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Show Keetch Says Vinter Most Dangerous Time For Fires The onset of winter increases fire hazards by more than a third, County Agent It. R. Keetch warned this week. "Winter means heated homes and barns and also an increase in fire hazards a .'! 1 percent increase. Cracked chimneys corroded flues, defective furnaces, furn-aces, and improperly discarded hot ashes arc the villains. Make sure that your heating plant is in good working condition," advised ad-vised Mr. Keetch An annual farm fire loss of over S;iO,(M)),0XJ is more than any country can afford especially espec-ially during the present food crisis," Mr. Keetch declared. "Fire prevention on the farm is only half the job for complete fire safety. A f. inner must make provisions to protect bis farm if he wants to keep it. He must take the time to instruct ! his family and his farm hands in the use of fire-lighting equipment. equip-ment. A farmer must see to it that a sufficient number of approved ap-proved fire extinguishers are on iiis property and that they a'e placed in strategic locations," he said. County Agent Keetch reminded all farmers that the first five minutes of a fire are the most important. "You can do more to control a fire in the first five minutes than can be done In the next five hours. Fight that fire the minute you discover it." |