Fire prevention program gets Hartford Chamber of Commerce plaque. Washington, D.C., May 1. L.G. Purmont, President, Federation of Mutual Fire Insurance Companies from Van Wert, Ohio, presenting a plaque to two representatives of the Hartford, Conn. Fire Department for that city's success in the Chamber of Commerce's 1938 Fire Waste Contest. Left to right: Purmont, Dennis E. Finn and Michael T. Keene. The presentation was made at the opening meeting of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce convention here today