HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1957-10-04, Page 8Fire Prevention Week
PREVENT FIRES!
.. don't overload
your wiring system!
SPARKS' SAYS:
DON'T GIVE
FIRE
A PLACE TO STAR*
OCTOBER 6 to 12
. . . defective- electric
wiring . . ."
How many times have you noticed the above
reported as the cause of serious fires? Have
you ever given any thought as to safety of
your own wiring — in your home, your office,
or your factory?
Electricity Is Safe and Reliable!
When Proper Observance is Given to These
Simple Rules':
See that all wiring extensions are carried out by qualified and experienced wiring
contractors. This insures final check-up by the Wiring Inspector of the Hydro -
Electric Power Commission of Ontario.
2. Never use fuses larger than 15 amperes on branch circuits -in your home.
3. Don't "plug" fuses by inserting coins behind them. The fuse serves similarly to
the safety valve of a boiler.
4. Make frequent inspection of flexible cords.
5. Don't hang any electric wire on nails. Don't tack extension cords to baseboards
or walls. -
6. Keep electrical heating devices away from combustibles.
7. Keep lamps away from clothing, papers, etc.
8. Never use iron, toaster or lamps as bed warmers.
9. Install convenience outlets to avoid excessive lengths of extension cords.
10. NEVER USE GASOLINE IN YOUR ELECTRIC WASHER.
Violation of These Rules, Resulting in Fire, May Invalidate Your
Fire Insurance Policy.
We welcome this opportunity of
co-operating in the observance of
Fire Prevention Week.
SEAFORTH PUBLIC
UTILITY
COMMISSION
FI R E- The Destroyer of Homes
Can Strike at YOU
These Simple Rules, if Followed by Everyone in
the Family, Will Make Your Home Safe from Fire!
1. 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.
2. Remove rubbish, waste papers and all unnec-
essary combustible materials. Provide metal
ash and trash cans. Burn rubbish only in a
safety covered brick or metal incinerator.
Watch the fire.
3. Examine all stoves, furnaces and smoke pipes
to make sure they are safe and well away
from woodwork or other burnable materials.
Have needed repairs made at once.
4. Value the advice of your Fire Chief, who says
that many fires are caused by dirty or defec-
tive chimneys. Have the chimneys cleaned
regularly, and have all defects repaired.
5. Escape the danger of inflammable liquid fires
and explosions by keeping no gasoline in the
house. Do dry cleaning with Safe liquids, or
send the work to the Cleaner. Never start
fires with kerosene.
6. Notify the Electric Company of electrical trou-
ble. Replace "blown" fuses with new • ones—
not pennies. Avoid home-made wiring jobs.
7. Teach everyone in the family to be careful of
fire, to watch stoves, fireplaces, electric irons
and all other possible fire causes and every day
to remove old rags, paper and other rubbish.
8. Fire -proof your home as far as possible by
fire -safe roofing, fire -stopping in hollow walls
and partitions, to stop the spread of flames,
and a non-combustible basement ceiling.
9. Inquire of your Fire Chief when buying a fire
extinguisher, to be sure of getting the right
kind. Don't hesitate to ask your Firemen
when you have questions on fire',prevention.
10. Remember always how to send in an alarm.
When telephoning, be sure the address is
clearly understood. Use a neighbor's phone,
rather than one in the burning building.
11. Explain to everyone in the house what to do
in case of fire, how to put out fire in cloth-
ing by wrapping in a rug or blanket; what to
do when grease catches fire in the kitchen.
12. Save life and property from needless destruc-
tion by fire by keeping the principles of fire
prevention always in mind and never taking a
chance with fire.
PREVENT FIRES!
...don't smoke in bed!
SPARKY SAYS:
DON'T GIVE
FIRE
A PLACE TO START
DO#PLEA!/
OH/LORE#
U#ATTI#DED
MR/
DON'T
GIVE
FIRE
A PLACE
TO START ONPPA
•
JOHN F. SCOTT
Fire Chief, Town of Seaforth
NATIONAL
FIg'PREVENTTON WEEK
ctober 6 to 12,
YOU CAN HELP
'LIGHT RE;
Proclaiming, Oetober 6-12 as li i
Prevention Week, Governor Gcn=
eral Vincent Massey has drawp,,
urgept attention to the national tr0i t
portance of the protection of life,
property and natural resources
from fire.
