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Show FIRST AID RULES GIVEN IN CASE OF PLANE CRASH With intensified efforts to train bomber crews being pressed throughout the state, Col. Frank W. Wright, commanding officer of the Army Air Base, Salt Lake City, has listed a few simple suggestions sug-gestions for farmers and ranchers who may have the opportunity to help if a plane comes down near their property. j 1. Notify the Sheriff. He or you should phone Army Air Base, Salt Lake City (33861), or a nearer near-er Army post if there is one, and tell the Adjutant. Have the location loca-tion in definite terms. 2. Post someone to guide the rescuers around turns they might miss. They will be hurrying and not know the roads. 3. If a plane is burning, be care- ' ful of exploding gasoline and am- ; munition .Approach only low, from ' windward. I 4. A man with burning clothes j should be knocked down, and the flames extinguished with a coat, blanket, etc. 5. Soak with water any bodies thrown clear, to prevent charring. This will help identification, at least. 6. Prevent crowds from approaching ap-proaching plane. Preserve carefully careful-ly any papers found. 7. Do not alter position of controls. con-trols. They may give a clue to the cause of the accident. 8. Notice conditions the exact time, weather, behavior of plane in air and after crash, etc. and jot them down to make sure. 9. Take no photos. 10. Do not talk about: a. Type of plane. b. Special equipment or armament. arma-ment. c. Presence of identity of high-ranking high-ranking officers. Their mission may be secret. d. Causes of accident, or failure of specific parts. |