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Excerpt from First Annual Report of the State Fire Marshal of Illinois: For Year, 1911
Dear Sir - Complying with section 15 of "An Act creating the Department of the State Fire Marshal of Illinois," approved June 5, 1909, in force July 1, 1909, I beg to submit the following report for the Department of the State Fire Marshal from August 1, 1911, to December 31, 1911.
By way of explanation I desire to suggest that while this Act was in force July 1, 1909, owing to the failure of the General Assembly to pass an appropriation bill for the use of the funds of the State Fire Marshal Department it was impossible to put into practical operation this law or to organize this Department until the said funds were available. The last General Assembly of Illinois passed the appropriation act making the funds of this Department available and on July 1, 1911, a permanent organization of this Department was effected. Therefore, this report covers the practical working of this Department from August 1, 1911, to December 31, 1911, a period of five months.
The object of the State Fire Marshal law is to secure a reduction of the enormous fire waste that annually takes place in this State. The fire waste last year in Illinois was approximately $11,000,000.00. This burden is a drain upon the resources of our people. From the statistical reports on file in this Department I am of the opinion that fifty per cent of this fire waste in Illinois is preventable.
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