| Show protection against fire by dorothy gaye telford if people ot of this community would realize that there is a great loss every year caused by fire because we have hava nothing to fight fire we have fire plugs on acost every block but no fire trucks or fire feighl ing equipment for instance it if the high school would start on fire we have only one fire extinguisher in the building if the fire should get a very big start there would be an enormous loss of money books desks and paper supplies if our furniture store should catch fire there also would be another enormous loss of money dry goods notions notion and other valuable goods it also could cou d spread from building to bu bifi iding the people have nothing to fight fire with ahe people of the community have bave to pay for the damage A bucket brigade is a very old fashioned boned method of fighting fire there are many ways a fire can start and most of these ways are from carelessness matches could be put in metal containers out of the reach of smaller children if your chimneys need fixing A t would be wise to fix them almost im immediately rather than have a enormous loss caused by tire fire stoves furnaces boilers and their pipes should be fixed if broken before using jiing again oily rags should ie be hung bung up so the air can circulate through them sparks on the foots are knotner cause of fire if the shingles were made of metal tile slate or asbestos there would be less tires fires caused that way fires are often caused by electricity due to wrong wiring bare wires and the use of pen pennies riles in the fuse boxes faulty wiring and improper installation due to carelessness on the part of the individual cause millions of dollars loss in fires every year lightning causes few fires but W c casio nally the cause of a fire may be traced to lightning this cause can be gre greatly reduced by the esq of lightning Ight ning rods exploding gas is a common cause of fre fire do not use gas around a hot icove t and when cleaning clothes in gas do not rub hard because i this causes friction which may cause li a spark if the community were to buy a fire truck there would be less damage done by fire this town could depend wholly upon a volunteer fire department the town could provide firefighting fire fighting equipment have to employ firemen and w would find that the equipment would pay for itself by reducing the damage that fire caused who pays for fire losses the people of course people who live in frame houses pay more toward tires fires than people who live in brick houses if an uninsured house burns ohp the owner suffers a great loss much rire mare thin he would have had the house been insured n when property is insured the insurance company pays pay the owner for his loss but lie he seldom receives the full value of the property to pay him the insurance company uses the money the other people have continued on last page protection pr against fire by dorothy gaye telford continued from page one paid to insure their homes when the loss by fire increase the 1 insurance company charges more so 80 they can pay the people whose prope ty has been insured and destroyed moreover if fire losses are high increased fire fi re protection will be demanded the community will have to increase tax rates in order to provide such protection I 1 f here is a true example of carelessness which results in fire in california my great grandmother and her neighbor went shopping on fl te ie way down town they saw a fire the story laty related by the woman I 1 whose house was burned is 13 my husband was at work our house is a fire hazard as I 1 have often told my husband my oldest girl goes to school every morning I 1 take her across the street and down a block to catch the th bus I 1 have two younger boys one six years old and a baby five months old when I 1 usually take my little girl lo 10 catch the bus I 1 lock the door so the little boy can not cross thle the street and get run over this morning I 1 built a fire an athen bayed the matches care lessly on the table my baby was contentedly tent edly playing with his rattle in the crib and the boy playing with his blocks I 1 locked the door and took my little girl I 1 to catch the bus when I 1 turned to go back the howe home was a mass of flames I 1 could bear the fir fire engines I 1 screamed and started to run rui bac back ry fy the time I 1 got eople copl 3 had began to gather policemen vere holding the crowd back As I 1 push A my way through I 1 could hear the pitiful screams of my baby I 1 started starl ui tl t path two policemen caught me and held me back I 1 fought to get way so I 1 could save my children I 1 could hear them screaming after a period of time all the screaming 9 ceased then one side of the house fell ell and I 1 could see my little boy faal rang rg there and the baby close by jotch Jot loth cf cf them burned to death it was wag a caused by my own carelessness n not putting away a few matches forest firm fires the people of this community who travel through the forest should keep diese things in mind each year thousands of acres of forest have been burned over rain and melting malting snow run off rapidly instead of seeping into the soil fires may cause floods various means are used to fight tires fires fire travels in the direction of the wini A strip of land plowed or cleared so that the fire cannot cross it is on the 9 sade ade toward which the fire is movin moving the towers you see while in the forest are forest ranger stations the use of lookout and patrol systems haa ha 13 done much to reduce the loss caused by forest fires forest rangers in lookout towers are const constantly batchin wat watching chin for any trace of smoke which might in ducate a forest fire when a fire is ig sighted the rangers sound alarm and call together their forces to ta fight the fire while you are traveling through the forest bear this in mind L 1 smoking smoke only while stopping in a safe place clear of all im flammable material never smoke while traveling in the woods 2 matches be sure your matches are sut break it before you throw it away 3 Tc Td bacco be sure pipe ashes ani an digar cigar or cigarette stubs are dead beconi throwing them away never throw them into brush leaves or pine needles 4 making camp before building a fire scrape away amay a spot five teat feat in Ma ST ameter meter dig a hole in the center and in it build your camp fire keep your afire fire small never build it against tresi trees 1 or logs or near brush 5 breaking camp never break camp until your fire is out 6 how to put a camp fire out stir the coals while soaking them with water turning small sticks and drench both sides wet the ground around the fire fife be sure the last spark is dead 7 brush burning never burn slash or brush in windy weather or while there is the slightest bligh test danger that th at the fire will get away |
