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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1963-12-05, Page 7b ■ y ie 11 ie )• z - !s i - >t d Le y n y e 5 n a d n ys y 6 n n .e io n h n 0 6 Y 0 a f f 1 1 f r Suppose You Should Smell Smoke Toni.ght If you should smell smoke tonight, would you know what to do? Suppose your clothing ! ddenly caught fire --or you re in a crowded place and otneone yelled, "Fire!" Would you make the decision that would save your life-- or would you panic? Protecting yourself from fire i largely a matter of common 41. sense, There are certain things you should do and certain rules you should follow, according to the National Board of fire Un- derwriters. Memorize them. Then if you are caught in a fire emergency you will be able to get out of it safely. Suppose you suddenly awak- ened in your bedroom during the night and smelled smoke. GOT A CHILLY ROOM? ADDING A ROOM? MAKE YOUR COMFORT COMPLETE WITH ELECTRIC HEAT VISIT YOUR ELECTRIC HEATING INFORMATION CENTRE ONTARIO ilYDhLO WINGHAM PHONE 357-2810 Don't panic! If the bedroom door is clos- ed, put the palm of your hand against it to see whether it feels hot. If the door does feel hot, don't open it. The door is a • protective wall which may save your life. It takes a fire two to five minutes to burn through a door, and in that time help may. arrive. If the door is cool, brace your knee against it and open it a bit. If the hall outside is not filled with smoke, and there are no flames, cautiously cheek the stairway. If it is clear, you may use this regular route of escape. If there is any doubt about getting safely down the stairs, go back to your bedroom and close the door. Wake up your neighbors by opening the window and shout- ing, "Fire!" If there is a phone in the room, call the fire de- partment quickly. Stay by the window to breathe the fresh air -arid don't panic. Take a look around. If the window leads out onto a porch roof and fire begins breaking in- to the room around the door, you can crawl out onto the porch roof to await rescuers. • If no such roof is at hand and the fire makes it necessary to leave the room, gather bedding, pillows, clothing, and blankets together and drop them to the ground under the window to cushion your landing. Then ease yourself over the windowsill, hanging by your hands to de - Give her a gift 'she'll appreciate from MILLER'S GIFT GUIDE -r; ti. SKI JACKETS - Plains and floral designs. Reversible. Small, medium and large $16.95 to $21.95 • f:f� STRETCH SKI PANTS - Black, brown, red and navy. Sizes 9 to 40. $8.98 to $18.95 CURLING SWEATERS - Cardigans or turtle neck pullovers. $14.95 to $21.95 LEOTARDS -For short or tail -$2.95 ALL WOOL SKI SOCKS -White --$1.00 GLOVES -from $1.25 to $2.95 ALL WOOL SCARVES -$1.19 to $2.95 FLANNELETTE GOWNS, PYJAMAS -- Capri or full length. 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If you are in the bedroom with a bath adjoining, step in- side, get under the shower and turn it on quickly. If you are in the kitchen and a sleeve of your blouse or coat should catch fire, rush to the sink, turn on the faucet and douse it with water, A small fire in clothing also can be snuffed out quickly by sopping the flames with a wet dish towel. If you are in the living room or in some place where there is no water, drop to the floor, fold your arms, and roll over slowly. Keep your hands in front of your face to protect it from flames. Rolling over and over will help to smother the fire. If the burning garment can be remov- ed, take it off fast. Never run when your clothing is on fire! Running merely supplies more air to feed the flames. If you are in a room with another person whose clothing catches fire, grab a blanket, if one is handy, wrap it tightly around him to cut off the air, and pat the blanket hard to snuff out the flames. Or you can roll him on the floor to snuff out the flames. If a person appears to have major burns, call a doctor at once, If you are in the basement of your house and your clothing catches fire, rush to a laundry tub and slosh water over the flames. And never wear oil -soaked or paint -covered clothing! It can catch fire quickly. Gar- ments which become oil -soak- ed with paint should be laund- ered at once before being worn again. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. If an electrical appliance or your television set catches fire, remove the plug from the electrical outlet immediately, if possible, and call the fire de- partment. If you have a grease fire iia your stove, never throw water on it. That will only spread the flames. Tear the top off your box of salt or baking soda and sprinkle the flames with either material. Here, again, it is best to pre- vent a fire in the first place. Clean your oven or broiler reg- ularly and you will have elim- inated a fire hazard. If you are in a supermarket or other building where there are crowds and someone shouts "Fire!" - don't run and don't rush toward an exit. A hundred people, walking out in orderly fashion, can get out of the av- erage supermarket in thirty sec- onds. A half dozen people rush- ing to get out of an exit at the same time can jam the exit and cause loss of life in the crush, Modern schools, too, are provided with ample exits and, as every student knows, hun- dreds can leave a school build- ing quickly and safely if fire drill procedures are followed. Tonight, when your family is all together, sit down and draw up an escape plan. Be sure every member of your household is familiar with the plan and knows two alternate escape routes to use in case of fire, And impress upon everyone that if fire strikes your home, first get everyone out of the house; then call the fire depart- ment. In cities where the telephone company has in effect the "O" for operator, dial system, you need not even call the fire de- partment if the fire is had and you want to get out of the house. You simply pick up the phone, dial the operator and say, "my house is on fire." If you do not have time to give the address, simply leave the receiver off the hook. The operator will trace the call and summon the fire department. -- Healthways Wingham Advance*Times, Thursday, Dec. 5, 1963 - Page '1 MORRIS BARN BURNS - The large steel barn owned by Wellington Marks on the fifth concession of Morris Township went up in flames late Tuesday evening. Lost in the fire was the season's crop and over 100 pigs. The structure was only two years old, having been rebuilt at that time when an older barn was also burned. 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