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1 i as the tribune wednesday october 6 1382 is nearly stouffville the major expansion project at stouffvilles fire hall site should be completed by the end of this month chief walter smith told the tribune the tendered price was 126280900 the larger facility will accommodate six vehicles including a new aerial ladder ex pected in 1984 deliv ery of a new pumper- tanker costing 112000 is expected shortly the tanker presently in use will be placed in service at a substation located be tween ballantrae and musselmans lake this department should be equipped and ready to operate early in 83 chief smith said the enlarged stouff- ville depot will provide office space for the chief the deputychief and a fire prevention officer the training area could be used as a dormatory should several fulltime fire fighters be hired this wont occur chief smith said until after the dulverton develop- ment becomes a reality chief smith sees lit tle likelihood of further expansion at this loca tion he predicts the town will turn its attention to the van- dorf area where indust rial buildup is antici pated the expanded fire station in stouffville will be equipped with a muchneeded hose- drying tower this will be useful particularly during the winter when the draining of hose lines is most diffi cult the addition was also constructed with the handicapped in mind there are no steps only ramps so a wheelchair canbe manoeuvred in and out of the building with ease chief smith sees the possibility of a handicapped person filling the position of despatcher some time in the future detectors suspect people who substi tute heat detectors for smoke detectors hop ing they will provide an early alert in case of fire are playing rus sian roulette with their lives warns ontario consumer minister dr robert elgie dr elgie said his ministry has learned ballantraelake area new station next year the muchdiscussed fire substation to serve the areas of bal lantrae and mussel- mans lake should be come a reality early in 1983 this is the opinion of chief walter smith as i plans move ahead in- itialljvthemclerinan i building near the cor- ner of aurora sideroad and cone 9 will be used to accommodate equipment nine volunteers have completed basic train- ing the men include- ron robb rod rose ted mclennan ian macvarish carl in- sley eric blundon warren foster jim white and larry grove mr robb a bri gade captain in toron to has helped con siderably in estab lishing the new unit chief smith said new brigade mem- berswillbepaidona piercall basis and at thesanierate as in stouffville each will also carry beepers small portable alarm systems that tell of a fires location stouffvilles fire un its will serve as back up on all calls until the new station is com- pletely selfoperating explained chief smith that some unscrupu lous salespeople are using high pressure scare tactics to sell ex pensive heat detectors- as complete fire pro tection for the home they are offering free demonstrations to show how heatdetec tors can save lives they end the demon stration by showing tragic or gruesome pic tures of a family that hs iust lost a loved one in a fire at this point many people will buy heat detectors to pre vent a similar tragedy from happening to their families the heat detectors are being sold door-to- door for 130 each- smoke alarms can be bought for 15 to 25 each dr elgie said these salespeopleare mis representing their pro duct if they say or imp ly that heat detectors guarantee life safety in the houses this just isnt true heat detectorsare irot adequate substitutes for smoke alarms heat detectors react to heat rather than smoke and usually take much longer to activate by the time they do go off a family could be dead of smoke inhalation dr elgie said that detectors are common ly used in commercial and industrial build ings to minimize prop erty damage due to fire and heat and that smoke detectors have proven to be effective in providing an early warning of fire condi tions in houses there are two types of smoke detectors on the market ionization and photoelectric ionization type detec- tors are triggered by products of combus tion gases often before there is any other in dication of fire photo electric detectors set off an alarm when smoke interferes with the flow of light into the unit units for home use include battery- operated plugins and direct wired electrical ly powered models the ministry has produced an informa tion sheet and pam phlet about smoke de tectors their installa tion operation and maintenance for more information write to consumer information centre ontario ministry of consumer relations 555 yonge street toronto i i 5 in fire calls this is fire prevention week in whitchurch- care and control of outside fires and installa- stouffville and across ontario chief walter tion of smoke detectors could be two main smith sees a new awareness here with calls reasons he says down considerably compared to 1981 proper jim thomas fire prevention is the theme for the period oct3 to 10 this is fire preven tion week however it would seem residents of whitchurchstouffville are practicing fire pre vention 52 weeks in stead of one calls are down dramatically so far in 1982 to sept 23 the town brigade has answered 124 alarms last year at the same time units had been called 160 times chief walter smith says the drop isnt re lated to any one type of fire but across-the- board he notes that fewer people are starting out side fires without first obtaining permission and meeting all safety requirements this he feels has cut down on the number of calls to date in 82 the depart ment has had only one of this kind the max imum fine upon convic tion for such an offense is 1000 plus 500 save lives fire chief walter smith strongly advo- cates the installation of smoke detectors in ev- ery whitchurch- stouffville home chief smith told the tri- bune he believes most homeowners are sold on them too hes confident the majority of househol ders already 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