| Show Urged Urged to Cheek Check Fire Waste r Methods During ing Week NEW YORK Feed fight not rs-not fire fires I IS the slogan of Prevention s FIre year eek s october 3 to 9 dUrIng time farmers will be ged not anI to eliminate e hazards but to take the step of learning w with h fires at theIr ow to cope art rt According to fire safety the annual rural e loss of 3 5 lIves and early worth of could be sharply re- re through the observance f safer rules and the use of first aid fire fight g methods The maJority of farm fires ac anal onal Fire to the Nil NII rd g tn yon on are due to Just sev seven seven en cau causes es In the mate or order order der ot of the r importance these are DefectIve ch m fey sand s and heating I 1 apparatus 2 Combust ble roofs 13 3 LIghtn ng 4 Spontaneous I lion sometimes called on 5 lei I suse of electric ley 6 B Matches and ng 7 Flammable I 1 qu ds 10 prevent fires due to these tunes causes follow these common sense precut ons I 1 Id all defect e e chimneys and see that all heat ng apparatus Is b properly Installed Keep heep flues stoves etc clean cleany 2 y Use fire retardant roofing possible Where wooden s are used the danger may maybe maybe be reduced by the use of a spark acres arres er 3 Keep lightning rods in good condition f 4 To prevent spontaneous igni yon tieD thoroughly cure hay pea vines red and other roughage Do not allow bore bane manure to accumulate m in large pIes p les In an stables or against other buIld 5 3 Keep farm premises clean and nut neat and bu Id of ble ma as far as poss ble Allow no smoking ill in barns or elsewhere here there here combustible material IS Bared a 6 Make brake sure all electric WIring ink and Ices devices are properly installed 7 de proper facIlItIes for the storage and bandl bandi ng of gasoline and ero kerosene ene Do not use gasoline for home dry cleaning or kerosene for fires 8 3 Keep fire ext ngu where they are read ly Iy available and manta ned according to the boas bons wh vh ch all approved extinguish m ens bear Approved extinguish m en can be zed by the Un hers Laboratories label ap on them 1 9 Learn how to use first aid fire fight ng effectively D Different kInds of fires reqUire dif di different ferent methods of attack If a fire breaks out m in ordinary combust hIes bles a m the extinguishing stream at the bottom of the fire not at the smoke and flames Any type of approved ext et may maybe maybe be used on fires of this type but those containing water ater or chemicals and water are most effectIVe On fires in flammable 1 such as gasoline or kerosene use foam loaded stream vaporizing 1 quid or carbon dioxide skiers If the fire IS m in a conta ner a m at the far inside wall Just above the liqUid level If m 1 qu d sp lied on the ground extinguish the nearest flames first then slowly advance along the path of the blaze Fires m in electr cal should be put out with vaporizing liquid or carbon dlo de a as they contain no water to damage m in ons or shock the fire fighter In fighting any kind of fire main maintaIn tarn taIn a position bet veen the fire and an eJ exit t and where fire gases will willbe willbe be blown away from you not tov toward ard you |
