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ance in this area for 81 years and have saved
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insurance.
HELP PREVENT FARM FIRES
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i Spot checks for fire hazards ’ council, which has endorsed theI f.
• in Exeter buildings will*be made fire prevention campaign.
1 during Fire Prevention Week, ..........—— —
j October 8 to 13, by members of
the local brigade, Chief Irwin
(Ford said Wednesday,
j The local inspection drive,
started last year, will be part
i of the nation-wide campaign to
clean up rubbish and trash in
basements, attics and outdoors
which constitute potential fire
breeding grounds,
survev ^of^the *ttnvn WerinpsrLv weeK campaign, me origaae
afternoon^and^ to pick'ou? horned plans to test l°cak schools on fire
hero S there Studcn.ls w*u be timcd t0
I for hazards. Business places
will also be checked.
“Don’t give fire a place to‘‘nest0
stnrt c-iz>rr«5-M r*/ 4-ua zlaum ,i
paign.
‘We’re asking everyone i„
town to co-operate in this clean
up drive to make Exeter a safer
place in which to live,” said
Chief Ford. “A thorough clean
up in and around buildings - is |
one of the best ways to prevent.
fires.” i
The town-wide inspection is be-(
ing made at the request of town I
In requesting citizens to co-!
operate in the clean-up cam
paign, brigade officials ask resi
dents to let them know where
fire hazards exist so that steps ‘
can be taken to eliminate them. t
“If anyone knows of a place
which should be cleaned up or ■
need attentions, we hope he’ll,
let Us know so we can do some- ;
thing about it,” Chief Ford said.!
During its Fire Prevention ’
Week campaign, the brigade i
see how quickly they can evacu-
; ate the buildings.
j Captain of the brigade is Er-
u.+i. i ’■',‘nest “Hap” Wells. Lieutenantsis the slogan of the cam- I are Buss Snell and Frank Creech.
I The members include Ed
ini Hunter-Duvar, Beg McDonald,
. I Nelson “Punch” Wells, Fred
Simmons, Aljoe Sanders, Bay
Smith, Bill Musser, Lloyd* Ford,
Hilt Laing and Wes Byckman.
The local brigade is rated as
one. of the best in the district. It
has received numerods tributes
for its promptness and efficiency
in fighting fires.
STOP FIRES
, 1, Star# Hay arjStraw Until Dry.
2. Daisy RuRbir af Lightning Rods, Cablet and Elevation Rods.
S. Daley Cheeking Fusee and Providing Insulation for all Wires in Hay
Mows.
' 4, Hang Lanterns Carelessly —Don't Carrry Them in Hay Mows.
Iftieka in Barns — to do so May Result in Complete Loss.
\Canaidas Fire Losses
Among World's WorstI
Before They Start
Insurance Cant STOP Fires
But It Will Pay Losses
Check Your Home
For Fire Hazards
Fire Prevention is everybody’s job—lei’s all help
to reduce the tragic toll of life and property. ...
Inspect your wiring, your stoves, your flues and
clean up everything in closets, -attics, store houses
and grounds in which a fire might start. Be on the
alert for fire hazards—not just this week but every
week.
“One of the best ways to pre
vent home fires is to have your
home inspected for fire hazards
by firemen who are specially
trained to look for—and find
potential danger spots,”
So declares Fire Chief Irwin
Ford who, in co-operation with
the Canadian and International
Associations of Fire Chiefs, is
sponsoring a nationwide cam
paign for home inspections as the
most effective means of reducing
the toll of fire deaths among
children.
■ Canada’s per capita fire
L . *
' country in the world, with
i house catching fire every
seconds, Most of these, said
chief ’to-day are' caused
human carelessness,
•The convicted “firebug” who,
through incendiary means, cost
Canada thousands of dollars and
many lives, lias a careless coun
terpart who unthinkingly tosses
away lighted cigarettes and
matches, smokes in bed, and
doesn’t worry about children
playing with'matches.
