Safety Demonstration, photo 1

This image shows four people, including two members of the Boone, NC, Fire Department, and Appalachian State Chancellor Herbert Walter Wey (1969-1979), standing in front of a fire engine in front of one of the dormitories at Appalachian State University (1967-current). From left to right: Mr. Wade Wilmouth, Boone Mayor; Chancellor Herbert W Wey; Mr. Phil Vance, Boone Fire Chief; Dr. Marvin Hoffman, Boone Fireman and Professor of Political Science. As part of a safety demonstration, the Boone Fire Department demonstrated the means which a person could be rescued from the multi-story dormitory, which included running the fire truck's ladder up to the top of the dormitory, and a volunteer jumped from the top of the building into an large inflated air bag on the ground. Dormitory used was either Gardner or Coltrane Residence Hall, both built in 1968.

Administrators

Chancellors

Safety

Appalachian State University

General Picture Files, 2004.040, Box 4, Safety (OSHA), C14.2.1.4.

University Archives, Appalachian State University

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Photographs

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Appalachian State University

Wey, Herbert Walter, 1914-1999

1970-1979

Series 2 -- Events

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