The Citizen, 1996-10-09, Page 14ire
WON'T
WARE!
Plan YOU( ESCAPE
PAGE 14. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1996
escape plan now and
practice it regularly.
Let's Hear it for Fire Safety! Develop home fire
Brussels
Dept.
CA F
Test your Detectors „, Fire
Major Causes of Home Fires
For home inspection call
Chief:
Murray McArter 887-6325 or
Assistant Chief:
Don Crawford 887-6854
Brussels Village &
Brussels P.U.C. would
like to express their
thanks for another
year of dedication
(519) 887-6572
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• Custom Killing
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• Gerry Raiders Products
• Granny Groves Jellies, Jams
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CARDIFF & MULVEY
REAL ESTATE tc INSURANCE LTD
"CM"
Child resistant does not mean child
proof. Store lighters out of sight and out
of reach of children.
(519) 887-6100
MOLESWORTH
BOWLING LANES
R.R. 1 Llstowel
• Youth • Seniors and
• League Bowling
Open Bowling
Friday, Saturday & Sunday
291-1376
Farm
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hOWiCk MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY
Wroxeter, Ontario
NOG 2X0
(519) 335-3561
Grey
Township
Teach children that lighters and
matches are not toys.
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Brussels
Agri Services
• Feed • Animal Health
• Pet Food • Gates & Feeders
R.R. #3 Brussels, Ont.
located at Brussels Livestock
Masterfeeds 0
(519) 887-9391
Cooking is the number one cause of home fires
and related injuries... Nearly 85 percent of
cooking related fires start on stoves, and the
majority of those occur when cooking oil is
overheated in pans or deep-fat fryers. Other
kitchen fires can be attributed to being
distracted by other activities elsewhere in the
home, being under the influence of medication
or alcohol or simply not realizing how much of
a hazard actually exists.
Heating fixtures and appliances make up the
second leading cause of home fires. Fireplaces,
central heating furnaces, space heaters, water
heaters and associated chimneys can be
potential fire hazards if they are not designed,
installed or used with proper care.
In fireplaces, most dangerous fires can be
traced to three sources: inadequate cleaning of
the chimney leading to the ignition of
accumulated tar; hot embers igniting adjacent
carpet or rugs; or design, construction or
installation deficiencies causing ignition of
wall/roof structure.
Fires in central heating furnaces and water
heaters start mainly form mechanical/electrical
failure, or the ignition of vapours from
flammable liquids. Space heater fires are
primarily due to placing or installing the
appliance too close to combustible materials.
Careless smoking is the third leading cause
of home fires and the leading cause of home
fire deaths. A smoker falling asleep in an
upholstered chair or bed is the most common
scenario. Most often the smokers faculties
have been impaired by the influence of
medication, alcohol or drugs. Other scenario's
include disposing of cigarette ashes and butts
in trash cans containing combustible materials,
or carelessly dropping lit smoking materials
between the cushions of upholstered furniture.
Children playing with fire is the fourth
leading cause of home fires. It is the second
most common cause of home fire deaths
and the third leading cause of home fire
injuries.
Children have a natural fascination and
curiosity about fire which may lead to risky
behaviour. Statistics show that 70 percent of
destructive home fires started by children
involve matches or lighters. These fires start
in bedding, mattresses, upholstered furniture,
paper, trash, clothing, drapes and other
common household combustibles. Other
common heat sources children play with are
stoves, cooking appliances, candles, electric
light bulbs, furnaces, water heaters, fireplaces
and smokers' materials.
The fifth largest cause of home fires is arson
or set fires, which are often not considered a
fire problem in the home. However, when
revenge fires, fires set for fraud or to cover
other crimes and fires set by juveniles are
considered, arson is a large problem.
Electrical fires rank sixth in the list of major
home fires. The majority of these involve light
bulbs, permanent electric wiring,
switches/outlets, and temporary electric wiring.
Clothes dryer fires rank seventh on the list
of major fires in homes. The primary culprit in
these fires is the lack of regular cleaning of lint
traps, Other causes of clothes dryer fires
-involve electrical short circuits and the failure
of automatic controls, which leads to the
ignition of electrical insulation, lint, or
clothing.
Residential
Automobile
Fire Statistics
THE FIRE DEATH RATE IN CANADA IN 1993 WAS
14.8 DEATHS PER MILLION PEOPLE.
Smokers materials, cooking equipment fires and children playing with lighters and
matches are some sources of ignition that lead the list of numbers of reported fires
and reported dollar loss:
Residential fires account for the largest percentage of fires in Canada and remains an
area of utmost concern accounting for 78% of the total number of deaths and 41% of
total losses.
Canadian fire departments responded to 65,877 reported fire incidents, causing 417
civilian deaths, 3463 injuries and 1.18 billion dollars Canadian in direct property
damage.
During the last reporting period, 5 firefighters died while on duty and 888 were
injured.
Did you know?
In Canada there is 1 fire every 8 minutes
Fire injures 10 persons each day. That's 1 injury every 2.2 hours
Since the last reporting period deaths by fire have increased by 4%
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RR #3 Brussels, Ont. NOG 1H0
519-887-6304
Fax 519-887-6633
McDonald
Home Hardware
and Lumber
Brussels
887-6277