But th^re are five other home'
“firebugs” who start more than
85 per cent of all home fires.
.“There’s the dope who doesn’t
inspect, clean and repair his
heating system and chimney at
least once a year and thereby
causes one out of very four home
"fires,” he*said.'
“There’s the self-styled ‘Edi
son’, the electrical wizard, who
burns down one' out Of every
eight homes. He favours frayed
cords Lor electrical appliances
and lights, overloaded circuits',
misuses appliances and puts ii|.
heavier fuses than "the 15-amperO
type which blow quickly when
overloaded.
“Then there are the men—and
women—who, between them,
manage to start one out of every
ten houSe fires. The kitchen fire
bug has a greasy stove,’ leaves
unwatched burners to ignite pot
holders and’ easy burning items
piled too. near the open flame;
her sister is the fool who quick
ens fire with kerosene - and
sometimes grabs a gasoline can by error, She also uses gasoline
for dry cleaning and keeps this,
and other fiery fluids in her
home in breakable bottles, leaky
cans, etc.” •
. With the. winter heating season
coming on, , firemen here and
elsewhere can expect the usual
rush of ‘furnace’ fires which
originate when a careless hus
band empties hot ashes and
coals into wooden or cardboard
containers or dumps them on
the basement floor next to wood
en walls, old newspapers and
rubbish, and thus accounts for
one out of every eleven home
fires.
He cited the case of an attic
fire which, caused heavy loss
here last winter—and also gave
the firemen a great deni of dif
ficulty. The ‘tidy’ housewife had
gathered all the'old newspapers,
magazines, hat boxes, suit, boxes
and other inflammable material
and piled it on the stairs which
led to the attic. She placed her
burning cigarette butt On .the
edge of one of the stairs treads;
it rolled down’ into the mass of
combustibles and half an hour
later she smelled smoke. Two
firemen were injured when the
attic stairs collapsed. Damage
to the .home was estimated at
$8,000.
'‘Fortunately for that par
ticular family, the alarm came
in daylight. Had she not detected
the smell of Smoke until night,
chances are the four members
of the family would have been
Suffocated or burned to death,
the Fire Chief declared.
If every home owner knew what every “burned out’’ family knows, every
house and its** contents would be FULLY protected by Fire1 Insurance.
Ask yourself this question: “Will the insurance on my property cover
today’s increased values and replacement costs?” Even though your in
surance may have seemed adequate a year ago, you’ll do well to review it
again in the light of higher costs, additional furniture, clothes, equipment,
etc. Consult any of the agents below for competent service.
CAREFULNESS PREVENTS FIRESa
W, H. HodgsonI
PREVENTION
WEEK
Published in the Public Interest by these Members of the
* INSURANCE AGENTS' ASSOCIATION -
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Usborne And Hibbert
MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
' ?• Head Office Exeter, Ontario w
Martin Feeney, R.R. 2 Dublin, President
» E. Cliyton Colquhoun, Science Hill, Vice-President
DIRECTORS: Harry Coates, R.R. 1 Centralia; William A. Hamilton,
" Cromarty;. Milton McCurdy, R.R. 1 Kirkton; Alex J. Rohde, R.R. 3
Mitchell;
AGENTS: T.‘ G. Ballantyne, R.R. I. Woodham; Clayton Harris, R.R. 1
Mitchell; Stanley Hocking, Mitchell.
W. G. Cochrane, Exeter, Solicitor Arthur Fraser, Exeter, Sec.-Treas.
October 7 to 13
Don't You Be Guilty!
Study These Rules To Prevent Fires
■t**»See that all witiftg fxlertfipni are tarried 6ut by qualified and experienced wir-
. in* tantraeterX. This- ensures «, final Check-up by the wiring Inspector of the
Hydre-Electric Fewer Cemmissien ef Ontario.
