could be
hauled it to the field
~ek of training~
pres~ent field has
is _pump.ed through pipe lines to
Itl
was to be to
was
1950' s ,~-
an Oil field Yloat
as
the field.
Students ~
activi
the staff to haul in
evolul
fuel or
field.
ure could be
ore
and
a building
zation
training school
and start~ the
In the middle
ton tractor and
fire field
which they hauled to
ng A&M Former
the University ' s
ch enabled
field
contaminated
ed to the fire
it was a
as an
possess a valid
Many times the
instructor was in the cab
activities,
qualifications
also must
take his turn hauling.
until another
In 1960,
Co
ex
to
potential
inspecting
accessibi
ural and Mechanical
more land for
the re fo re,
loring
several months of
r supply: ~
-s i ~v
The
dirt
made
was
now ill use~
from a water-main with
fed from the main that
about a quarter
discovered that if too
pulled from the reactor,
were necessary. A
the next
OCCH~
creating "water
nearness of the
water
officials, the fi
areas avaiiable.
miilion
fire extinguishe
multiple story indUst
training set are only the begi
Adv '
Marshals' Association of
dollars, fo~ a three year
fie
This,
equipment.
Gravel and
in 1961,.with dirt
the new field
:was supplied
, which also was
located
was soon
ustments
devised. Then
fighters, you will
a nozzle too fast, thereby
learned that due to the
was causing
the reactor.
rsi~y and State
p rac t±cai t rain in g
a one and three quarter
, a permanent
maintenance laboratory
ere disaster rescue
Firemen's Training School
and Fi re
and one-half million
n of. the training
, will
ies and
year 1974-75,
Boos
2-1/2~'
fi
perso
At the
for the
Traf '
Elect
Tank
Hazardous
S
facilil
Trainin
De
Aid facility;
Fire Train
Distribution
protect ive
facility;
ining facilit
ity;
of the
Fi
fiscal
Truck; 1-1/2"-
Operation
Ex tra
and
ft.); Fire
d Heat Training
a Retail-Warehouse
Re se rvoi r
Fuel S tora
System; Waste Oil Collection
The
will be expanded in
of
extend t
be va
t in all areas
in excess of
Real Es
program include; Water
ter System;
Communicat ions
and
the fi
A we
will
as
Education
in
clas:
planned for
aerial
specialiZed
ram is in operation at the
School.
are
Control:, Disaster Rescue Training
ers and small paid departmen
time at the
ols
now in
ion
year
schools;
and other
At tachments:
House Bil
Consoli
Information Sheet
B4Y.331.gM-L
CITY OF AUSTIN, $ RY 13, 1931
ADJOURNED MAY 23, 1931
MRS. JANE Y. McCALLUM, Secreta~ of State
382
GENEIk~LAws.
a
voce vote;
tt
Be it
& M. COLLEGE.
S. B. No. 5.]
~n
A PROPOSED PLAN for the CONSOLIDATION of the FIREMEN'S
TRAINING PROGR;~MS of THE AGRICULTURAL ;
FI
ASSCC
1, 1947
It is prop(
College of
service in
1. TWO pRE~_ PROGRJ~
A. Firemen's Training School
1. Conducted by the Department of Chemistry.
2. Holds an Annual one week school on the A. & M. College campus.
3. holds one night meetings with
itinerary.
Under direction of H. R. Brayton, Professor of Chemistry.
4e
Extension Firemen Training
1.
2.
ConduCted by' the Industrial Extension Service.
Holds schools in ]
handling local
Employs three fulltime instructors.
Summary of work July 1, 1946 - June 30, 1947.
Schools held in
trained
12
PROPOSED ~-O~IZATION
as needs demanded
& M.
trative and supervisory department -
control and guidance of the Advisory
provided
- 2 -
Be
full time director of the complete
lng.
The name of the new organization to be '~he Texas Firemen's Training
School."
Other personnel to include:
a. The field
bo The
c. or to be as t permits.
d.
Services to include:
1.
The Aa%nual Firemen'$ Training School at College.
Local Department Schools
a.
vary
b.
give
to
1 phases of fire prevention and
Ce
designated persom~el of state institu-
e. Consulting service in field
f. Assistance to state
3. Publish training manual~
Finances
Prevention and Training.
ies in fire prevention.
· literature as needed.
the
-3-
Summary:
most
The two
fire training
chool i
America.
Representing State Firemen's and Firemarshals Association
Judge G. F. Dohrn - Mission
Chief I. W. Speckels - Schulenburg
Chief J. M. O'Brien - Fort Worth
Chief Chester Creuzbaur . La Grange
Representing A. & ~. C~llege
Dean F. C. Bolton, Texas A. & M. College
E. L. Williams, Vice Director Engineering Extension Service
Secretary of Board - H. R. Brayton
ing the
Release 10 a.m. Saturday,
June 25, and thereafter
Texas A. and M. News
June 25, 1960
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, June-~-(Spi)~--D~ectors of the
Texas A. and M. College System, ing here , honored
the late Col. H.R. , pioneer in the tra of Texas
firemen, by des ting Extension Set-
rice's new 's training Train-
ing Field."
Col. BraytOn. who died in 1957, offering short
courses for the training of Texa iremen in , while he
was a member of
M. College,
twenty
from active
the program expanded to an
A, and M., plus off us tra
in scope. During
staff at Texas A. and
less than
in 1955
the firemen's train program, saw
school at
training
the Texas Eng
training
attended schools On
scattered over the state.
For the first
the few large ci
and later
ayton directed the
T fi n. These men
locations
n years of his service, Brayton and
structo
s f
out the
department s.
than
Success of Brayton's training program for'firemen r~sulted
in insurance from three to five
res for fire being granted to com-
munities
n
the
of Civi
S.
out-of
st~uc
at the
model
crew training.
-30-
annual schools
tional recog-
, and during
e the training
instructors and
now
· and
firefighting de~
states, plus
held July 18-22,
ion. The
firemen in
, plus a
er relief