Show I FIRE FIRE PREVENtION PREVENTION WEEK I I p s sI k P I 1 a r- r 1 1 I Fire Prevention Week I in the nation and In Utah will be observed this year from tram October 3rd to It has been officially proclaimed by Gover Governor or Maw for tor Utah with an urgent appeal that the give heed to the menace of ot fire and the need for tor intelligent public public- I supported effort to prevent fire The annual toll of fire tire in loss of life lite In Injury and suffering In loss of propertY property prop prop- erty erfy and in general inconvenience is 18 huge huge and and it has been increasing steadily steadily stead stead- ily in recent years I Last year the total property loss in fires tires In the United States was That was the greatest national fire loss lose in 33 years Last year lives were lost by fire tire While the In Increase Increase increase In- In crease in loss of ot life has not been so 60 steady as the increase In property loss here again the toll has been greater than before the war There is need for a a. vigorous and persistent persistent persistent per per- effort to combat this toll Most fires could be bo prevented with just a a. little extra eUra care If It we could Just get all the American people fire conscious alert to the menace of fire tire and watchful in regard to the more obvious fire tire hazards hazards hazards haz haz- ards in their homes on their farms andin andIn and in their places of business business we we could I make sharp reductions in annual fire i losses es Every citizen can and should do his I part in the fire prevention effort by himself being fire safety conscious and by supporting his local fire department I and other fire tire prevention agencies In their work of the rising fire tire I toll The fire prevention appeal should J strike home to every citizen because itis it itis I 1 is in his own Interest Good fire pre pre- work may save him or members memI members mem mem- bers Of df his family heavy loss suffering even death And it certainly will save I him money because successful fire tire prevention prevention pre pre- work means leas le fire loss and andI therefore lower fire tire insurance premiums I It is in every respect a a. worth while project |