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Show 1 I FIRE PREVENTION -I Lois Hart f I place Winner in Junior High) I e, pi,e! Don't shout it. Pre-I Pre-I C"' I rre prevention week is the week I i tober 9th the anniversary of I Ifhieago fire in 1871, the tire f L destroyed the city with a loss I fx lives- Tne instit"te invites 2 cooperation of the people in f ng every week in the year a prevention week, .pings that will help prevent the Ly dlsasterous fires, are: jlvver empty ash trays into waste-ets waste-ets or into inflamable rubbish, I ut cigars and cigarettes may Jrt fire. tjbbish accumulations are fire l-aids. If you do not have regular jfuse collections, a rubbish burner jll afford a safe way of getting i of inflamable refuse. Keep the mer away from buildings and Ices. plany serious fires have been Irted by people looking for some-lug some-lug in closets with a lighted jatch, a candle, or an open flame np. Use a flashlight instead. Its t only safe, but allso much more invenient to do this. Somo times paint rags or oily rag3 itch fire by themselves, by spon- neous ignition. Burn such rags ' mediately after using, or keep covered metal container. Things that will help to prevent t terrible fires are: Have your roofs covered with as- ialt shingles, the fire-retardant ofing. Most fire prevention measures it so spectacular for one can see e fires that do not occur. Every y thousands of women send cloth-g cloth-g to the cleaner, not only because ley have found that a good clean- 51 can do the work better than ey do it at home, but more important im-portant still because they will not tdanger their lives or homes by ling their own dry cleaning with Jasoline, naphtha, or other inflam-. inflam-. liable liquids. However, there are ; frobably just as many who, In send-f send-f ig their cloothing to the cleaner, do not realize what an excellent fire-prevention measure it is. S Unfortunately thousands of women wo-men still do their cleaning at home, pissfully ignorant of the danger, ind through rare good fortune hap- j pen to avoid a fire or explosion. I But sooner or later disaster may tome. I Just how explosions occur no one Mows. Friction in washing machines mach-ines or a spark from an electric rotor may be the causes. Because we use gasoline with safety in our automobiles, we are spt to be unaware of its treacherous treacher-ous nature. We all know that gaso-I'Jie gaso-I'Jie ignites easily and vaporizes readily. Few of us, however, realize that the vapors can be ignited or exploded sometimes by a fire many 't away from the gasoline liquid self. A fire and explosion may re-slt re-slt from cleaning clothes in one room and somebody's lighting a ijarette in another room.' One other thing that is not genially gen-ially known is that the rubbing '"gether of two layers of a fabric "hen cleansing it in gasoline frequently fre-quently produces electric sparks, hclh will ignite or explode the Easoline. This means that no open 'ire or flame is needed to cause an wplosion or serious fire. The extent to which fires are not Prevented is shown by the esti- average of 166,000 dwelling fires in the United States annually, and that over 5,000 lives are lost in home fires every year. Fire insurance insur-ance may cover the loss of physical physi-cal property destroyed, but it can never compensate for the disruption disrup-tion of the home and the possible loss of life or injury by fire. It is easy to provide fireproof ash receivers for cigars, cigarettes, and burnt matches. Reasonably careful habits would ellimlnate the tossing of lighted cigarettes or cigars ci-gars or matches into wastebaskets, rubbish piles, or on the flloor. Also, Al-so, thrown out of windows onto awnings, or onto the roofs of cars, or into baby carriages, as has happened. hap-pened. What to do in case of fires: Keep your head use your head, get everyone out of the house if possible don't go back for the cat, valuable papers,, or heirlooms. Call the fire department know the location and operation of the nearest fire alarm box. Don't rush from a room that isn't on fire into one that is A closed door will hold back fire for several minutes. Don't jump from the building-experience building-experience shows a better chance of escape by waiting for the firemen. fire-men. If your clothing catches fire, do not run roll yourself on the floor or ground. Call a doctor to attend to burns even minor burns may have serious seri-ous results if they are neglected. Carelessness is the main factor In starting disasterous fires. To help prevent them be careful. Fire! Fire! Don't shout at. Pre vent It |