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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1983-10-12, Page 8A8 -- THE HURON EXPOSITOR, OCTOBER 12, 1 83 Leave the fire fighting to pros Most fire deaths happen in the home. The Offices/ the.Ontario Fire Marshal says your first thought should be for your own safety, and the safety of those who need your help when fire strikes. It is recommended that you leave the fire fighting and rescue to the trained men of the fire department and get out and stay out of a burning dwelling. The following is a list of tips and instructions from the office of the Ontario Fire Marshal. Raise the alarm. When you detect fire or smoke shout to warn the other occupants. Children and older people will need help. Don't wait to get dressed, shoes and one blanket per person will suffice - even in cold weather. Have a neighbour call the fire department after all are out and never waste time trying to extinguish anything other than a very small fire. We should BY PATRICIA RIMMER Thanksgiving is a wonderful holiday. The trees are just beginning to change color, students are just beginning to need a holiday and the food is in large quantities and great quality. Thanksgiving is a time. of year to be thankful for friends, family, food and all of the good things in life.. Why should we end our thanks on this day? It is not the only day of the year when we share good times with friends and family or eat delicious meals. The majority of us do this almost every day. Just consider the good times that you have had in the past week and then be thankful; we really are very lucky. Friends are a big part of Thanksgiving and any holiday. We talk, laugh and joke with our friends and depend on them for a lot of things. You can always count on a true friend. When you need their support or help, A hot door is a warning. Never open a door without first checking it for heat. If it is warm, leave it closed and go out a window. If this is impossible wait by an open window or on a balcony for rescue and place bedding at the door cracks to keep smoke out. Heat and deadlyasst are the main killers. Even a small fire is dangerous. The open interior stairs in the single family home may become a chimney allowing heat and smoke to rise to highest floor level. If you cannot leave an upper room by a window, close the door and wait by the open window for rescue. Tell the fire fighters if anyone remains in the building. Leave rescue operations to them, unless you can safely raise a ladder or help anyone down from a window or roof before help arrives. Never go back into a burning building for any reason whats,gver. Many lives are lost from small fires. Never risk a life in an through the deadly effects of fumes, even attempt to save personal possessions. Open house at fire hall Residents of Seaforth and area are invited to tour the new fire hall on Thurs. Oct. 13 from 7 to. 10 p.m. during fire prevention week. Seaforth's Volunteer Fire Department, which covers Seaforth, McKillop township and parts of Tuckersmith, Hibbert and Hullett townships, will be showing fire prevention films at the hall during the open house and at the elementary schools over the week. The film, Hot Cords Can Burn shows the proper and improper uses of extension cords, while How to Fight Fire in the Kitchen shows that the proper way to smother a fire in the kitchen is to use baking soda or a wet cloth rather than water. Potential fire hazards which cause a Targe number of deaths every year are examined in the film. Condemned and Firefighter illustrates the life and duties of a firefighter. Firefighters will be on hand to demon- strate how the equipment works and to answer any questions. Also, there may be a smalj ceremony to officially open the new fire "Taxpayersiill be able to go through the hall and see where their money went, says chief, Harry Hak. Kod2,o ft@n2, ©ficl Ow-CD(A GQm, year. be uanthkfl all round they always seem to be there. A friend can share a laugh, a cry, or even a boring day. A friend is great; we should always be thankful for friends. Your family is something that you should be thankful for every day. 1 shouldn't have to mention the things that family does for us, Children depend on their families' strongly. The safety and support offered from parents is important for any small child. Even help tying shoes, fixing tics, making beds etc. is appreciated. But sometimes we all take the nicer things in life for granted, even our families. Children grow to expect to have cookies in the cookie jar, have Mom to turn out the lights at night, have the house warm when they get home and dinner on the table. Then. if things are not the way we think they should be we complain. We don't think about it then but it really isn't right: Thanks Mom for everything you do, we really do appreciate it. The next family members who should be. mentioned are the ones we argue with and are constantly bickering at...our brothers and sisters. These people we have lots of good times with, we share many laughs, tell many secrets and become very close with .them. These people are very important to us. but yet we still seem to take them for granted. For example if you promise to take your little sister or brother away, and at the last minute something else comes up, you take it for granted that they will understand. They are important so we should appreciate them. Be thankful for- your sisters and brothers. FOR GRANTED Spouses are another group of people that you should be thankful for. Much like the sisters and brothers 1 just mentioned, we Babysitters should be informed in case of fire In any fire, saving lives is the top priority but babysitters need information if they're going to be able to save the children in their care in the event of fire. "All households should have an evacua- tion procedure including wliere the exits are, where the fire extinguishers are and what to do if a fire does start in the house. The babysitter should be told about this procedure," says Harry Hak, Seaforth fire chief. An easy way to involve a babysitter in the procedure is to make a list of important phone numbers including the fire depart- ment, police, ambulance and hospital. Show her/him around the house pointing out the exits and the children's bedrooms. "If the children are in bed when the babysitter arrives, make sure she knows how many children there are and where they are. That way she can be' sure to get all the children opt of the hr,, a if there is a fire and be able to tell the fire (lighters if anyone is still in the house," says Tom Phillips, deputy chief. Whether a babysitter tries to put the fire out herseff,should depend on how big the fire is. If the fire is too big to handle, don't waste time in the house. Get the children and if there's time, close -all the doors and windows to keep oxYBen from feeding the fire. tall the fire department from a neighbor's house if ne€essary but get out," says Mr. Phillips. 'You cannot replat'e a life but you can always build another+'house," he says. During fires he's!' attended when the parents were away,. Mr. Philips says the babysitter has usually done a good Job. "She'll be standing calmly on the street with the children4,' waiting for us to get there," he says. often take spouses for granted. We let all of our problems out on them and don't consider that they too may have problems. ,Spouses accept you the way that you are and don't make many complaints even on the worst of days. You should be glad that you have found such a warm and understanding person and thankful to your spouse for being that way. There are hundreds of things that we should be thankful for. 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