24 COMMISSION OF CONSERVATION 



Instructions to Railway Employees 



To cover the issuance of instructions to railway employees vrnder 

 Reg. 14 of Order 16570, the following draft was prepared and approved 

 by the Board. This draft was based upon the form of instructions issued 

 by the Great Northern and Grand Trunk Pacific railways. The form 

 is purely suggestive and was prepared by the Board merely as a 

 basis for the preparation of instructions to suit the needs of each par- 

 ticular railway line. The instructions issued by the various railways 

 are as a rule somewhat different, though in a number of cases the draft 

 prepared by the Board is being followed closely. 



Working Instructions in Connection with Order No. 16570 

 OF THE Board of Railway Commissioners for Canada, 

 Dated May 22, 1912 



To Enginemen, Conductors, Brakemen, and Firemen : 



It shall be the duty of train and engine crews on freight and 

 passenger trains, when discovering a fire, on, or adjoining the right- 

 of-way of the Railway Company, to stop and use every effort to 

 extinguish such fire. In the event of this being impracticable, 

 either by reason of the extent of the fire or its distance from the 

 right-of-way, the train shall proceed to the first telegraph station, 

 where the Conductor thall wire a report to the Superintendent, giv- 

 ing the exact location of the fire, and the action taken by engine 

 and train crew concerning the same. It shall also be the duty of 

 Enginemen to stop and notify the first section gang passed, regard- 

 ing any fire not extinguished as above. 



No employee shall do or cause damage or injury to any of the 

 fire-protective applicances on any engine ; open the back dampers 

 of any engine while running ahead, or the front dampers while 

 running tender first, or permit fire, live coals, or ashes to be de- 

 posited on tracks or rights-of-way outside of yard limits, unless 

 the same are extinguished immediately thereafter. 



To Agents : 



Enginemen and conductors of all trains have received instruc- 

 tions to report fire along the right-of-way and adjacent thereto, 

 and it shall be your duty to notify the local fire Inspector of the 

 Railway pommission immediately, giving the exact location of the 

 fire and its extent, and forthwith wire the Superintendent, giving 

 the location of the fire, the extent of the same, and any other in- 

 formation which may be of value, particularly as to the number 

 of men needed to extinguish the fire. 



To Roadmasters, Assistant Roadmasters, Master Carpenters and 

 Other Officials : 



_ In cases where fires are reported, it shall be the duty of any 

 division official to proceed to the scene of the fire as quickly as 

 possible and to take charge of the work of fire fighting until he can 

 be relieved by the Division Roadmaster. The man first on the 



