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Show HOPPING TIMES - JULY 1993 - 3 How You Can Help Fire Protection Idea to Consider Last month I wrote about preparations necessary to fight a structural fire. in the valley this summer, here's a Fire Department News With the high danger of grass fires You may have noticed that many of simple and inexpensive way to get a lot , more protection for your house. those things require no great amount of physical strength or stamina. They do require some practice to ensure that all goes smoothly and takes a minimum of time. How important is time? Some experts say that a structural fire doubles in intensity every minute. Obviously, we need to minimize the time between receipt of the alarm and the beginning of extinguishing operations. This includes minimum impediments on the most direct route to and from the fire station. It also includes, especially at night, having someone at the nearest road intersection directing us to the fire scene. People from the Academy often If a range fire were to get going, getting water on your house as fast as possible can make a big difference. It would be good to have a system where you only had to open one valve to water your house, so that you could use your garden hoses wherever else they were most needed. A simple way to do this would be drinking water. Dehydration and heat stroke are far more likely to occur than are burn injuries. Castle Valley does have a general to have a single pipe along the ridge line of your house with high volume sprinkler heads attached. A single supply line could run down the outside alarm in the form of a pole-mounted siren. There is a test button which wherever it was most convenient. A single lever ball valve could turn on the sounds the alarm for as long as the water. drive our trucks, and they don’t know button is held. The alarm button starts a the valley as well as some of us do. If you drive your own vehicle to a fire, please park well away from the driveway entrance so we have room to impossible to stop once initiated. I have This wouldn’t even have to be permanently attached to the roof; it could be mounted on some simple brackets and taken off once the main fire season had passed. maneuver large vehicles into and out of the driveway. If you choose to try to fight the fire before our arrival, remember that bad things can happen fast, and your life is worth more than any building. Another type of fire we all need to be prepared for is the grass and brush fire. These materials are easily ignited and burn fast. The most dangerous place to be is in the area toward which sequence lasting several minutes. It is never heard it operate, but it would be ideal for alerting us that something occurred. A brush fire would meet that criterion. I will be checking the unit out, making sure it still works. That will, of course, mean operating the We all do our best to prevent fires, but they still happen. For example, a couple of weeks ago we had several dry away from your buildings and have a garden hose with a nozzle able to interesting. Let’s all be careful and deliver a solid stream or spray of water watchful. If you keep dead grass and brush Call for siren. lightning strikes in the valley. One within the Town sent up a puff of smoke but didn’t start a fire. The second hit near the irrigation pond above the Academy and burned for several minutes before extinguishing itself. Either of them in one of our cheat grass fields could have proven the wind is blowing the flame. The safest place is the area already burned. As always, protecting life and property are our main concerns. —Jack Campbell needing our immediate attention has Castle Valley Artists (any age), Illustrators, Cartoonists, 81 Those Who lust lee to Draw. Contribute your art to the TIMES. Let's talk. Cris, 2245. —Floyd Stoughton all around your buildings, you should be in pretty good shape to help yourself. A grass and brush fire, because of the large area that may be involved, is one place where citizen help could be crucial. Any garden tools are useful in cutting paths to slow or stop a fire’s advance. We have some cutting tools which will make that easier or at least more effective. In general, we could use your assistance in slowing or stopping the fire’s advance on the sides and back, while we work at stopping its main advance and then work back to you using our trucks and hoses. One other essential is large quantities of FOR SALE: New passive-solar home. SW stucco design, 2 bedrooms and 2 baths. Lots of ceramic tile and custom cabinets. 244 Miller Lane. pm Peal 54W 47 E. CENTER STREET MOAB. UT 84532 801-259-2650 JANIE TUFI' . SALES AGENT PO. Box 1121 - Moab UT 84532 Res. 801-259-8360 - Leave Message |
