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CAN BE STCP'PED,
LOOK FOR
.1. THESE FIRE
POTENTIALS
Frayed electric wiring, clutter and
rubbish, faulty heating iinita: these are just
a few of the things that can start a fire in
your home.
ELECTRICITY IS SAFE AND RELIABLE!
When Proper Observance is Given, to These°Simple Rules i
See that all wiring extensions are carried out
by qualified and experienced wiring contract-
ors. This insures final check-up by the Wir-
ing Inspector of the Hydro-Electric Power
Commission of Ontario.
2. • Never use fuses"larger than 15 amperes on'
branch circuits in your house. -- . .
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 baseboard or walls.
6. Keep electrical heating devices away from
combustibles.
7. Keep lamps away from clothing, paper, etc.
8. Never use iron, toaster or lamps as bed war.
mers,
9, Install convenience outlets to avoid excessive
lengths of extension cords.
10. NEVER USE GASOLINE IN YOUR ELEC-
TRIC WASHERS!
Violation of These Rules, Resulting in Fire, May Invalidate Your
Fire Insurance Policy
CLINTON
PUBLIC UTILITY
COMMISSION
2A Clinton News-Record, Thursday, October 9, 1.969
WILL DADDY auy
US A NEW HOUSE
by Judy Thonisop
Five-year-old Mark wandered into his parents' bedroom Saturday
morning looking for his mother. Thep were matches lying on the
dressing table. He picked them up, struck one and dropped it on the
Cotton dresser scarf. The material caught fire and the frightened boy
ran downstairs.
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"Will Daddy buy us a new house if this one burns down? he asked
his mother.
"Of course he would," she replied. Mark was satisfied. He went
out to play giving no further thought to the fire. Luckily, when his
mother went upstairs later it had gone out by itself causing damage
only to the dresser and the nearby curtains.
Families who have had similar experiences with fire are rarely this
lucky, And statistics published by the Joint Fire Prevention
Publicity Committee shbw that of 647 persons who died in Canadian
Fires last year, 240 of them were children.
Property loss means very little to youngsters. So it is important to
teach them that uncontrolled fire 'can hurt the same way a fall or cut
On. This is the message the Fire Prevention Committee, with the aid
of prominent child experts, is trying to get across in its 1969
campaign.
'The language should be simple and adult, says child psychologist
1)r. Reva . Gerstein.. Television has made today's children
kOphiSticated. They understand straight facts. And using a fairy tale
4pproach to teach them fire prevention is like telling them the moon'
4, made of cheese when they can see on the television screen that it
j$n't.
•: •
LT. Keeping this in mind, the committee has prepared for distribution
to Canadian ,Fire Departments this fall a, 2 x 4 colored sticker
showing a little girl with her band bandaged and the words "A Match
Not a Toy - Fire Hurts".
• , ,
eXploit television's large influence on the young - "Children
get most of their information from television despite the other
Methods of education in use," says Fred Rainsberry, Ontario
Institute for Studies in Education - a 60 second film designed
sPecifically for children's television is now in the planning stage. The
theme: Fire Hurts.
ti Adult and industrial material as well as children's .projects are
included in the year-round fire prevention; Carripaign• which reaches a
high point during Fire Prevention Week, October '5-11, Housewives,
according to committee publications, can do much to help reduce
fire's staggering death toll by following a few simple 'safety pro-
cedures in the home. :
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• Good housekeeping — don't litter basements or closets with oily
fags, cardboard boxes or paper.
• In case of a kitchen grease fire, smother the flames with a lid,
never water.
Don't attempt to take the pan outside. The draft may blow the
flame back at you and set your clothing afire.
*Don't hang clothes to dry near heating appliances or stoves.
• Use flame retardant decorations and decorating fabrics. Be
especially careful at Christmas time, •
• Teach your children the danger of matches. Keep matches out of
their reach. Hire reliable babysitters and provide them with
emergency instructions, Never leave your children alone, •
Letters from mothers on their experiences with fire,
particularly those involving children, will be welcomed by the
Joint Fire Prevention Publicity Committee Inc. Addrets: 34
Front St. W. Toronto 1, Ont. Names will not be published,
unless by specific arrangements.