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The subiect of -, onal habits g h very ticklish- one. One which needs careful handliniz. It is an 91d saying that “Fools rush in where snleis fear to tread," and in ‘his case we will take the fool's chance. In fact. that is what many

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The Importance Of Personal Habits

lpeople are doing in their careless personal habits with fire every day For their lives. Perhaps the most‘ eflective way to approach the mat- ter is to relate the results of some personal habits in other people, as people generally like to hear about the other fellow.

A man dropped a cigarette in a. rubbish pile in a. rooming house and burned to death eleven peo- pie:

A man dropped his cigarette in a couch in the lobby of a hotel. Fire resulted at 3 A. M. and re- sulted in the death of four people.

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

A man dropped a match on a garage floor, walked on and left it. A six year old child found it and ignited her clothing which re- sulted in burns that caused her death a few hours later.

Man attempted to sleep and smoke at the same time _ result. he set bed afire, was overcome with I smoke, and removed in an uncon- I scious state. Only the timely arrival of the fire department saved him from being cremated alive.

‘Some grown-ups placed strike- Anywhere matches on kitchen table. Two small children acted upon the implied suggestion and carried some to their playhouse.

Inspector Advises 0n l] Electrical Safety a

Today, October ninth, is the sn- niversary of America's biggest and most costly fire. It was on Octob- er 9, i871, that the fire started which reduced a lame pert of Ohi- - cago to ashes. Each year the week| which contains this regrettable an- niversary,-this year the week oi October 8-14, 1s observed nation- ally as Fire Prevention Week.

Cleaning up and fixing around) the house, are the orders of the Wvek. and Electrical inspector, E. S. Chandler, reminds us that this check-up should include due atten- tion to electrical wiring and ap- pliances. Any hazards of an elec- trical nature which may have de- vBIODed during the year, should be eliminated now. The use of eleo. tricity in homes has been gaining hlaung this hazard’ at a rapid rate, but this need not =" mean an ‘Define 1n electrical stallation in safe working order.

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last, year, over $2,700,000 was caused by 4,700 fires traced to defective or carelessly handled stoves, furnaces, boilers and pipes.

Disastrous fires from cookstoves and heating stoves come from many causes, the most common one being turning on the draft and leaving the room. Ii the stove for either cook- ing or hosting is too small it is dan- gerous because by forcing the fire the stove overheats with grave risk of setting fire to wood partitions or the soot in the pipes or flues. large stoves are used, the fire will

served, says Mr. Chandler. The . foumvmg suggestions have been which no longer work, and sockms made go keep you, electrical 1m which are coming apart. should be

replaced. The same applies to switches that don't make good con- ~ tact, and receptacles that will not

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Do you always think about the wiring have been made through the safety and welfare of those about! ‘we o! flexible cords’ and these ‘yo: when you disc“ dyour much have been left in place to serve an cigfirettefstub? Are you mind- as permanent “virmg. may Shank, ul of he stoety ofxttlge children in be lemoved find a Safer‘ more pep your home the e m olprovid- manent tvpe of wiring should bc ing matches, and keeping them out Subsututeé girulirpexfscz; thgodigzelszg: 3:2‘ 3. Examine all attachment and

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point of exposure of copper con- ductors or damage to the insula- tion, they should be replaced at once. This also applies to the heater cords used on fiatirons and other appliances. If heat/er plugs and attachment DMZ-s are bwkell so that "live" terminals are ex- posed, or if bolts to hold these plugs together have been lost, the plugs should be discarded and re- plwed by new ones. In purchasing new cords, make sure that their ' quality is up to the minimum stan- wards for safety established by Underwriters or Hydro Labora- tories. Approved cords carry the Underwriters or Hydro label.

4. Short circuits of wires or short circuits in appliances cause fuses to blow out. The blowing of fuses should not be looked upon as an unfortunate occurrence but as an important signal that some unsafe condition has arisen. faulty equipment and remove itl from the circuit before the fuse isl replaced.

5. l1 fuses blow out when too

many lamps and appliances are, connected to a circuit, it means

that the circuit is over-loaded.

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FIRE PREVENTION WEEK-October spread information on fire-Prevmlio" ‘m due to preventable fires has the nation learned to vlfl‘ prevention we all can 1m"!-

E. A. FOSTER, Mayor

Hie Prevention Week OCT. 8th. 14th.

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reached alarming proportions. It is time There are lessons in fire-

Either a fewer number of appli- ances must be connected, or an ad- dition circuit must be installed,

6. Fuses should be examined to see if they have been tampered with in any way. The fuse is the safety valve oif the wiring system and fuses should never be altered in any way. ‘Ihere will be not temp- tation to "defeat" fuses if a few extra fuses are kept on hand. The recommended rating for fuses used in homes is 15 smperes.

