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Show - Grass Fire Sunday Cause Causes CausesNeedless ; Needless Grief for forMoab forMoab Moab Fire Department DepartmentA A salt saIt grass f re that threat threatened threatened threatened ened to do considerable prop property property property erty damage called out the theMoab theMoab thMoab ( Moab fire department Sunday Sundayafternoon Sundaafternoon Sundayafternoon * afternoon After Mter Alter considerable considerableI considerablework considerabiwork I work the department was able able'to ableto ablto 'to to ' to prevent the fire from spread spreadmg spreading spreading mg ing to homes and no loss was wassuffered wasuffered wa ; s suffered uffered sufferedIn ufferedIn In commenting commentmg on the fire fireMonday fireMonday finMonday , Monday members of the findepartment fIre fIredepartmcnt firedepartment departmcnt department expressed e"pressed epressed " consider considerable considerable able resentment over the fact factthat factthat fadthat , that they are called out each eachsprmg eachspring eachspring sprmg spring to fight glass giass fires that thatare thatare thatare are caused by carelessness or orlack orack orlack lack l ack of fores ght They point out outthat outhat outthat that hat t persons before burning burnmg offdead ofidead dead grass should notify the thedepartment thedepartment thedepartment department so that a more con conenient concement , \ ement enient time than Sunday after afternoon afternoon afternoon noon or the middle of the nightmay mght night mghtmay nightmay may be selected for the work workA workA workA A little care and foresight such suchas suchas suchas as backfiring backflrmg would prevent preventgrass preventgrass preventgrass grass fires from getting gettmg out of ofcontrol olcontrol control The fire Jre department departmentmembers departmentmembers departmentmembers members state that they are aremore aremore aremore more than glad to respond to tocalls tocalls tocalls ' calls at any time to t f : ght gut fIres fIresthat firesthat firesthat that occur in m homes or busmess business busmesshouses businesshouses businesshouses houses but point pomt out that it IS ISno isno isno no joke ) oke to Ibe be called out to suppress sup suppress suppress press a blaze that is caused by bythoughtlessness bythoughtlessness bythoughtlessness thoughtlessness or carelessness carelessnessIn In the future the department departmentwIll departmentsvall departmentwill wIll svall make a charge for theIr theIrwork theirwork theirwork . work in m fighting f1ghtIng these kinds kmds oitires of ofi offires i fires res Funds collected in m an this thismanner thismanner thismanner manner will be used to buy buyneeded buyneeded buyneeded needed equipment for the de departmer departmert departmert departmertThe partmer partmert partmertThe t tThe The fire department further furthercalls furthercalls furthercalls calls attention to the fact thatit that thatIt thatit It needs more members All men menwlshmg menwishing menwishing wlshmg wishing to help give Moab bet better better better ter fire lire protection are urged to toJOIn tolOifl toom JOIn lOifl ] the department and come comeout comeout comeout out to regular practices practIcesI I |