Show National Fire Prevention Week I Scheduled For Foy October 9 3 I I Firo Prevention Pre Week in the nation and In Utah will be observed observed ob ob- served this year car from October 3 3 to 9 It has has been officially proclaimed proclaimed pro pro- claimed by Governor Maw for Utah Utah with an urgent appeal that the public give heed to the menace menace mence men men- ace ce of fire and the need for intelligent Int in intelligent In- In t lUgent supported public effort to t to prevent fire firo I I The annual toll of fire in loss of life In injury and suffering ili in i loss of property and in general general genral gen gen- eral eral ral inconvenience Is huge huge and and it It has been L increasing steadily in i In recent years I Last Last year the tho total property loss in fires in the United States was was That was the theP I greatest greatest P national fire loss in 33 years Tears ears Last year lives were l lost st by fire While the increase in loss of life has not been so steady as the increase in property property prop rop- erty erty loss here again the toll tolls fas lias s been greater than before the thee war ivar e I E There is need for a vigorous and ind persistent effort to combat this this toll Most fires could be ber prevented r with just a little extra jare care If we could Just get all the he American people fire fire- alert ous ms alert to the menace of fire md nd watchful in regard to the themore moro more noro obvious fire hazards In their their heir homes on their farms and andin in n their places of business business we we c could uld make sharp reductions In annual fire losses I Every citizen can and should do Ip his part in the fire prevention effort effort by himself being safety c conscious and by br supporting his l local peal cal fire department and other tire Ire prevention agencies in their work fork of the rising Ire fire toll J I The fire prevention appeal should strike home to every citi- citi citizen citizen i zen jen because it is In his own int in- in I t terest rest erest Good fire prevention work a I may nay may save him or members of his r family amily heavy loss suffering even death leath And It certainly will save him ilm m money because successful Ire fire prevention work means less lessIre tire fire Ire loss and therefore lower fire premiums It is in every every svery respect a worth while pro- pro J jest 4 ct If i |