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Show Fire warden reports on county fires The following information was reported this week by Daryl H. Stanley, Utah County fire warden: "In 1966 there were 414 fires in the unincorporated parts of Utah County that required the services of the county fire wardens war-dens of the city fire departments. depart-ments. Most of them were man caused. Twenty-five were caused caus-ed by lightning. There were also al-so fifteen false alarms. Most of the others cou'd have been prevented with a little more care. "The fire departments did an exceptional job of fire control as none of the fires exceeded twenty acres in size The losses due to fire was estimated at $112,644.00 which is a tremendous tremen-dous record when considering and Fire Control and Uinta National Na-tional Forest all wish a happy fire-free summer for all." Greatest single threat to life for children ages one to four are accidents. About 5,000 preschool pre-school children, are kiHed annually an-nually in accidents in the United Unit-ed States. ine large numDer or nres. "However, one of our citizens citi-zens lost her life in a fire. This is a gTeat loss and a constant threat where fires are concerned. concern-ed. Our losses thus far in 1967 as far as dollar losses go are greater now than for all of last year as we had an estimated es-timated loss of $120,000.00 in one industrial fire. "It is much cheaper to prevent pre-vent fires than to put them out once they are started. A small fire is easier to control than a large one. "The county fire laws were recommended by the firemen of the county to help save your life and property. The law requires re-quires a written burning permit. per-mit. This can be obtained by calling 225-257 or 374-2573. "The City Fire Departments, the County Fire Wardens, the Utah Department of Forestry |