today is a very important day at patty's school because captain clemons of the fire department is here to tell the children what to do in case of fire job and often are alone when they see a fire and if they know the right thing to do they may save a house or even a human life the main thing is be calm stop and think and then do the best you can the children like captain clemons and join eagerly in the lesson he asks jack how the hurt his hand jack was burned while roasting hot dogs his hand is bandage neatly because his mother learned how to dress burns at the red cross first aid class captain compliments jack on the fine bandage and explains to the children that it is best to use a burn only meant for  small burns but for large dangerous burns cover the wound with a dry cleaning dressing and rush the patient to a doctor there are many good ways to treat burns the important thing is that every family should have an emergency kit the bandages dressings that he's in tape and simple remedies for burns and other accidents more fires are caused by matches and smoking and by any other thing lighting a match always strike the match away from them so that the flame will not burn your clothing and easy way to remember about dangerous mr matchy is that he has a hand but no brain you have to be the brain for his head never allow a match to go out alone chaperone your match little children three and four years old has started many fires with matches if you break the match before you throw it away you can be sure the match is out keep matches in a safe place out of reach small children christmas trees are a fire danger they become dry and have ornaments and lights that catch fire easily here christmas wrappings are piled near an overloaded fireplace dangerous because of flying sparks keep a metal screen in front of a fireplace and never leave papers near a fireplace stove or heat or oily rags and liquids that burn easily like gasoline must be kept away from stoves because they can catch fire from a spark or even from intense heat next to matches and smoking defective wiring causes the most pious electrical cords wear out and may give off sparks that start fires we all have seen the corner mailbox police signal box and a fire alarm box every city has community helpers to guard and serve the people like firemen policemen and militants in case of fire the first thing to do is to call the firemen never break the glass in the fire alarm box unless you are sure that there is a fire captain clemons explains to the children what to do if their clothing catches fire he has a doll on a stick and shows how by rushing the stick through the air  captain's assistant sets fire to the dolls flimsy dress and shows the children exactly what would happen to their clothes if they ran never run as this increases the heat and flames on air rises swiftly to a person's face if your cooling catches fire therefore it is best to fall to the ground roll over and shout for help if there is a blanket handy roll in the blanket and smother the flames georgios the glass what to do he rolls over and over and  yells with all his might captain says he does it exactly right that asked george to do it without the blankets because there is not always a blanket near the children do the right thing they can put the fire out before they are badly burned person  die from breathing hot air as well as from planes children will not forget this rule lie down roll over and shout for help in the house it is important to try to breathe the pure air near the floor or at the it's several years ago in this neighborhood the terrible chatsworth fire burned fifty homes many people were left homeless captain clemmons asks if any of the children were in patty waved her hand indeed she did see the fire they stopped the fire right in front of her house the captain asks patty to tell the other children what happened and this is what she told the class the day started just like any other day except it was hot and sticky patty was helping her father heard the goats and milking time although she was only five years old her father put jenny the goat on the platforms of that paddock that milk it was hard for paddy's little hands to learn to milk her father was proud of her and said that you already had a good milking stroke paddy always liked to help and tried to do the things her brother did you can see how this day started just like any other day it was great fun patty was proud to carry the heavy pan of fresh clean milk into the barn then suddenly things began to happen fleet of winni first all that panic could see was a tiny curl of smoke creeping up the ravine everything was a yellow pinky light far away the smoke rose over the mountain ridges patty's mother told her to stay where she could see her mother telephoned in the fire alarm to the fire station tongues of flame crept over the top of the hill toward their house patty's father mr garman always knows what to do and in three shakes he and bill hold their hose up the hill across from the government house bill held the hose steady but his face looked scared and he kept mumbling as if he were praying the flames spread along the ground catching fire to everything far as you could see there was smoke that bad wind came up is spread by flames and also by the terrific heat that blows ahead of the flames catching fire to everything in its pat mrs garman's telephone call call the fire trucks began to arrive with the garmin jumped on the running board and directed the driver over the hill where several homes were in danger the fire trucks seem to go in every direction mr emery pointed far away where the flames were getting out of control the fire spread so fast that many homes were in danger