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Show Check Your Fire Hazards! Another Fire Prevention Week is being observed in Utah and the nation from Sunday, October 5, through Saturday, the 11th. To some of our readers it may seem repetitious for The Springville Herald to call the attention of citizens of this city each year to this observance. But fire itself, and the death, suffering and damage it can bring, is repetitious. Day after day it claims its toll some 1400 home fires, 135 fires in stores, 100 factory fires, 11 school fires and 110 barn fires on the average each day of the year throughout the nation. All this plus 31 who lose their lives and hundreds who suffer burns of varying degrees of severity. Fire levies its toll repctitiously during the year, but only once a year during Fire Prevention Week are people generally alerted to the fire peril and urged to take those steps which can reduce the unbroken parade of fire losses. Maintenance of a good, well-equipped and well-trained fire department is of prime importance and Springville has one of the best. Officials and people of Springville should give some thought to the adequacy of fire protection services here. But the greatest individual fire safety contribution anyone any-one can make this week is to check personally on the fire safety of his own home, farm or place of business. And talking about repetition that's a check worth repeating re-peating a number of times during the year. |