| Show Fires Cause Most Damage e I The greatest t single cause calise of fir fire loss is b hit v is 18 known as exposure It cl close cloe 70 million mil million It is for e to lion of our million dollar annual was wast ne neThe e eThe The term exposure c e is applied to tonny t tany any fire that e extends from flom its place of origin to mother another building Then are arc i a number of causes o of such fire fires R a a conflagration may get be beyond ond con car control because o of t tie le nature or size of of ofa ofa I Ia a building or u bec because e of the combusts combustibility of its contents Or as vv vis rs th thc thet-i thet Atlanta disaster sier else c e in m the great burning embers embs may fly fl through th the theair air af- af afford afford af afford Wide streets ind open spaces ford i r measure of protection against fires spreading HO 03 as most exposure fire occur in m thickly con I con con- pasted con g sted localities the only protective factora are arc the ability of or structures I to withstand heat and flame and the quality and quantity qu of fire fighting or organizations and their equipment It should be understood understood that thit there IS no such thing is a fire fire proof building The mot most mos b serious fire in Chicago go 1871 occurred in 1922 m In i t fifteen office building constructed in the most ap- ap approved ap approved proved pro modern manner The fire and the started in m a near near-by structure upp upper floors of the modem modern building were ere subjected to such suh terrific heat t I that radiation through glass window Indo ignited the combustible contents o of I offices office flattened out metal desks and I cabinets c and melted incited glass gliss desk tops and metal fittings fittIng I I What we e can do is build to resist the flue Masonry walls of adequate t thickness with Ith wired Ired glass v s d the best fire stop Improved ed metal fire doors and shutters shatters offer a hIgh d degree gree of protection is lIO to systems Every AmerIcan American city should have building codes that enIo enforce the thc test safest I motif mot r firc-r resistant fire con construction Un- Un Until Un Until til hI such codes are arc effected exposure I Kill undoubtedly continue to lead the list |
