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r‘he MAYOR and COUNCILLORS of CI-IARLOT'I‘E'I‘0\VN are co-oper- ating with a nation-wide movement to observe NATIONAL FIRE PRE- VENTION WEEK-October Bth-llth. Its purpose is to spread informa- tion on fire-prevention and fire-control. The annual loss due to prevent- able fires has reached alarming proportions. To teach the nation to curb carelessness the government of Canada has inaugurated FIRE PRE- VENTION WEEK. There are lessons in Fire-Prevention we all can

learn. Let us seek to know more about them.

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A careful study of lire records Sllilltfls that at least 80% 0i tires are prevcniabltaThe following examples

sands 0i‘ known causes to show how easy iires can start and the fatal

By Proclamation of Hi5 Excel- lency the Governor General of Canada, the week oi October 5th to 11th has been set aside u Fire Prevention Week. This week pro-

vides l-Il annual occasion to inr- oress upon public ‘ousness the

‘ enormous cost of the iire waste. to

the end that conditions may be improved and iire carelessness re- duced.

The world has now passed through two years oi the second Great War and we have all read accounts oi the devastation and havoc that has been wrought by means ‘Ii’ incendiary and high ex- plosive bombs and we have been ‘shocked by the details oi such ac- counts. Yet in the twenty-one years since Fire Prevenion Week was first established in Canada. this country has recorded more than 886,000 fires involving a pro- perty loss oi over $740,000,000 and a loss in human lives oi more than 7,989. Our complacency in this res- pect is only matched by the oom- placeny with which we watched Hitler attain power.

Fire is no respector oi persons. livery man has a responsibility to- Wfl-fds his neighbours and that res- ponsbility should cause every right- thinking person to pause and con~ elder what he owes the community in which he lives, we owe it to our- selves but in a greater degree to our fellow-citizens to permit no con- dition to exist upon our premises that will invite a visitation oi iire A great majority of iires are so easy to prevent that it is certainly

a moral crime to tolerate the things which bring them about.

Cities and towns, like individuals reap what they sow. To pennit the erection o! iirwtrsps, to tall to provide an abundant and reliable water supply and means o1’ using u _ or to isil to apply the everyday rules o: tire prevention is to con- stantly lace a menace of heavy iires and sweeping conilngrstious.

Why tolerate a condition which not only levies tribute lmon liie and property but in effect imwles an added cost to the conduct oi every feature of business nativity and increases the burden d the pObpil in providing he necevittes . oi liie.

We cannot afford to go on and be indliierent to it all. lire Pre- vention Week ll s. particular week - set aside to mil attention so the mensceoiiire. Andjustns we. must throw our whole strength against the iorees which aim to destroy our liberty, so should we he prepared to bottle that other terr- ible demon-fire. Fire Prevention during wartime is m inescapable patriotic duty. Every tire means the using oi possible vital resources to restore the burned property. Lei u; make Fire Prevention a 52- weelr proposition. '

The Dominion Fire Prevention Association in co-operation with - provincial iire marshals, local iii-e chieis, insurance organizations and other organizations oi national scope is constantly working in the _ iurtherance oi the aims oi Fire Prevention. Are you doing your

part?

The Misuse

Fires from gasoline and other petroleum products in Canada. numbered 1,020 in i940 and caused property damage of over $500000 and resulted in the IOoS oi 2'7 lives. Hundreds oi millions oi gallons of gasoline are consumed annually .n this country but it is the misuse oi a iew gallons which has been res- ponsible for the mounting toll oi dead and injured and heavy pro- perty damaged.

Ii‘ people could only realize

results that may iollow.

A man dropped a (".S¢\"9l56 i" 8 rubbish pile in a rooming house and burned to death eleven people.

A man dropped his cigarette in a couch in the lobby oi .1 hotel Fire resulted at 3 a. m. and resulted in the death oi iour people.

A mother in one of our leading college cities, for the five nun- dredt-h time perhaps, started a fire with coal oil. The ilre she started burned to death three children be- sides herself.

A mrm dropped a match on a garage iloor, walked on and left it. A six-year old child found it and ignited her clothing which resulted

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in burns that caused her death a ‘ iew hours later.

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that a gallon 0i gasoline properly vaporized has the explosive force oi 82 lbs oi dynamite, they would

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exercise more care in its use. Gaso- line should never be used in the house ior dry cleaning purposes. Wouldn't it be cheaper to send clothes out to be cleaned than to risk being burned to death in an explosion oi the fumes should‘ they come in contact with flames? Even the very act of cleaning clothes in gasoline develops static electricity ; which is liable m set oil’ the fumes without warning. ‘fhis has often happened too when floors are cleaned with gasoline.

It may be generally known but it is nevertheless a fact that in

each year. Week lot us all strive

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Through careless unthinking action hundreds

of homes throughout Oansds are gutted by fire During National Fire Prevention

lives and property by taking every precaution against carelessness.

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most provinces in Canada a iire insurance policy may be retested null and void ii more than one (111811 0i gasoline is kept in s. build- ing without special permit. And even that limit must be kept in a tightly metal can, never in a glass bottle.

The handling of gasoline 1n the on using gasoline iar cleaning and mresence oi naked lights is also a very dangerous practice. Attempts Ito transier this volatile liquid irom one vessel in another in the pres- ence oi’ lanterns has resulted in inumerous deaths and injuries. Where iound necessary to do this it should be done in daylight or by electric light. " Many garage operators still insist washing engine parts in spite oi the tact that there are just as efficient and safer solvents on the market, Numerous instances are 0n record where this practice has resulted m iire and personal injuries.

Where necessary to keep small

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quantltes oi gasoline, it should be kept only in approved safety cans and all such containers should be prominently labelled with the woe-d GASOLINE.

Smoking in the presence oi gaso- ine fumes ls a hazardous pastime. and strange as it may seem in this

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try to we how much gasoline there is in a tank by the use oi matches or lighted lanterns

with the widespread use oi gaso- line, there should be little excuse regarding the lack oi knowledge oi its explosive properties and it should command _ M81100? than has hitherto been shown