In the last 1,0 years, His Excels;
lency states, fires in Canada baye
taken a tragic toll of 5,082 lilies,
and have burned and disfigured at'
least" 16,000 persons. The direct
financial loss of 647,000 fires in the
decade was $878 million. IR 1956
alone, the death toll in 83,000 fires
was 601, and the cost of these fires
in the 'communities and country-
side of Canada's 10 provinces was,
$115 million. The figures include
Yukon and the Northwest Terri,'
tories. They do not include forest
fire loss, approaching another $15i
million.
As the Association of Canadian
Fire Marshals and the Canadian
Association of Fire Chiefs jointly
point out, one single fire in which
601 persons perished and $115 mil-
lion of property destroyed, would
constitute one of Canada's greatest
national disasters. And such a con-
flagration would rate as one of the
worst in all world history. Only
six lives, for example, were lost
m the Great Fire of London in
1666.
Because human carelessness and
neglect is the cause of most fires,
a program of public education was
deemed to be the most effective
way of meeting the shocking situa-
tion in Canada. And for the past
three years, the two Associations;
representative of the army of Can-
ada's 27,000 firemen—professional
and volunteer—have energetically
pursued their jointly -sponsored
crusade.
The appeal is directed especially
to the home. It is in the home
that most fires and most deaths
occur — especially tragic because
many of the victims are children,
CHIEF JOHN F. SCOTT, of
the Seaforth Fire Brigade.
Chief Scott is Huron co-ordina-
tor under the Mutual Aid
Scheme.
women and folk of senior years.
But while the appeal is high-
lighted each year during Fire. Pre-
vention Week in October—the start
of the long winter period of cold
weather and hot fires -the appeal
by the men who must always be
ready to answer the call of "fire!"
is maintained throughout the en-
tire year, particularly in the en-
couragement of free and voluntary
inspections of the home's hazards,
whether such hazards by "built in"
or the result of indifferent house-
keeping.
Releasing comparative 1956 and
1955 provincial and federal prop-
erty loss figures, the Joint Fire
Prevention Co. rrmittce •0f the two •
associations reported a slight re-
duction in The total for the Ye,g,
per bead of population. The flr,g-
ures•
1956 1953
Per capita loss $7.21- $7.36
(excluding forest waste)
Deaths 601 601
"While the achievement may be
short -run," says the Committee,
"it is a step in the right direction.
Less optimistic? despite last y,ear's
400,000 population increase, is the
fact that deaths increased to 601,
from 569 ii 1955."
That this battle of public educa-
tion—surely one of the great bat-
tles of peacetime --can surely if
slowly prevail, is the belief of the
fire services and the many agen-
cies ' which contribute whole-heart-
edly to the cause—this newspaper
among them.
OPP Constable
Is Honoured
Proyincial Constable Charles
Salter, of the Wingham detach-
ment was honored Thursday at
the Wingham Armories when busi-
nessmen, police department, offi-
cials and members of town coun-
cil held a social evening and pre-
sented him with a chrome -plated
smoker's stand. The presentation
was made by Mayor R. E. McKin-
ney. -
Constable Salter has been trans-
ferred to the Kitchener OPP de-
tachment and promoted to the
rank of corporal. He started work
in that area Monday.
A native of Exeter; he served
four and a half years as a Huron
County constable, residing at Blyth
and for the past 10 years has been
on the Provincial force at/Wing-
ham., He is a brother of Mrs.
Charles Reeves, Seaforth.
1)ISTRI.CT
REV CHARLES' VP, IIIOR OW
Rey Charles rW�, :M"orrow; $5, died
in Toronto. Born' at Strathroy, -h
was a, resident, of LOST ,Survive.d
by a, son, the Rev. G V., ;Morrow,•
of Delhi and formerly of;McKillop
charge, two sisters, Mrs hlip
(Elizabeth) Woodward, of: Whittier,
Cal., • and Mrs. Robert (Louis)
kl
Nicson, of London,' Interment
wasin 'Woodland Ceinetery,. Lon-
don,,,on. Wednesday.
