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Show HILLTOP TIMES TIMES December 18, 2008 Happy Holidays from Hill AFB Fire Dept. lights through hooks (available at hardware stores). • Turn off all holiday lights when you go to bed or Hill Air Force Base Fire Department fire prevention inspector leave the house. The lights could short out and start a fire. hristmastime is a great time of families and • Use caution when removing outdoor holiday togetherness. However it can also be a time lights. Never pull or tug on lights — they could unof increased fire risk. In order to have a safe and happy holiday season please abide by the follow- ravel and inadvertently wrap around power lines. • Outdoor electric lights and decorations should ing safety rules. be plugged into circuits protected by ground fault Trees: circuit interrupters. Portable outdoor GFCIs can be purchased where electrical supplies are sold. GFCIs • When purchasing an artificial tree, look for the can be installed permanently to household circuits by label "Fire Resistant." Although this label does not a qualified electrician. mean the tree won't catch fire, it does indicate the tree will resist burning and should extinguish quickDecorations: ly. • Use only noncombustible or flame-resistant ma• When purchasing a live tree, check for freshterials to trim a tree. Choose tinsel or artificial icicles ness. A fresh tree is green, the needles are hard to of plastic or nonleaded metals. Leaded materials are pull from its branches and the needles do not break hazardous if ingested by children. when bent between your fingers. The trunk butt of a • Never use lighted candles on a tree or near other fresh tree is sticky with resin, and when tapped on evergreens. Always use nonflammable holders, and the ground, the tree should not lose many needles. place candles where they will not be knocked down. • When setting up a tree at home, place it away • In homes with small children, take special care from fireplaces and radiators. Because heated rooms to avoid decorations that are sharp or breakable, keep dry live trees out rapidly, be sure to keep the stand filled with water. Place the tree out of the way of traf- trimmings with small removable parts out of the reach of children to avoid the child swallowing or infic and do not block doorways. haling small pieces, and avoid trimmings that resemLights: ble candy or food that may tempt a child to eat them. • Wear gloves to avoid eye and skin irritation • Indoors or outside, use only lights that have been while decorating with spun glass "angel hair." tested for safety by a recognized testing laboratory, • Follow container directions carefully to avoid such as UL or ETL which indicates conformance with safety standards. Use only lights that have plugs con- lung irritation while decorating with artificial snow sprays. taining fuses. • Check each set of lights, new or old, for broken Fireplaces: or cracked sockets, frayed or bare wires, or loose • Use care with "fire salts," which produce colconnections, and throw out damaged sets. Always ored flames when thrown on wood fires. They contain replace burned-out bulbs promptly with the same heavy metals that can cause intense gastrointestiwattage bulbs. • If using an extension cord, make sure the exten- nal irritation and vomiting if eaten. Keep them away from children. sion cord is rated for the intended use. • Do not burn wrapping papers in the fireplace. A • Never use electric lights on a metallic tree. The flash fire may result as wrappings ignite suddenly and tree can become charged with electricity from faulty lights, and a person touching a branch could be elec- burn intensely. trocuted. • Finally, as in every season, you need to have working smoke alarms installed on every level of • Before using lights outdoors, check labels to be your home. Test them monthly and keep them clean sure they have been certified for outdoor use. and equipped with fresh batteries at all times. • Stay away from power or feeder lines leading from utility poles into older homes. Know when and how to call for help. From any phone on base (911) or if you are using a cell phone • Fasten outdoor lights securely to trees, house please call (777-1911) to report any kind of emerwalls or other firm supports to protect the lights from wind damage. Use only insulated staples to hold gency. May all of you and your families have a very strings in place, not nails or tacks. Or, run strings of Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. BY KENNETH R. KIPP C WFRC wants traffic study near Falcon BY MITCH SHAW Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau mishaw@standard.net C LEARFIELD — The Wasatch Front Regional Council is pushing for a long-range transportation study of the area near the 550-acre Falcon Hill Aerospace Research Park. The park is part of the Air Force's Enhanced Use Lease program that allows private entities to lease underutilized military land. Construction on Falcon Hill began on Hill Air Force Base's west side in early October. In addition to government office buildings, the land will include nearly 2 million square feet of retail space in its first phase. The park is expected to attract software, engineering, composite, computer and other manufacturing companies — and plenty of new jobs. Transportation officials say those new jobs will mean more traffic in an area that's already dealing with congestion problems. "We've been pressing for a full-range transportation study," said Wasatch Front Regional Council planner Greg Scott. "Those interchanges are at failure already without a single new employee." Officials with the Military Installation Development Authority have estimated the park's first phase could bring up to 15,000 new jobs, and even more than that as development continues. "If they eventually grow out to the kind of numbers they expect, we are talking another lane's worth of traffic in each direction on 1-15," Scott said. New parking lots will be constructed and Hill's West Gate will be moved a few hundred feet to the east and a new gate house built to improve traffic flow. Shortly before construction began, UDOT began conducting traffic counts on various roads near Hill's west side to determine possible traffic volume. Sam Klemm, public information officer for WFRC, said the details of the study are still in the preliminary stages and the WFRC has to meet with UDOT, UTA, and MTOA before any firm decisions are made. B!G SKI & SNOWBOARD *, CHRISTMAS SALE SKI & SPORTS V - '( ' 1776 N Hillf ield Rd. Layton f 614.0233 40 W 500 S • Bountiful 298.4551 ANY '*} Ski or Snowboard Helmet Tune-UP reg.$30 _. Expires 12-31-08 ANY Hilltop Times Coupon Expires 12-31-D8 Hilltop Times Coupon Expires 12/31/08 QANY *} Goggles & Gloves \ ONE FREE , RENTAL 773-7579 RENT One Ski or Snowboard \ Get Second Rental FREE. \ {Excludes Soasonal Renialsl Eipires 12 31-00 Hilllop Times Coupon | (Up to $7 value) With coupon. 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