{"id":1116,"date":"2019-03-29T17:27:02","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T23:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.berthoudhistoricalsociety.org\/?p=1116"},"modified":"2026-04-07T16:00:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T22:00:54","slug":"berthoud-hose-company-no-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/berthoudhistoricalsociety.org\/fr\/berthoud-hose-company-no-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Compagnie de Tuyaux Berthoud N\u00b01."},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1116\" class=\"elementor elementor-1116\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7aef19e7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7aef19e7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7356f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c7356f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Berthoud Host Company No. 1<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8d531b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b8d531b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"595\" src=\"https:\/\/berthoudhistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Hose-Team-1-960x714.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1119\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/berthoudhistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Hose-Team-1-960x714.jpg 960w, https:\/\/berthoudhistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Hose-Team-1-scaled-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/berthoudhistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Hose-Team-1-scaled-600x446.jpg 600w, https:\/\/berthoudhistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Hose-Team-1-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/berthoudhistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Hose-Team-1-540x402.jpg 540w, https:\/\/berthoudhistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Hose-Team-1-768x572.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1aa03d99 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1aa03d99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p><em>by Mark French<\/em><br \/>La premi\u00e8re \u00e9quipe de pompiers de la ville s&#039;appelait <b>Compagnie de Tuyaux Berthoud N\u00b01.<\/b> Elle a \u00e9t\u00e9 organis\u00e9e en mai 1888 lorsque le juge de paix Ed Willis a pr\u00e9sid\u00e9 une r\u00e9union tenue dans les \u00ab salons du bureau de poste \u00bb. Willis \u00e9tait professeur \u00e0 l&#039;\u00e9cole de campagne de Mars Hill, \u00e0 un mile au nord de Berthoud. Le bureau de poste \u00e9tait situ\u00e9 dans le magasin commercial Bowman, Day &amp; Blackwell au 549 3rd Street. Willis a \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9lu pr\u00e9sident temporaire d&#039;un comit\u00e9 nomm\u00e9 pour travailler sur une constitution et des r\u00e8glements et d\u00e9terminer le co\u00fbt du tuyau et d&#039;un chariot \u00e0 tuyau.<\/p>\n\n<p>Lors d&#039;une r\u00e9union en juin 1888, Matt Rowen fut \u00e9lu pr\u00e9sident ; Willis, secr\u00e9taire ; George Graham, contrema\u00eetre\u00a0; Andy Fairbairn, contrema\u00eetre adjoint\u00a0; et H. Leary, deuxi\u00e8me contrema\u00eetre adjoint. Il a \u00e9galement \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9termin\u00e9 que l&#039;entreprise d\u00e9filerait et \u00ab serait en bon \u00e9tat de marche d&#039;ici le 4 juillet \u00bb lorsqu&#039;un grand bal aurait lieu au deuxi\u00e8me \u00e9tage du moulin \u00e0 farine nouvellement construit.<\/p>\n\n<p>Ce n&#039;est qu&#039;en ao\u00fbt 1889 que la Berthoud Hose Company No. 1 sera officiellement organis\u00e9e et \u00e9quip\u00e9e d&#039;un chariot \u00e0 tuyaux qui avait \u00e9t\u00e9 achet\u00e9 par la ville de Berthoud r\u00e9cemment constitu\u00e9e.<\/p>\n\n<p>Les membres de l&#039;entreprise de tuyaux ont \u00e9t\u00e9 initi\u00e9s avant le service. Pour tester la puissance pulmonaire, les candidats devaient souffler \u00e0 travers un tuyau suspendu \u00e0 la tour du distributeur d&#039;arrosage et forcer 25 livres d&#039;eau vers le haut. Pour tester l\u2019audition, ils se tenaient debout tandis qu\u2019un jet d\u2019eau \u00e0 pleine pression \u00e9tait dirig\u00e9 vers une oreille. Pour prouver que leurs jambes \u00e9taient en \u00e9tat de marche, ils ont \u00e9t\u00e9 suspendus par les pieds pendant cinq minutes.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Berthoud Host Company No. 1 by Mark FrenchThe town\u2019s first fire-fighting team was known as Berthoud Hose Company No. 1. 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