| Show FIRES TOLL OF LIFE new figures released by the national board of fire underwriters show conclusively that ire fire takes its greatest toll tolk among children tender age this fact was produced in the course of a study of the latest vital statistics available under five is the dangerous aga by a ratio of almost three to one over any other similar age period fire fatalities are lowest between the ages of 10 and 14 and are not greatly higher at any later age in an average year fire takes the lives of 1673 children under five which chic h amounts to 25 per cent of all accidental fatalities in this age group continuing with its study of fire deaths the national board estimates that in an average week people will be fatally burned and many more will die as a result of asphyxiation electrical shock aal lightning the annual total of death from fire in one form or another is in excess of lives in the years since the world war fire has killed more than americans by comparison only american soldiers lost their lives in battle during that conflict the national board states that modernized building codes and adequate fire prevention ordinances in cities towns and villages of america would save a high proportion of the lives that are needlessly sacrificed each year here Is a job for every community a job that should be done at once from october 5 to 11 fire prevention week will be observed this year and the best possible way to observe it is to pass those simple basic laws and regulations which will prevent the majority of fires |
