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Show Fire Chiefs Cite Loss From Flames Fire strikes an average of 800 homes every day. Many are badly bad-ly damaged, many totally destroyed. de-stroyed. In addition, an average of 31 persons die every day as a result of all fire s in the U.S. An untold number are horribly burned or maimed for life. That's the report of the International Inter-national Association of Fire Chiefs, which now is emphasizing emphasiz-ing fire prevention and safety as an important part of the spring clean up activities. The Fire Chiefs point out that the nation's fire service takes an active part in the spring clean-up movement which this month is observing its 50th anniversary. According to the chiefs, major causes of fire in the home are matches for smoking and misuse of electrcity. These two causes, plus lightning account for about one-half of all the nation's million mil-lion fires resulting in losses of over $1 billion, and a yearly average av-erage of 11,600 dead during the last decade. The chiefs suggest you take a part in your community's spring clean up campaign. Inspect your home cellar to attic. Get rid of all the hazards that may cause a fire. Last year the nation's fire service inspected 15,000,000 of the homes. Today the chiefs are asking you to make a special effort ef-fort to help them save lives and property. |
