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Show FIRE BOMBS AND CONTROL METHOD TO BEDESCRIBED A sound motion picture' "Fighting "Fight-ing The Fire Bomb", with an accompanying short explanatory talk and demonstration, will be exhibited at the Bingham high school Tuesday evening, March 17, at 7:30 o'clock. The film is being presented under auspices of the Bingham district civilian defense unit with Fire Chief Ray Tatton in charge. Prepared and released by the Office of Civilian Defense, the film is being shown all over the nation. For an understanding of proper methods of combatine fire bombs, it is recommended that the general public view this film. Fire Chief Tatton gives this outline of the . latest methods of fighting fire bombs approved by the U.S. Office of Civilian Defense. De-fense. "Everyone must know what to do in case of an air attack," at-tack," said the Chief, "not only so we can keep fire damage as low as possible, but also so we can all face such an emergency with calmness and self-confidence. Panic is the only thing to be afraid of. "The two-pound magnesium bomb is the type military authorities author-ities expect will be used," the Chief continued, "and, depending depend-ing upon conditions when you find a bomb, use either sand or water spray on it. Wait about a minute before attacking it, so as to be sure all the violent sputtering sputter-ing is over. Then, if the bomb has not set fire to surrounding combustibles, it can be covered with sand, dumped into a metal pail and removed from the premises." prem-ises." "But if the bomb has started a fire by the time its violent reaction re-action is over, water spray must be used. Be careful never to let a solid stream strike the bomb, because that may cause an explosive ex-plosive reaction. The source of water may be a garden hose or any fire extinguisher containing water or a water solution. However, How-ever, since water supplies may fail during a raid, it is unsafe to depend on garden hose. That is why fire extinguishers which are self-contained sources of water are recommended. "By 'thumbing' the stream at the nozzle opening, you can use the pump-tank, soda-acid, foam or loaded stream types of extinguishers ex-tinguishers for the necessary spray, when working on the bomb itself, and their normal solid stream on fire started by the bomb. The purpose of the water spray is to make the bomb burn itself out as fast as possible. All of these points are clearly illustrated in the OCD approved motion picture, "Fighting the Fire Bomb," which, is now being shown to defense groups in many communities. They are also discussed dis-cussed in detail in the OCD ap- E roved Instructor's Manual which lr. Tatton has received. The motion mo-tion picture and manual were produced under the technical supervision su-pervision of the Chemical Warfare War-fare Service of the United States Army and the National Fire Protection Pro-tection Association. |