Show Fire Firc Deaths High j I Among Very Young Young I ISome Some thirteen hundred children under under I 5 II years yeats of ot age died last year ear as a. a result of or fire Tills This is II A 1 tragic fact tact I Ver Very young children present a special problem when it comes to fire protection protection tion the National Board of Fire Underwriters Underwriters Under- Under I writers points out A child enters the i world surrounded by potentially dangerous danger- danger i I ous conditions of which he be Is I. completely Unaware After Atter a period of or helplessness I In which he must be entirely dependent upon his hla elders he begins to move about and create situations of his own I making From this point on he must be taught by taught by discipline or through ex experience ex- ex what what is le safe and what Is not At this early age however the things I which he has already learned are dangerous dangerous dangerous dan dan- wont won't always help him to recognise recognize nize nise danger when he comes up against I a new and unrelated experience Therefore Therefore There There- fore tore he must be supervised warned of imminent danger before he gets hurt This Is 18 one reason why the National Board continually cautions caution parents never to leave children alone In the house and to be sure their baby sitters Bitters know enough about fire safety so that they they can take over while the parents are areaway away Certainly at this stage of his development development develop develop- ment a young child cannot be accused of carelessness which carelessness which is said to cause I 90 per cent of or all the fires that occur Nevertheless the fires caused by these these I youngsters can be branded the result of ot carelessness carelessness adult adult carelessness In In I tailing falling to provide the Instruction and supervision the children need Here are a few sense common rules to remember which may save your home I your childrens children's lives and your own 1 1 Never I.-Never Never leave matches within reach of bf t young hands II 2 Turn 2 Turn pot handles so they do not project beyond the stove 3 Dont Don't Don't Dont dress children In flimsy fast burning materials unless those materials have been 4 Never Never allow children to play near neara I Ia a bonfire I I 1 5 Never Never use candles at childrens children's parties |