Noyer use fuses larj'tr then 15 amperes en branch circuits in your home,
3— Don’t "plug” fuses by inserting coins behind them. The fust serves similarly to
"the sifety‘valye Of a boiler. ►
4— Moke frequent irtipectieni of flexible cords.
* ” 5—Don't han* up ahy electric wiring on hails. Don't feck extons'em cords to base-
; boards «r wells.
J combustible away from all heating elements.
• . 7—Keep. light bulbs away from clothing, paper, window curtains, etc. ,
f-^Nevar Ute art Irin, toaster qr lamps as bed warmers.
tbrtibustlblo cleaning fluids in your electric washer.
• DONT^^-urtder any’ circumstances use a Portable Electric Heater in the Bathroom
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by INSURANCE PREVENTS LOSS
C. V. Pickard
W. C. Pearce Clark Fisher George Lawson
m .«■ When fee groat a lead h-placed -on a circuit, er when a “short"
P IICD bc'lpra# the fuse “burrtf cut" and tuts Off the power. This is your
fllwV tpwffo**: S.URE TO REPLACE A FUSE WITH CORRECT
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Vielatteq ff the<e rule* raiulflng in fire, may invalidate yeur Fira Insurance Policy
CdNTRibutlD IN THE INTERESTS OF FlftE PREVENTION BY
Commission
I and groan world Oft its ear.
Keep mentally cool even if you
are physically not if fire breaks
out m your home, hotel or else
where.
Cool thinking may save your
life, according to Captain “Hap”
Weils, Who cites the case of
a number of “thinking” persons
in a United States hotel fire
which took a heavy toll of life.
The smart people, unable to
reach safety, kept the doors of
their qrooms closed, placed mat
tresses and ' other “stuffing”
along cracks, turned on the bath
taps and dropped close to the
floor where the air was better
than it was oh a higher level,
They survived.
Here are the rules he outlined
for your safety when fire strikes:
Get out1 of the house the min
ute you discover a fire or smell
smoke. If you think there’s a
fire, don’t open doors. Feel them
first and if they are hot, get out
another way or block the doors
with furniture or mattresses to
keep out smoke and gases. If
you can’t get out, get close to the
floor. f
Hold your breath and cover
j your face 'if' you have to make
a. dash through smoke or fire,
and don't jump or drop from
upper-storey windows except as
a last resort. Wait for the fire
men—they’ll be there within min
utes.
Don’t ever go back into a burn
ing building for any reason. Your
life is worth more than money,
jewelry, clothing; smoko and fire
gases from even the smallest
fire may bo deadly, Unless the
fire is small and you are cer
tain you can control it with the
right extinguisher, don’t waste
your time or your life trying te
fight it. Get away from it. Use
the nearest telephone to call the
fire department.
Always be ready to use different escape routes from any room ifi the house—-and take note of possible emergency exits when
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Of course you know the famous SPARKY by
now! You know he is the symbol of fire pre
vention and, most likely, you already know
some or all of his rules. But does the spirit of
this nationally famous symbol really live in
our town?
Does each of us know as much as we should
about protecting our homes and families from
fire? Do we cooperate with our Fire Depart
ment in its fire prevention programs? Are our.
. children being fully educated to both the uses
and the dangers of fire?
Scientific advances on so many fronts today
stagger our powers of belief. Yet in some ways
we are not keeping pace. We have to be urged
to Vote. We have to be urged to visit our doctor
and dentist. We have to be urged to drive
safely. And, yes, we even have to be urged to
learn how to be careful of one of our oldest
tools—fire.
Some good rules to remember are: Don't smoke In bed—Keep matches away from young
children—Don't overload your wiring system—Check electric cords for fraying—Cledn out junk
from your attii and basement—Be careful with lighted cigarettes—Learn to use your oil stove
correctly—Watch out for sparking thimneys—Don't use flammable cleaning fluids-Don't use
ordinary extension cords on healers or irons! Most of all, remember what Sparky says:
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The Council Of The Town Of Exeter
AND THe IXfeTBR FIRE DEPARTMENT
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