Norwich bulletin., 1920-02-18
CHIEF STANTON TAAAke
 PUBLIC FOR SUPPORT GIVEN

In speaking of the record of the fire department in not having a fire in IS days, Chief Howard l.. Stanton stated Monday afternoon that he ful- iy appreciated the part played by the public of Norwich in preventing any blaze during these days when it would be practically an iEnpossikility Tor the hren1e1 to make quick runs to the fire He also stated that many fires could be prevented easily if the people would continue to use the same precautions that they had been using during the past tW9 weeks.
 A person can readily see the de- cline in the number of fires in Feb ruary this year over those in the cor responding time cf lest year. In 1918 during the mehth Of Febrliary. 1e calls panies, while thus far this month but three calls have been turned in If
 there are Ho more fiEAs during the present month, Norwich will have
 hung up q record that no other city
 in the state can boast ef. Local per-
 sons need not fee1 that the fremeR
 alone are benefitipg from this decline
 ip the number of fires. but when it is
 taken into consideratiea that some of
 the city strees are impossible it is to
 the interest of the house owners and
 renters to prevent any possible fire
 thet might result in 2 building and
 it's contents beconing . total less. The
 following rules were given eist by Chief
 Stanton wharehF the numberef fires
 can be greatly reduced in this city.
 F1Pst-Eyery household and busi-
 ness establishment should open the
 cleaning decrs at the base of the
 is. Should the chimney be of the old type without the cleaning door then remove g few bricks, In doing
 this the hazard of having the soot
 carried to the roofs and starting fire will be prevented. This should be done every year and in family teae-
 ment houses of from four to more departments this should be done at lease twice year
 Second - Be careful of ashes in
 wooden receptacles. Owing to the conditions at present and the inability to collect the ashes this hazard has for this month become one of the most important. Persons have com pletely filled all their ash cans and wooden receptacies are now being brought into use more than ever. Every resident of the city and town as well as allof the business houses should use particular care in this re- spect. When wooden recepfacles are
 used the ashes should be stone cold.
 This is of vast irpprtRnce
 Third-The hazard of waste paper.
 Again present conditions have brought
 this hazard to a place in importance
 in the fire prevention. Cellars are be- coming filled with waste paper. Ey- cry piece of paper placed in a cellar should be watched carefully. Persons should not allow the paper to be loosely on the floors They should all be either baled or placed in recepta- eles. Along with this comes the dan ger of person leaving cellar windows open slightly to ventilate. In doing this with waste papers around the draft thereby caused may blow the pa pers to the furnace and cause igni- ton from this cause.
 Chief Stanton then told of how tAe
 arsnnea had each day since the bis storm held council, to map out ths city streets that would be the best 1 going if g fire broke out in any par; Of the oity. The condition of ths : streets of the city made it neeessars i to change the routes to be followed l sometimes once every day. In speak ] ing of the part the fjreHen are play. 1 ing now Chief Stanton said that fol 1 the past two weeks he had only beer 1 to his home for one meal day and tn, remainder of the day and night va spent at the Central station te be -el hand if a. cali was reeeived He stat ed that if the people cf Norwich mus have fires he would surely appereciatt
 it if they picked oue the month O ] July in which to celebrate rather thar ! the present month when conditioni were so bad.
 l He also felt that if school childrer were taught fire prevention much Q ! the danger of future fires would D, fr1f~ &A1S IL [ location of the fire and by ringing il 1 the nearest box to afsre can greatl! 1 aid the department in preventing ; 1 serious fire in this citv