Arizona republican., 1921-10-17
Two Phases of Fire Prevention
 Covered by Local Essay Writers

Two phases of the fire prevention question are taken up in the follow ing essays written by a high school student and student in junior col lege as part of the general campaign which was carried on last week un- der the direction of fire department officials.
 Evidence of close research work and a broad understanding of her subject is revealed in this essay written by Mrs. r. B. Stevens of the junior college:
 Fire Prevention in the United States
 Fire prevention, particularly in towns or cities. is somewhat of reciprocal nature. One man in To- cality well built up exercises due precaution against fire, directly for his own benefit perhaps, but indi rectly he is also performing a great service to the neighbor on either side of him who, in turn, look to the proper condition of their own re- spective places and safeguard him who is adjacent.
 The circle widens: Whenever a city dweller, by the intelligent care of his premises in relation to fire risk prevents the burning of his building or those of his neighbors, he SNtS III llAOlAOli d lOllS line OA oet iea processes; or rather he prevents the setting in motion of a long line of expenditures which spell absolute los. A multiplicity of exposures and loss. A multiplicity of exposures and the public or the taxpayers money for fire equipment, salaries to fire fighters and an adequate water sys- tenn. To the individual comes excess insurance rates. and in case of fire, loss'in greater or lesser degree of house and household effects, and more often than not he must part with gifts, treasures and keepsakes which money cannot replace. Great est of all is the probable loss of life.
 Very convincing tables of figures setting forth the enormous sums spent in the rebuilding of fire devas- tated acreas, and comparisons of these amounts with those needed to flow into normal channels of civic, governmental or charitable institu- | tions greet us on every hand when ever Fire Prevention day is pro claimed throughout the nation; ap- palling statements such as. the fol- l lowing for example:
 If all the men. women and chill 1 dren in the United States could hur- ry by the seething crater of Mount | Nesuvius at the rate of three per sons a second, and if each cast into | it's all destroying depts a s gold | piece, and continued to do so day and l night for a wear, the money thus | destroyed would nearly equal our | 1920 fire waste of more than S500,- | 000.0 900. If in addition, about every | half hour, one of this rushing throng -usually a woman or child-should | fall into that sea of molten lava, the | 1000 lives lost annually in this manner would approximate Ameri- | ca's estimated fatalities each year. Does 1t not seem incredible that any nation should allow such devastation | to continue unchecked?'
 We gasp when we read them. we resolve to do very much indeed to l change the condition, even venture so far as to inspect our premises l and perhaps clean up a bit, yes we conscientiously fill out a municipal | questionnaire. Then the agitation l spends itself somewhat. the interests 1 of another week and of succeeding
 weeks overshadow the now almost | forgotten resolution: eventually Fire l Prevention day becames only a faint memory and devoid of all signific- ance. We fall back into the former | state of even tenor and continue to drift until another year rolls around and Fire Prevention day is again | proclaimed.
 There is an authentic report to the effect that the fire loss of Europe per capital is g cents while that of the 1 United States is S2.51. There are
 several reasons perhaps for this
 marked difference in favor of the
 older country but chief of them Is | the character of the buildings Over there stone or similar materials ! ro1l It4S arr ir construction. Here. in the land Of
 The forest primeval" lumber is
 chosen extensively for buildin pur-
 poses, dwelling houses in particular
 Besides. a large measure of the loss
 in this country is due to carelessness
 negligence and selfishness, disre-
 gard of the value of a dollar; a man.
 Hesitation of the spirit or rebellion
 against restraint, supervision ana
 control.
 The reputation which the people
 of United States has gained for ex- l travagance seems to reach even tC
 the field of fire losses. We build tt
 satisfy a whim. we build too hur. l riedly. We deceive ourselves int
 thinking we have built economicalll
 but in the end we find we have don, so only in relation to the first cost
 eventually it proves itself to be al extravagant, unwise method. Gu greatest need is to learn the lesson
 Of patience. of amenability in its con
 structiye sense. and of cooperation
 The following essay was writter by Pauline Mills of the high school Fire is a very interesting and ye
 repulsive thing. When a baby frs
 sees it's beautifully colored flame tn interest awakens and in most huma | beings it lives as long as the per
 son does. The baby if unwatched 2 will probably go to the flame an
 put in it's hand that it may see wha t the color feels like, At this earl , point in it's life the responsiveness O Q fire is also impressed on the chold' V mind. Then when it is old enoug | to understand the many tragic sto 3 ries of fire the child is told of it . danger. Although the parents tr
 very hard to help the child to real
 ize what fire is, I think most of tn
 chil iren in the United States do no s When the fire whistle blows we thin | of nothing of the cost of fire nor ( l. its cause. Rather, we like to rus } to the window to see the fire engir
 pass. When we study fire in scho
 we see what causes it and why will or will not burn under certai
 conditions We see an jnterestin
 part of it. but no one tells Us of il :, influence in our daily lives and - how we may use that influence fC IF the goo dof the state and nation. 4 h ! we grow older we realize more tn; = a destructive fire is a needless thin
 but we do not try much harder zszzs 75zsE g SIN,