PHILIP E, DINGMAN '
A former physical education
teacher• at the YMCA's in Kitchen-
er, Port Hope, Galt, Oshawa and
,Orillia, Philip E. Dingman died -at
the Soldiers' Memorial hospital,
Orillia, in his 77th year, on August
31./ -
Born at Drayton, -Ont., ori Feb.
12, 1881, Mr. Dingman went to
Orillia ^ from Oshawa' in -1914 to
accept the position as physical ed-
ucation' instructor at , the YMCA.
Shortly after his arrival he be-
came general secretary of the
Presbyterian Sunday School, an
office he held for over 40 years.
After resigning from the YMCA,
he, took the agency for J. R. Wat-
kins Co., Winona, and made many
lasting friends through 'this occu-
pation-
Mr. Dingman is survived by his
wife,' the former Annie Gordon, of
Seaforth, daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Lauchlin Gordon, of Ilar-
purhey, and by his two sisters,
Mrs. James Johnston, of Toronto,
and Mrs. Fred MclIwain; of Ham-
ilton. Mr. Dingman's only • .son,
,Major Gordon Dingman, passed
away, leaving his wife and two
children, Gordon, Jr., and Jean,
of Windsor and Riverside.
The Rev. Dr. J.. A. MacInnis
conducted the funeral service at
Doolittle Bros. Funeral Home. The
'Revii". Tom Cunningham., of Nova
Scotia, sang"the 23rd Psalm at the
Service Tho paibear�r were
Messrs Frank �Mo aw," ,Lorne
Smitin, Cecil'Tiffin, A •II, Truman,
Wm; Ormsby orad' J, Nesbitt:
Interment was in 'St Andrew's+
cemetery, Orillia.
ALFRED J. , CURTIS
Alfred J. Curtis, 62, president of
the economy Reduction Corp„ of
Buffalo, since 1928 `and the -owner
of stock and -fur farms in tine. $am
burgg area, died September r1 -,"at his
hoiife, 587 ;Ellicott ,St , Buffalo, af-
ter an illness of several rnonths-
Born in Buffalo, 4e receive ll his
education atTechnieal High <School
and Bryant & Stratton . Business
Institute.
For many years he was inter-
ested, farming asa hobby. He
was a partner in the Water Val-
ley Fitt. F'.arm, where he raised
mink, and owned tale A' J .:,Curtis
Stock. Farms, Town::'of ILamburg.
Mr. Curtis ' was a breeder of Pil-
grim geese in past'years,,.and was
instrumental in saving :the rare
bird from extinction;. In 1950 his
flock of 100 geese was believed to
be the largest in the world.
A professional violinist in his
youth, Mr./ Curtis organized an
orchestra during his school days.
During World War I he was a resi-
dent
esident of Seaforth, where he taught
violin. He was a nephew of the
late Robert Doig, of Tuckersmith,
and had a wide circle of friends fa
the district. He later composed
the Alma Mater and Hymn for
Rosary Hill College.
Mr. Curtis is survived by his
wife, the former Irene Doll, whom
he married in 1921, his father, John
A. Curtis, and a daughter, Patricia
Ellen Curtis.
Th!s ir one Wag ofkeepinq your larnily .rth Jhe/
. . but who wants to live in fire -proof suits that
weigh hundreds of pounds. There is a much simpler
way for every Canadian family to protect itself, its
home and belongings from fire. It doesn't cost a
penny. It's plain ordinary, available to everybody,
common sense. -
Few fires start by chance. Most fires are caused
by ignorance or carelessness. A fire -informed fam-
ily is familiar with fire — its uses and benefits as well
WATSON & REID -
General Insurance Phone 214
W. C. OKE
General Insurance . . Phone 458
GERALD HOLLAND
General Insiiirance. Dublin - Phone 3
as its dangers. Parents should make sure their chil-
dren's fire education is not left to chance.
Some good rules. to keep in mind are: : Don't
smoke in bed — Use only non -inflammable cleaning
fluids — Don't used frayed electric cords -- Keep
matches away from young children — Clean out junk
from attic and basement Make sure your electric
wiring is not overloaded — Don't use ordinary exten-
4ion cords on heaters or irons — Be careful with
lighted cigarettes — Make sure you know how to
operate your oil stove — Watch out for sparking
chimneys!
W. - E. SOUTHGATE
General Insurance - Phone 344
KEN ETUE
General insurance riche, 233
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