Show Fire Better To Avoid Than Fight I The Bountiful Boun Volunteer Fire Fires ment eat says s f j n HURTS Fir Ire a is p something that hap hap- to the e other g b fellow maybe la not Otto to me 1 A Y YOU dismiss fire and its ils f ct ve I Potential in this dal 1131 u way Far too many of us usI I Yet et statistics from the N Na- Na aFire a- a Fire Pr Protection A I iho OW how wide of the mark marki i latitude attitude altitude k a at t the fire record in es in the United States e than Jan homes and m eats destroyed or damy dam- dam b annually y bringing death People eople 5 in Canada more 9 I e residences hit by I nth about killed The greater part of these fatalities are the defenseless young and old THIS VERY year on the basis of national averages a ahome ahome ahome home in your general neighborhood neighbor neighbor- I hood will be involved in fire possibly a fatal one and it I could be yours I Consider what fire does to industrial and buildings each year Over US U.S. and Canadian plants stores offices and other business properties destroyed or damaged TillS THIS VERY year on the average a business operation work in the area where you will be hit by fire possibly involving involving in involving in- in temporary or longer- longer term loss Joss of ol employee earnings and jobs Dont Don't gamble that you can escape the financial headaches or family heartbreaks that fire I inevitably brings Make fire prevention your business too loo at home and on the job Remember Remember Re Re- I member fire hurts I i i CHILDREN LEFT ALONE Dont Don't rely on Lady Luck Luckas as your babysitter EVERY EVEn Y YEAR hundreds of children die in fires because i they were left at home without a babysitter or in care of an I incompetent one Whenever you are tempted to toI leave children for a quick errand errand errand er er- I rand or a neighbors neighbor's cup of coffee coffee coffee cof cof- cof- cof fee resist the temptation LADY LUCK may favor you once but the odds are against you ALL CLOTHING BURNS All everyday clothing-everyday cloth cloth- ing-can ing burn understood LITTLE THIS fIllS fact leads to thousands of painful disfiguring sometimes fatal clothing fires each cach year Children Children Chil Chil- dren are among the chief vic vic- tims Best protection is to teach them a wholesome respect for forI I fire and especially the need I for care around stoves heaters I outdoor fires and other sources I I of flames and sparks I I I TillS THIS WAY OUT I What would you do if the I smell of smoke awoke you inthe in inthe I Ithe the middle of the night while the famil family was sound asleep IF YOU DONT DON'T have a quick and complete answer to that question its it's cause for worry I People who have failed to prepare prepare prepare pre pre- I pare well thought out and well well- i I rehearsed plans to meet such i emergency situations are risking risking risking risk risk- I ing the lives of their theil loved ones I and themselves I IThe The first rule of safety from I fire is escape Its It's important to get everyone out of the house at the very first sign of fire This means some advance thinking and planning are necessary necessary necessary ne ne- ne- ne because two routes to the outside from every room are essential in case one is I blocked studies indicate the majority of lives lost in home fires each year are lost needlessly needlessly needlessly need need- lessly primarily because of failure to preplan pre and reh rehearse arse escape procedures Take time right now- now to prepare a home homo life safety plan I Ifor for your family Who knows- knows I you might need it tonight I FACTS AND FIGURES The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 is the only omy major conflagration conflagration gration whose anniversary is i marked by an international I I observance Fire Prevention I Week- Week proclaimed each year J Jin in the United States and Can- Can CanI I j I Soe Soo FIRE on page 2 I I. I Fire Continued from front page ada IT WAS originated in 1911 as Fire Prevention Day by the Fire Marshals Association of North America On recommendation recommendation recommendation of a National Fire Protection tee it was extended to a week in 1922 Fire Prevention Week is always the Sunday through Saturday period in which falls Oct 9 the date of the Chicago disaster The fire killed persons and destroyed buildings at a cost of NATIONAL Fire Protection Association research shows Esch and every day fires in inthe inthe inthe the United States claim an average average average av av- av- av of 33 lives 1527 homes 20 schools 9 churches 13 hospitals hospitals hospitals hos hos- and nursing homes stores and industrial plants LIVES are lost annually annual annual- ly in fires in the US U.S. About of these casualties result from dwelling fires 2100 children are killed in home fires each year One of every three young victims is isalone isalone isalone alone when fire starts NUMBER ONE cause of building fires smoking and matches 0 |