| Show I Forester Cautions II I Utah Farm FolksOn Folks I On Fire Hazards I August Is 13 a dangerous month for i I fires in tn Utah J Whitney Floyd Pic I forester for the r inc Ex- Ex Extension tension Service warned this week w-as w ek as he h called on farmers and a housewives of the th state to cooper cooper- cooperate cooperate coop r- r ate In preventing and controlling forest farm and home fires The Th majority of fires Ires can be prevented pr vented If people still take t ord ord- ord ordinary Inary precautions In avoiding the t common causes of fire sparks on ondry ona a dry roof spontaneous combus- combus combustion combustion tion careless Use of gasoline and a oil and the other hazards hazard that that are present In Utah homes home Sod and on Utah farms farm professor Floyd Plo stated War conditions the dry hot weather during this month and carelessness In camping and hiking hi InK ing are ar all factors that must be h considered In tn eliminating fire the fc forester said As must must for control Professor Professor Prote sor or Floyd listed an sup sup- supply supply i ply of water either by hose or from buckets bucket and barrels ladders ladde In order that roof root fires caused by 1 sparks and hoes rakes and shovels shovels sho els to extinguish brush and grass grassI gra ss I fires 1 Every ranch home should be provided with ladders so sparks spar I Ican can an be extinguished before they th spread the forester remarked Iwarden He cited a report from a fire warden In Weber county that halff half h of f the roof fires that In InI I that hat area during July could have ha I been peen extinguished without the aid a of f the fire department had lad la ders lees been available ladI I Professor Floyd Foyd cautioned house house- housew se- se seIn w w ves a against Improper Use Us of dis- dis distillate I to for r st fires fires-a fires s a hazard ha t that at took the Ufo life of Ire a housewife o hazard I In the th asin fC re r lon on last act month Th The ex I H 4 H club boys boy and girls garls on their th current fire prevention and eon con 1 trot drive and ii ked e hou n it and farmers farmer to era eral l hi let let- fel out and nd removing tile tl tn e Orn mon hazards of the th homo bom end and the th farm fann |