Heating Hazards

The following suggestions are those which experience has found thoroughly practical and worthy of yous- most careful attention. First-If you use ca: plates m‘ ‘portable stoves, is the support 101‘ them of incombustlble material or ipi-oteetion by incombustible mater- ial such as metal or asbestos? If not, heat radiation will frequently cause iknitton. Second-Are you using fleidble rubber tubing instead of perman- ent metal piping for connections to gas mains? Rubber tubing deterior-

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from coaLs or sparks by a sheet of metal or asbestos cloth placed under the stove. A stove should not be placed nearer than 1B" from walls or partitions of either wood or plaster and the wall should be iprviected by a sheet of tin, zinc or isheet iron hung loosely on hooks allowing space for the air to pass between the wall and its metal pro- tector. It should extend from a few inches above the floor to at least a yard above the stove or range.

All lath and plaster or wood ceil- ing over a large range should be guarded by a metal hood or ventil- ating pipes.

Many fires result from grease or fat boiling over on the cooking stove. Throwing water On the stove only makes the blaze more danger- ’ ous as it causes the flame to spread. |Ashes, baking soda, flour or salt should be used to smother the

flames.

Stovepipes should be cleaned every Autumn and where the pipes become thin or perforated, which condition .is caused by the steam from sul-

'pliur-salt fumes from coal, the af-'

icctcd pipes should be replaced. See that pipes pasirig through a roof, "ixiall, floor or ceiling are protected iby a metal collar surrounding them, jin which there ‘s. at least one inch of air space.

l Fire Prevention I Week In Canada and the United States the week of October 8.11 to 14th lis being observed as Fire Preven- ' Lion Week. The Dominion Fire Pre- vention Association in cooperation with Provincial Fire Marshals, 10ml ‘Fifi? Chiefs and ' thers are cfl-gpgf- atlnc with civic organizations in the furtherance of the aim; of Fifg pm- vention. About 350 people are burned to death and a much larger number are injured by fire in Canada every |ycar. The recorded loss of property by file in Canada during the 15 years, l92lto 1936 exceeded $650,000,- 000. In other words, at our pres- ent burning rate, approximately one I human life is sacrificed and $110,000 iilorih of property is destroyed every Iday in the year, Fire is no respector of persons. ‘Every man has a responsibility to-

Fmd thelwards his neighbours and that re-

Epflltsibllity should cause every right-thinking person to pause and

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and fire. If absolutely necessary w use flexible tubing be sure the shut ofi’ valve is located in the solid con- nection of piping only and not at the stove.

'Ihird—1f yvu have one of the old type portable gasoline or similar type stoves about the house, the simplest. precaution is to get rid of itassooner or laterttiaaptto cause trouble. 1f absolutely neces-

use the coal-oil tyPe it is much safer, and while we speak of coal-oil never start or hurry a stove fire with it. It is certain disaster if you do.

Fourth-Is the electric pruning iron kept on a metal stand when not in use. and are all ections in A 1 condition? It is a Wile P11- caution to have a service light in- stalled in connection with these irons to indicate when the current is ofi’ or on.

Fifth-Do you leave the electric iron connected while answering the telephone? More fires are caused from this than any other electric heaters where they may come in CODISRCI? with combustible material?

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rnunity in which he lives. We owe it to ourselves but in r greater degree to our fellow-citizens to per- mit no condition to exist upon our premises that will invite a visitation of fire. A great majority of fires are so easy to prevent that it is oer- tainly a moral crime to tolerate the things which bring them about.

Cities and towns, like individuals, reap whet they sow. To permit the erection of firetraps, m fail to pro- vide an abundant and reliable water supply and means of using it or to fail to apply the everyday rules of fire prevention, is to constantly face a menace of heavy fires and sweep- ing conflagrations.

Why tolerate a condition which not only levies tribute upon lifc and property but in effect imposes an added cost to the conduct of every feature of business activity and increases the burden of the people in providing the necessliiiirs of life.

We cannot afford to go on and be indifferent to it all. Fire Prevention Week is a particular week set aside to call attention to the menace of fire. Are you doing your part’!

Check Up In Your Home

The best place for fire preven- tion to start is in the home. Char- ity should start there according to the ancient saying, and certainly safety should come first.

in order to safeguard the home. inspection should be made, not only Fire Prevention Week but per- iodically throughout the year. All heating and lighting equipment examined, chimney and pipes kept clean of soot; no smoke pipes per- mitted through combustible walls; disposition of ashes safeguarded.

The fuse cabinet should be of metal or asbestos lined. Fuses in all fuse blocks, none of them bridged, and not over 15 ampere fuses used in branch circuits. All drop cords should be insulated, and not supported by any conductive material. Electric irons always cle- tached when not in use and kept on metal stands.

TEACH CHILDREN

Matches should be kept out of the reach of children and the chil- dren should be regularly taught the danger of fire and not to play with matches. The safest type of match to use is the “Safety Match" which may be lighted only on the box.

Closets should be kept clean and all rubbish removed from the en- tire premises.

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This year again special emphasis ll M1118 Plwod on the inspection °I “"1358! fill-fl“ I'll-To Prevention W"! 1M you may expect s visit from your local firemen. Are you rBB-dy f0! them?

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