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SHOULD TEACH FIRE PREVENTION IN PUBIIIE SCHOOLS

‘MIMI! fire ivasiage in Prince < \'.ll'(I Hand would he curtailed xv .1 tremendous extent, should our ).‘llill’illl’.‘lll of Ezlucniiozi insist on ncluziing in the cu: culum of our Vublic Schools. a short period of iime each week, devoted to the zubjcct of Fire Pi'e\'cntion," said

the vicinity are caused.

"This is a very serious state of affairs, and can only be overcome by the individuals themselves, the recommendation being that no gasoline whatsoever be kept in the home.

“One gallon of gasoline has as

Provincial Idire l\’lfll'hl"lill C. H. much explosive power, when pro- Beer, when intrrvii_ ..l in con- perly vaporized as eighty-six sticks aection with Fire Prevention of dynamite,

Week.

"We wonder what the average housewife would think ii’ her hus- band came into the house and ‘placed even one stick of dynamite

“Fires caused by gasoline in the dwellings of our province have iii-

generally, when a. fire of this na-

Careless housekeeping in permit- ting the accumulation of inﬂam-

ponsible for 26,000 ﬂres during the last three years in Canada.

The careless practice of dumping litter of all kinds in basements, or unused rooms, or around buildings.

is unsanitary and disgracefully uii- sigl:tly. It is a time honored saying that “CLEANLINESS IS NEXT TO GODLINESS.”

Make an inspection of your home and your place of business. Use the limit of your perception and reason- ing powers to discover and elimin-

on the hall table."

Fire is man's oldest servant but it remain

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RUBBISH AND LITTER CAUSE MANY FIRES

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ate all possible causes of ﬁre, Just as you would in making an import- ant business deal. It will pay you a handsome dividend in safety and saving.

Do not cast the reﬂection of care- lessness tipon yourself or your busi- ness by becoming careless in your housekeeping. Keep all oi your premises clean. It will reflect credit upon you and make a better im- pression upon others, besides elim- inating a serious ﬂre hazard.

Teaching the Child Fire Prevention

The child of today is the citizen 0f tomorrow. In a comparatively alien, space of time, our children will be the home builders and busi- noss men and women of the nation; responsibility will soon be theirs of directing its destiny and of bearing our torch of civilization on- "ward We cannot prepare them too well for this great purpose. The progress that may be made in our and their day toward the ultimate goal of human happiness will de- pend largely upon ‘how much we Leach them oi what is good, helpful and progressive.

You, no doubt, know about the itllc things which start big fires. are simple things and are not, too complex or

1 difficult for the child mind to grasp

. life too young.

und understand. Children cannot be taught the simple fundamentals of The younger they are, the more plastic their minds, and the more receptive to truth. To make them understand requires zxieeting their minds with child ireught and language. The failure -i' so many, even of teachers in hool, to teach chidlren success- nily is because they try to teach a iv: year old child in fifty year old anguagc and thought. Another rea- ;un for failure is because of a lack of love for the child, To love a small child is instinctively to inﬂuence it. The child just as instinctively shuns those who do not love it. Now while they are eagerly grasp- ing every fragment of knowledge which comes to them, and while

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Fire Prevention Week is set apart for National observance in order that once yearly the attention of} our people may be directed to the; tremendous loss of life and pro-l perty by fire and in order that, public sentiment may be crystalized , into action. l

In our busy life we are too prone to put off the things we actually do not have to do. “Yes that is a. good ' thing and well worth doing, but I; will do it just a litle later." In our , club life, and we have many good :' ones, there is too much of a. dis- l position to endorse things that are l worthy. We are for it, and believe ,’ it should be done. We endorse it one l hundred per cent but you do it.’ That is too often what an endorse- ment means. Clubs are a. very use- ful part of our social and commerc- ial fabric, but too often they are used by individual members as a convenient means for “passing the l buck."

Now public endorsements are good. We need them to aid this i great work but, what we need more i

is the individual interest and per- lsoiial effort of everyone. We need men and women who will work and not wait for results. The causes of I fire are comparatively simple. That is the majority of them are. The chhnncy, stoves, furnace, and smoke pipes or heating eqiupment ranks first. Then comes electricity or other

mearu: of lighting, followed by poor , \

l housekeeping, rubbish, smoking, l matches, and various careless per- sonal habits. The common hazards i enumerated cause more than half of the fire loss, and they are strictly preventable. Who would admit that they could not safeguard the com-

l mon fire hazards in their home if

l they chose to use their intelligence in that direction? It is safe to say

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their ways are being moulded into life-long habits, commence the teaching of fire prevention. Teach‘ them the dangers oi’ heat, that is, stoves close to woodwork, or stove pipes through or close to wood walls , or ceilings. or of oils vixen mixed l with cotton or other ﬁbres and

things which contain oils. Keep on 1 teaching them until they under- stand. not necessarily why, but that these and many other simple things if misused or neglected become dan- gerous hazards which might harm or destroy them.

The most opportune time for teaching ﬂre danger to children i: in the impressionable age duringf the lowest grades of school. After that time, it becomes increasingly

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the older they become, the more stereotyped are their habits and when they reach the absent-minded age, they are hopeless. If you have small children, you are vitally inter- ested for you want to know that

, they are safe from danger of fire. Sc

begin at once to teach them the rare way and oontinne until you ‘eel that, they are competent to care r jsr themselves.

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Put lighted matches and smokes out before you throw them away. ‘Keep matches where small children cannot reach them. Never smoke in the garage, barn, or attic, nor in bed.

Remove rubbish, waste papers and all unnccesisary combustible mater- r ials. Provide meta-l ash and trash cans. Burn rubbish only in a safely

Watch the fire. . Examine all stoves, furnaces, and , smoke pipes to make sure they are i safe and well away from woodwork ‘ or other burnable materials. Have needed repairs mode at once. Value the advice of your lire chief who says that many ﬁres are caused

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