Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-07
FIRE PREVENTION EVERY DAY
Chief stanton's IdeaBu Friday October is Special Time Appointed by Governor Norwich Fire Chief Has List of Things to Learn and Things Not to Do

T believe in every day being fire. prevention day, not simply the day set aside each year by the governor" said Fire Chief Howard l.. Stanton on We'd. gestions for Fire Prevention day,whfch according to Governor Holcombs proc lamation, falls on Oct. 8, Friday. Tt is conceded by the best engineers in the country" he continued, that nre departments, nowadays. with all the improvements, have become es per cent efacient. and 1t remains for the public to do the rest"
 Now Is the time to clean out chim- neys, clear down to the base. If there Is no door in the base. knock out few bricks and make one. Uncleaned chim- neys are one source of fire, said the chief in the course of his remarks. When the mercury gets down to the zero mark the furnace or stove is filled with coal. the soot in the chim- ney catches fire. and when the depart ment responds to the alarm the chief Is greeted with eve didn't think the chimney was dirty" or We didn't know"
 Most .Fires Unnecessary.
 When one stops to consider that the annual fire loss in the country Is the immense sum of s225. 900. 900. and that 70 per cent. of the fires are unneces- sary, 1t Is astounding. and the neces- city of fire prevention is forcibly dem onstrated. Of course, the insurance companies pay the larger part of thii loss, and the average man thinks onlS of the loss as falling on the insurance public. Cotton for instance. is in' sured against fire from the time I leaves the field until it Is turned ou | in the form of clothing The insur. ance cost is paid for by the consumer
 Learn How to Ring Alarm. | Chief Stanton said he believes tha every child should be taught wheI and how to pull in a fire alarm box and should learn the location of thu fire alarm boxes in the city, or at leas i the location of the boxes in the i'm mediate neighborhood of their homes Learning the location of the boxes anC | how to pull in an alarm is fire pre- vention. Chief Stanton says that h'
 can't very well go into residents pri'
 some of our best houses have cellari
 filtered with waste paper. and rub
 Dish. | We want to do everything possibl, for fire prevention said Chief Stanton | but we must have the corporation O
 the public. The public can greatly as their cellars. chimneys. etc, and b. ' teaching children the danger O matches. While he believes tha matches should be kept from. the req | young children. 1t is his opinion tha Ichildren in general should be taugh the proper handling of matches. | Gasoline Hazard.
 Gasoline hazards in garages are con stant menaces. and the only way | deal with them is by sending in quick alarm. The department is ou and on the way within 30 seconds af ter the alarm is received, and much i the way of prevention can be done provided they arrive at the scene Q
 the fire before it has gained any grea II lheadWay --s .fr-tr- .-sfss-- as-
 With Chief Stanton it has aIway been a case of fire prevention as we
 as fire fighting Chief Stanton is member of the National Fire Proven
 ton association of the United State and Canada and is serving on some c
 the more important committees con nected with the association. whic fact brings him into close contact wit
 the prevention movement.
 lf Chief Stanton offers the followin suggestions which if followed wi greatly aid in this nationwide move } ment of fire prevention:
 Please Don't.
 Please don't go into. closets loolxin for clothing with a lighted match.