more firemen rushed to help they moved fast ladders and large hose were heavy but each man rushed to do his particular job the firemen praying every day to become more efficient and they have had long experience in putting out fires they have a great responsibility to save human life and property teamwork is necessary to fight a fire firemen are expert at working a large no they go toward the heat and smoke one man alone could not handle the large heavy hose the firemen advanced steadily for the fiery furnace they took turns at the front of the hole as the smoke became too much for the front man another took his place and he moved to the fact where the air was back water stopped the blaze and kept the heat and flying embers from spreading the fire front man turns the nozzle to change the stream of water every home  was completely destroyed and he and his brothers and sisters had no place to live in bad fires like these after an earthquake or an atomic bomb many people are hurt or killed by falling objects in walls people should stay far away from the burning building fell first then another roof went down back at the carmen ranch the boys beat out the flames with gunny sacks they were tired but proud that the firemen trusted them to handle this part of the fire alone is relieved the firemen to work on the other side of the ridge where the fire was raging mr o'brien's barn still was burning patties mother and bill pulled a hose up to the back of the barn her father was worn out and still relieved him on the hose  boys what happened bill was overcome by the smoke mrs o'brien too was hurt by a falling range patty sister barbara told a fireman on the truck to call the ambulance pick up the this is a brian andrews o'bryant the ambulance was standing by in case anyone was hurt in this terrible fire no people were killed due to the quick thinking of the man and probably first date the man lifted bill carefully and placed him gently on the stretcher in the ambulance he was not dangerously hurt but is leg was burned so his mother wanted the doctor to check him the doctor treated bill's leg which was not burned seriously later he was back helping with the fire mrs o'brien and ruth o'brien were taken along at the same time ruth's arm was burnt so off they went to the emergency hospital that had been set up in the school patty couldn't help crying her mother told her to stay near ben who milks the goats generally a child can help most by staying out of the way of the people who are fighting a fire why charlie and nellie from mr martell's ranch are running away probably someone led them out of a burning barn and let them run away to safety nellie's hurt patti heard the goats to the end of the corral away from the smoke and tried to talk calmly to the goats to keep them from getting excited they might have stampeded and hurt each other her baby goat was trembling if the fire should come too close patty's father would move the goats to another past year back over the ridge the firemen were trying to save janie bright his home how could any human being enter a building in the dense smoke it's what causes these terrible fires people  sleeps this fireman stayed near the floor because in a burning room the air near the floor is better and easier to breathe flames in hot air rise and create a draft which draws in the cool air near the floor or ground see how the hot air and smoke rise from this house and the clear air sweeps in below after a fire you often see the firemen working in the attics pulling out the walls and floors seems like unnecessary destruction of the building but it is important to be sure that no hidden fire is buried in the frame to start up later and cause another fire firemen do everything they can to prevent water dent it's reporters and news  learn about the fire and also to find human interest stories for their papers each man tries to get the news to his paper firsts the tired firemen haul the heavy lengths of hose up the hill to the trucks takes time to clean and repair equipment and have it ready for the next fire they stayed on guard through the night to be sure no new fires would spring up a large number of fire trucks showed that many firemen still were working throughout the hills the hook and ladder do you understand know why this fireman wore a helmet that would not burn and occult that which had water and it was extra heavy to protect him from the heats his tool a hose spanner is used to tighten the joints that hold the lengths of holds together the tools the firemen use most often are those not splatters axes and sp bernie o'brien pat's old on a horse that was saved from the flame in o'brien's barn fire mr emery told mr garman about the damage at high point refugees who yesterday had a nice home now pride's through the ruins hoping to save something of value after a great disaster such as a fire earthquake or atom bomb explosion lack of water maybe the most serious problem of all more fires might break out and so mr horner had to dig out the water pipes that lead to his home water is needed to put  new fires and for washing and drinking electric wires broken fell to the ground they might be live wires and might burn seriously or even kill the person who touched them after any accident never touch up all garman thank mr emery for helping to save their farm and patty thank him to just think he let patty hold the telephone that he used to convey messages from the front lines of the fire to the fire headquarters patty was too little to fight the fire but she did exactly the right thing she stayed out of the way of the firefighters where her family could keep an eye on her garments felt like giving thanks that their home was spared the but burnt grass in the