Show STATEMENT AY Y THE GOVERNOR OF UTAH each year ear natural and created resources worth nearly a billion dollars are arc destroyed in the na tion by fire preventable fires during the past t year brought death to at ya least st ten thousand olf of the nations leading citizens and permanent disability or a painful injury to scores of thou sands more with the tense world situation and our country engaged in a united effort to build up its own strength as well as that of the free nations everywhere the tra gedy of fire deaths and needless destruction of irreplaceable irre al and created resources be comes more real and important than ever despite the he growing interest and particia parti participation cip aaion in tire fire prevention activities throughout the nation in hi recent years the toll of gilfe and property continues at a high level in this critical period in our nations history i a greater effort than ever before must be made to curb the destructiveness of fires and conserve manpower and resources I 1 am therefore designating the period from october 7 to 13 1951 as FIRE prevention WEEK IN UTAH and I 1 urge all citizens the agencies of local state and federal governments civic and patriotic organizations our schools and other interested groups to promote an effective year round fire prevention pro gram against the needless waste and destruction of preventable fires |