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January 27, 1985

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HE’S RETIRING from the North Vancouver City

Fire Department, but

Chief R.J: Hallaway

doesn’! seem to want to get away from the hear —
he’s leaving the local fires behind for the scor-

ching sun of Hawaii.

After 35 years on the job,
though, Hallaway deserves a
tropical vacation. He joined
the fire department at 13th
and St. Gearges in 1950, and
since that time he says
“things have changed so
much."*

The East 13th firehall used
to cover both City and
District, Hallaway explains,
until 1954 when the District
started their own firehail.
And an ambulance service
was offered until the gov-
ernment took it over in °75,.

Although the fire station
hasn't changed locations
since 195(t, a new building
was built beside the old one
in °72 to suit todays modern
heavy equipment. ‘‘The old
firehall was too small.
Trucks have changed —
they're bigger, heavier
now."'

Hallaway served in the
army for three years before
he decided to become a
fireman, and his curiosity
took him from there. ‘*f was
always interested in com-
munity work. My image of a
firefighter was high, exciting
— you never know what's
going to happen.’’

He feels his army training

PACKING up his betong-
ings, Fire Chief Raj.
Haliaway put in his last
official day Friday, after
35 years at the North
Vancouver City Fire
Department. Deputy
Chief J.R. Meldrum will
take over as chief, and
Senior Captain Douglas.
Cairrs will become depu-
ty chief, 33-year and 32-
year men, respectively,

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prepared him for a career in
firefighting and gave him an
idea of how he would react
under pressure. ‘I think I’m
pretty calm, I found out
during the army that I
wasn't an exciteable type.
The army training definitely
helped.**

Hallaway went through a
rigorous three-month train-
ing period when he started
out as a fireman, but says
“the training is a lot more
sophisticated now,” adding
that ‘‘it’s like any job — it’s
more complicated now than
it used to be.**

Bookwork, officer pro-
motion school and chemical
hazard training are some of
the more indepth areas

covered, which progress and’

change have required. For
example, Hallaway | says,
“Smoke is more toxic now,
with chemicats and plastics
being used more, and
breathing apparatus is far
more important. Every man
has a mask, instead of one
or two being available for
everyone,”’ .

Back in the ’50s, a plat-

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toon (or shift) consisted of
four days of work, three
days off, and four nights of
work, Hallaway explains,
compared to now when the
men work two days, two
nights and then take four
days off.

Hallaway says one of the
benefits of the fireman's job
is the comraderie between
the men. *‘You eat and sleep
together and rely on each
other as a team. It’s a com-
bination of a lot of things —
friendship, pride, satistac-
tion, spirit and loyalty. Oh,
not all firefighters love each
other, but they stick
together. 1 suppose it has
something to do with always
facing danger and surviving
it.” .
Talking about the fire
department as a_ whole,
Hallaway says it’s a small
department, but an ag-
gressive one. ‘‘On a regular
call we haven’: got people:
coming in for a backup,
that’s jt, so we can’t stand
back and be defensive. On
the average apartment fire
we go in quickly, attack it
and knock it down: fast.
There’s a real satisfaction
when you've put out a fire,
you really accomplish some-
thing."’

Due to his seniority,

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