| Show Fire Prevention Week Calls For Local Support Fre Prevention Week beginning October Is a good occasion on which to pay tribute to a group of men whose unselfish community service helps save prevent suffering and limit property These men arc the members of the volunteer firo There would be mighty little fire protection in Utah were It not for There are only five of the 90 fire departments that are fully two of which are backed up by Everywhere else in Utah towns and rural areas depend for fire protection on volunteers except for a scattered few men regularly on duty to insure a minimum of delay in getting equipment to the scene of a It is estimated that out of approximately two thou-and trained firemen In no more than are paid employees- The rest respond on call primarily as a public but with an esprit do corps and a skill which makes them a highly effective fire fighting According to a report of the of Fire Underwriters of the there arc on the average more than reported fires a month in With probably 10 men reporting on the average to every this means at least two fire calls a month for every paid or While tiie volunteer firemen can hardly be classed as they do train regularly and many become highly Furthermore they usually have excellent equipment Since 1948 more than 75 new have been put Into service In all but 17 In smaller cities and rural There arc additional pieces of older but still equipment ready to fight It all adds up to a very effective and efficient organization for the prevention and suppression of A word of thanks to the volunteer firemen is in order along with a plea to and John Citizen Bobbie and Suzie to lend a hand by being just a bit more careful not to let fires get |
