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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1946
Page
7
NFPA notes 55 000 roofs were endangered by sparks or embers last year fueling Fire Prevention Week events October 6 12. Sparks land on flammable roofs posing major fire risk. farm losses near 200 million dollars annually with about 25 000 barns damaged affecting stock feed and equipment.
President Truman proclaims Fire Prevention Week October 6 to 12 urging Americans to curb fires in homes and businesses. The write up highlights nationwide observance, historic origins, and grim 1946 fire toll projections, with millions in losses and tens of thousands of injuries.
A list of home safety measures includes placing ash trays, repairing frayed cords and defective appliances, and using a metal screen at the fireplace. It advises cleaning combustibles from basements and attics, storing oily rags in metal cans, and having furnaces cleaned and checked annually, with careful handling of supplementary heaters.
A numbered list warns residents of practical precautions. Do not leave children unattended, keep matches away, avoid smoking in bed, do not use gasoline, avoid amateur wiring, keep hot ashes out of boxes, do not use kerosene to start fires, supervise electrical appliances, call gas company for leaks, and avoid candles or matches in closets and attics.
Fire losses rise in winter due to heating systems and open flames. Defective or overheated stoves and furnaces, electricity misuse, flammable fluids, and open fires are major causes. Children under five account for 20 percent of all fatalities.
Detroit firemen note residents often grab common trinkets over valuables during blazes. Reports show people rescue items like an empty birdcage or a lone wall picture while rare sensible actions occur. Children are sometimes more composed than adults in fire emergencies.
Learn how to notify the fire department and post the number near your phone. Identify the nearest fire alarm box and practice sending an alarm. Ensure every family member knows how to summon help. Equip the home with a garden hose and water bucket, and consider a fire extinguisher. Rehearse in your mind what to do in a fire.
NFPA and the U S department of agriculture warn that most fires are preventable through simple safeguards. They urge farmers to inspect chimneys and flues, check lightning arresters, manage gasoline and kerosene storage, and ensure barns and outbuildings reduce ignition risks.
A step by step guidance sequence warns to evacuate occupants immediately, notify the fire department, prevent the fire from gaining headway, and assist arriving engines by remaining at the alarm box to direct responders to the scene.
The guidance emphasizes safe hay storage with ventilation and regular inspections for heating signs. It advises periodic barn roof checks for leaks, fire resistant roof recovers, strict no smoking in barns, safe lantern use, proper disposal of trash, lightning protection, underground metal storage for fuels, regular chimney cleaning, and electrical code–compliant wiring with replacements for worn cords.
In Detroit Michigan Fire Chief Ninnian Higby is startled from sleep by a blaze at his home. His wife Mrs Higby refuses to leave without a pair of nylons from the closet. He retrieves them but they are the wrong shade and she stays.
Michigan joins the Flying Farmers movement with a Lansing meeting under Michigan State College and state aviation bodies. A Milwauke e Lake Michigan airport corridor serves air commuters. Inyokern California gains navy milk shuttle to transport premature baby milk. All 48 states plus DC Hawaii and Puerto Rico accept air national guard allotments. Ella Waters at 82 flies for first time. Canada Australia pact creates Sydney to Vancouver air route via Fiji and Honolulu with Canadian planes to operate terminals in Vancouver and Sydney.
New York County reports an inhabitant for every 322 square feet while Armstrong County South Dakota shows one person per 57.5 square miles highlighting vast population density contrasts across locales.
The first albino giraffe discovered and filmed by Macnab-Snyder Safari members in Kenya in June 1938. Kenya Game Department issued an edict forbidding hunters to harm the snow white animal.
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