Fire Fighters: Children Trapped in Apartment Fire

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In just a minute, we'll join Chief Cody, who's spending a quiet evening as a guest at the home of Tim Collins. Though the young fireman himself has left to report for duty at Engine Company 209, a thrilling adventure is about to begin, and you have just time for this important message.

Let's go, firefighters! Let's go to the home of Tim Collins, the young fireman, where Chief Cody is spending the evening as a guest. As you remember, Tim's young brother and sister have been working on a set of house plans for Trudy's class in home economics.

And as soon as Chief Cody glanced at Jimmy's drawings, he recognized them as the old-fashioned railroad-flat kind of construction. That's bad. And it is a bad layout for a home, because as Chief Cody once told the young fireman in training school months ago when Tim Collins was only a probation.

Men, a fireman should know as much about building construction as a contractor. And this type of building, the kind you see here in this model, is bad. What's bad about it, Chief? What's bad about it?

Well, let's see if you can figure it out for yourself. Chief Cauley. Yes, Collins? Chief, isn't that what they used to call a railroad flat? That's right, Collins. And used to is correct. Nowadays, we discourage this type of building plan.

Oh, what's it got to do with the railroad? Oh, I call it that because it's, excuse me, Chief. That's all right, Collins. Go ahead. Tell us, why is this kind of building called the railroad flat?