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Show School program set to discuss fire safety, code violations to be cleaned up.' " Most generally, the comment that comes to our attention at-tention is, "I just didn't realize that was a problem. The biggest problem facing the school districts in bringing their schools up to code is a lack of funds to pay for improvements. im-provements. The Fire Marshal's Office has been taking this into consideration and prioritizine code violations, working on one or two at a time. The hope is that within a few years the buildings will be brought into line. The school districts have responded enthusiastically en-thusiastically to setting up the meetings, according ac-cording to Elder. He said the districts realize the problems exist and are anxious to find ways to make our schools safer for both students and faculty alike. The seminars have only been conducted in approximately ap-proximately twenty-five percent of the school districts so far. Anyone wishing to attend a seminar scheduled for their area may contact their local school district office or call the State Fire Marshal's Office in Salt Lake City at 965-4353 CEDAR CITY - Fire safety and fire code violations are the subject of a seminar being taken to the school districts across the State. In an effort to promote understanding and voluntary compliance with fire safety regulations, the Utah State Fire Marshal's Office is conducting meetings with school officials in their respective areas around the state. This is a new approach to the old surprise inspection techniques. "We are seeing a change with most of the school districts we have been to, in that they are now calling our office prior to making any changes in their schools," said John Elder, Deputy for the Fire Marshal's Office. "Prior to these seminars, they would not have contacted us and many of the changes would have needed correction, costing considerably more money." A two and a half hour program featuring a National Fire Protection Association slide and tape show, along with statistics and slides showing code violations commonly encountered in Utah are presented. Lcoal school officials as well as fire department personnel, school board - members, PTA representatives, and any concerned citizens are invited to attend the seminars. At the conclusion of each meeting, an informal in-formal question and answer period is held to give everyone an opportunity op-portunity to talk about problems in their area or to ask questions about the codes and fire safety. This approach promotes two way communication and a spirit of cooperation between local people and State Fire Officials according to Elder. "It's very interesting to hear some of the comments com-ments made during the presentation," said Elder, "like the principal leaning over to the custodian and saying, 'you'd better get those chains off the doors before he gets out to our school this afternoon', or i told vou that area had |