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Show QHilhup Times February 21 fires often caused by ;over loaded power strips by Les Manuel f ire Inspector T Imagine you're a sporting goods distributor. office equipment, you use elec- Jrical power strips. T Late one night the police notice a flickering glow inside your warehouse, and notify the fire department. Firefighters determine there is a fire and try to enter the building, but are delayed because the doors are blocked by stored mer-fchandise. The fire is ultimately extinguished, but the warehouse's contents are destroyed, a loss of $1.1 million. Fire Investigators determine the blaze began In a corner office, where a portable electric heater Jmd other equipment were connected to a multi- fcutlet electrical strip. This strip was plugged into another electrical strip with still Inore equipment An arc from the overloaded budet strip ignited nearby combustibles, and the lire burned undetected because the building has no fire detection equipment 1 md to energize multi-outl- et " et or unauthorized surge protectors appliances when visiting work areas. Hill AFB Instruction 2002 Air watch Had there been a sprinkler system, the fire would have been held at bay, and possibly extin-miished immediately. This scenario is an excerot from the Janu- ar yFebruary 2002 edition of the NFPA Jour- nal. The fire happened in West Virginia, but illustrates why the Hill AFB Fire Department electrical checks for overloaded multi-outl- strips . supplement 1, expressly forbids plugging space heaters and most other appliances into surge protectors or plugging a 32-200- 1, ft surge protector into another surge protector. It also prohibits hanging or stacking items around sprinkler heads and exits. You can help us help you by checking your area to ensure you have a fire safe workplace, Don't be the one responsible for destroying your building, or worse, causing harm to your fellow workers. For more information on fire safety, call the Hill AFB Fire Department at Ext 6 added to 'heirforce' s Kyle Thomas Shafer was born Jan. 30 weighing $ pounds, 9 ounces, to Master Sgt Brian and Hilary hafer. Payton William Kauffold was born Jan. 30 weighing 8 pounds, to Staff Sgt. Curt and Kari 'J . Kauffold. Jasmine Kayleen Jacobsen was born Jan. 31 "weighing 6 pounds, 10 ounces, to Senior Airman Jared and Hatmane Jacobsen. r Jacob Jeffrey Hite was born Feb. pounds, Hite. 4 4 weighing 9 ounces, to Staff Sgt Jeffrey and Tamerra Photo by Master Sgt. Randy Kelzenberg Fighting Falcons from the 388th Fighter Wing fly a Combat Air Patrol mission over the 2002 Olympic Games in Salt Lake City Feb. 15. During this mission, the planes, piloted by Col. William Court 5 Stratotanker belongand Capt. Mike Clayborn, received more than 20,000 pounds of fuel from a at Kan. Air McConneli to 22nd AFB, the ing Refueling Wing F-- Aurora Belle Thompson was born Feb. ing 7 pounds, 3 ounces, to Airman 1st Class Ryan Eric and Stephanie Thompson, Brianna Lynn Murdock was born Feb. 7 weigh- ing 7 pounds, 9 ounces, to 1st LL Ralph and Lisa Mur-dock. 5 weigh- - KC-13- Dine In or Call For Carry Out! Benefits of Acupuncture HaR I I Fl IE ?QjlQ -W Expert Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine .& 1 aranne Frost-Higgi- (801) ns ; ! Do you have a story to tell? Let us know! The Hilltop Times, Ext. I . 7-45- 98. 1 )R COPY l Ac. Kim 394-720- 0 PPHI' and Blue Cross Kederal Accepted ; m.s., i 1 1454 N. HILLFIELD RD. 4, LAYTON waiK-i- n or Appi. 34-uo- u Expires t |