Show FIRE WASTE AGAIN RISING the national fire loss after several years in which it showed a slow but encouragingly steady d decline e is rising the trend has been maintained during a number of recent months the blame for this can be laid to one thing human carelessness a term which includes a multitude of sins few of us think about fire few of us take the trouble to learn the simple lessons that would enable us ua to eliminate fire biaz hazards on our property hazards that in nine cases out of ten could be done away with at little or no i expense few of us realize the entire community must help pay for every fire that mccu occurs in higher taxes and insurance rates in lost business in destroyed opportunities for industries and individuals in business stagnation some of the greatest fires have started from seemingly harmless origins one greasy rag in the corner of your garage could become the focal point for a blaze that would destroy a hundred homes so could old amateurish repaired electric wiring so could the cigarette you throw threw away without looking to see where it fell so could the leaky flue which youre going to have repaired on some distant tomorrow that may never come the overwhelming majority of fires result from such obvious hazards as there they cost us millions of dollars a year an and cause an indirect loss several times as great infinitely more important they destroy thousands of lives you and your neighbors con can take the steps that will make your community safe that will lower fire loss 75 per cent Is it worth the small effort required |