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Show : WARNING GIVEN ' " N REGARD ! TO LOCAL FIRES s-v- terfer;t fires "ill be given a tick-1 tick-1 ! ft same as any other offender rt,ritv regulations, it was an-7 an-7 of 'I Wednesday, by Hastings ' 3 chief of the local fire de-s de-s psrtment. 5 This ruling was made necessary m jt was found that people 1 attend fires often do more : damage to property involved than 1 fte fire itself, and in many in-? in-? stances the work of the firemen is j deterred by townspeople who in-1 in-1 sist on giving orders on how to manipulate fire equipment ,or extinguish ex-tinguish the fire. J in some instances, cars are parked in such a position at the site of the fire that it is almost impossible for the fire hose and . engine to operate, and often fire-' fire-' ) men are forced to park their cars some distance from the fire. Citizens are also asked to refrain re-frain from following the fire engine en-gine to fires as it retards firemen from reaching the scene of the i fire, and it is important that children chil-dren be kept from the streets when the siren blows. Also, when a fire alarm is sounded, everyone must turn off their hose, if it happens to be sprinkling time, until un-til after the fire. Cooperation of townspeople is being urgently sought by firemen and city officials in regard to such complaints. It is for the best interests of everyone involved that regulations in regard to fires be observed, Chief Smith stated. |