Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-03-25
TO ESCAPE BEING BURNED TO
DEATH
III THE HOME rs on FIRE.

Ones ability to extinguish a start
ing fire or to escape if caught in a
\ burning building depends upon intel
ligence and self control
If the blaze is just starting. throw
water on the material that is burning
Z not AT the blaze. One bucket of
water will do more good thrown on
by handfuls, or with broom, than
dashed on at once.
A small fire may be smothered with
lug or blanket, or beaten out with a
wet broom.
If you cannot put out the starting
fire in minute, yell fire and then, if
in city, call for the department.
Every one living III the house should
know the telephone number to be
used for getting the fremen, and it
should be on the wall by the telephone
for strangers to use. There is no
time for looking in the directory,
even il one should not be too nervous
to find a number. Everyone should
know where the nearest fire alarm
box is, and how to use it.
But do not leave door open when
you run out to give All alarm. If the
doors and windows are closed when
fire starts one can always get the fire
men there in time to put it out while
it is in only one room. The fire soon
uses all the oxygen in a closed room
and may die out if it gets no fresh air.
While the Firemen are Coming
After the tiremen are called, work
at getting out the things you want
most to save. Don't throw the clock
from the window and then carry out
your clothing, as some persons have
done.
If awakened in the night by the
smell of fire, don't dress. Wrap
yourself in blanket or quilt from
the bed and get out the quickest way
you can. Shut the doors you pass
through. After calling help look in
\ and see where and what is the danger.
Yon can then tell if it is best to try
to carry out the household goods. If
the fire is on the first floor, it is very
dangerous to go above, because the
heat and choking smoke go up.
One can often get out through a
hall filled with smoke by going on his
hands and4knees, when he would fall
choking if he ran. The smoke is
thickest at the ceiling, Holding
wet towel or anything made of fan
mel, or even a coat collar, over the
mouth, greatly lessons the danger of
injury to the lungs, or death, from
the carbonic acid gas in the smoke.
Caught In Burning Building
Most fires start in the first floor or
basement OF the building and burn a
hole UP through the roof. In house
the flames travel by the stairways;
in big store or hotel they go quickly
up the elevator shaft. After reach
ing the topthe fire spreads and slowly
goes. down, burning the wood that is
left.
If a man working in a big store or
factory sees fire starting he should
turn in the alarm, if there is a box in
the building; try to put it. out with
the water in any pail near by: then
use a chemical extinguisher, if there
& Is one.
1t one is in a burning building with
no fire escapes and the stair below is
burning, or the hail is filled with
smoke, he should shut the door and
transom to keep out the deadly gases
Then he should throw open the win
dow to get cool air and to let the fire
men and neighbors see where he is.
50 that they may bring a ladder to
the window.
One should wait at the window I'M
I'll he is scorched or choking. BY
that time the tiremen will be holding
big hoop covered with canvas in
which they will catch him when he
jumps. or the neighbors will hold a
blanket to catch him. If no one is
near, he should throw out the bed
ding, tick and all, and jump Oh that.
It is safer to jump into the top of a
tree than to the ground.
FRANK A. CRAFT,
State Fire Marshal.
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