Pleasant Grove Review | 1958-10-02 | Page 2 | Fire Prevention Week Oct. 5-11

FIRE PREVENTION WEEK OCT. 5-11 Another Fire Prevention Week is being ovserved in Utah and the nation from Sunday, October 5, through Saturday, the 11th. To some of our readers it may aeem repetitious for Governor Clyde to call the attention of citizens of Pleasant Orove eah year to this observance. But fire itself, and the death, suffering and damage it can bring, is repetitious. Day after day it claims its toll some 1100 home fires, 13!5 fires in stores, 100 factory fires, 11 school fires and 110 barn fires on the average each day of the year. Plus 31 who lose their lives and hundreds who suffer bums of varying degrees of severity. Fire levies its toll ropetitiously during the year, but only once a year during Fire Prevention Week are people generally alerted to the fire peril and urged to take those steps which can reduce the unbroken parade of fire losses. Maintenance of a good, well-equipped and well-trained fire department de-partment is of prime importance. Offioials and people of Pleasant Grove should give some thought to the adequacy of fire protection services here. But the greatest individual fire safety contribution anyone can make this week is to check personally on the fire safety of his own home, farm or place of business. And talking about repetitiou that's a check worth repeating a number of times during the year.