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Page 10. Whitby Free Press, Wednesday, October 9, 1996 A sound you can live -with, Pire Prevention Week, 0( 6 to 12,18s an opportunity fi fire departmnents, emergenq response departments ar others mn the fire protecti< cornmunity to deémonstral their comnitment to keeplir the people they serve sal from lire. During this year's Piz Prevention Week, the fir service wilI promote thi theme: "Let's Hear It Po Pire Safety! Test You Detectors Statistics show thatj funtioingsmoke alarm éai mean the difference, betweex life and death in a f'amily. 1~ high percentage 0 residential fire deaths accw in homes without smoki alarms or where the smokE alarm fails to operate. Deac or missing batteries are the main reasons a majority ol smoke alarms fail to operate during a fire. Properly installed and maintained smoke alarms can alert a household in the early stages of a fire, when safe evacuation 15s till possible. The location of a smoke alarm is also important; there should b. at least one on every level. Pire presents the greatest threat at night when .everyone 15 asieep. If a home has sleeping areas located on more than one floor, or separated by other rooms, a smoke alarm should lie installed outside each sleeping area. Smoke alarms are inexpensive. If the cost is averaged over the thousands of days of protection they provide, it works out to about half a cent per day. This i8 a minimum investment for a maximum return. According to statisties, 78 per cent. of Canadian buildinir fire deaths occur in the home. Household fires are especially dangerous at night when the occupants are asleep. Most casualties, are victims of amoke and toxic gazes. When the alarm sounds, you don't have time to formulate a plan of escape. If you don't know instinctively what to do, there is a danger that you won't make it out safély, especially if the alarm interrupts a sound sleep. et. Here are somne tips for ror planning and practicing a cy lire escape program for the nd home. mn .*Draw a flIbr plan of your te home and prepare- a lIre ,g excape plan with the family. fe *Plan two ways out from every bedroom - usually a 'e door and a window. 'e *If encountering smoke, ie use the other way out. If it is )r necessaxy ta eit through the, ir smoke, crouch or crawl low because heat and emoke ris., a andthecéleaner air wiîî be 30 n to 60oementres (12 to,24 n inches) àbove the floor. A @Close doors behind you to )f slow the spread of the fire. r *Get out and stay out. Set * a meeting place, a safe e distance from the building, à go you- can check that Leveryone in the household f made it ont safely. Cail the Dfire departmnent from a neighbour's home. 1 Cooking* is the number ;one cause of home fires and xrelated injuries ... Nearly 85 k jer cent of cooking related 1lires start on stoves and the maInjority of those accur when cooking ail 18 overheated in pans or deep.fat fryers. Heatlng fixtures and appliances make' up the seond leading cause of home fires. Fireplaoes, central heating furnaces, space heaters, water heaters and associated chimneys can -be potential fire hazards if they are flot designed, installed or used with proper care. Careless smoking le the third leading cause of home fires and the leading cause of home lire deaths. A smoker falling asleep in an upholstered chair or bed 18 the most common scenario. Most often the smokers faculties have been impaired by- the Influence of medication, alohol or druge. Children playlng with fir is the fourth leading cause of home lires. It is the second most common cause of home lire deaths and the third leading cause of home lire injuries. Children have a natural fascination and curiosity about lire which may Iead to, risky behaviaur. t ~ FIREFIGHTERS and service clubs are teaming tanDa ok, coordinator Maranne Shoidra up to help the Salvation "ry make its Durham and' Whit by mayor Tom Edwards have already. Thanksgiving food drive a success. This year's been out cruising for donations. Non-perishable drive begins tomorrow and, from left, Whitby fire items may be dropped off at collection bins in chief Tony VanDoleweerd, Salvation Army Cap-. local roceaf stores or taken to any f ire, station Photo bY Mak Reesor, Whhby Fm. Press Coldwel I promo'tes safety DURHAM COLLEGE and the eight sident Gary oosy ikPasl de atmets n te-rgion are LPickering), Rich M iller (Scugo JO gfrces to.train firefighters. Th ownship and Caesarea) and Robert chiefs, (from left), Randy Wilson Graham (Brook Township) got (jax), ony VanDoleweerdl(Whjtby-) topether recently to announce the MilIt Wilson (Oshawa), Mik e initiative, which was spurred by Wil- Creighton (Clarington), Tony Peck son, the head of Regional Fire Ser- (Uxbridge), Durham College pre- vices. Photo Ly Mark Rees, WNk yFiee Prees This page madle possible through support of these advertisers Are you planning on having a Fire, Flood, or Other Natural Disaster? C'ail Wendy Jennings First. Wendy will make s ure that you have ail the coverage that you, need.- .579-9701 Mitchell Whale insurnce Brokers Limited r fÀf PA UL DAVI4S SYST7EMS Insurance Restoration Specialists 686"412 1SUNRAY ST., UNIT 1, WHITBY IlService at its Best... When You Need t Most" Coldwell Banker R.M.R. RelEstate of Whitby is Psrticipating in the Coldwell Banker "Be Pire Safe! It ,Starts At- Home" week rnning simultaneousîy with National -Pire Prevention Week, Oct. 6 ta 12. Coldwell Banker sales associates are providing homeowners with lire safety tips ta protect their family and property from lIre. "Ail sales assaciates are delivering home inspection check lists and fire safety tips ta . hameowners in varlous neighbourhools" says , Rafael Robert, president of Coldwelî Banker I&M.R. Water and electriciiy don '*t îm& Don 't put water on ant electicfire! WHITBY HYDRO ELECTRIC COMMISSION 100 TAUNTON RD. E.l WHITBY Li N 5R8 668-5878, Hoy Kids! Th111 i nk i e afty NE VER play with matches! e WHITBY MALL Dundas St. & Thickson *1301 BROCK ST. S. at the 401 *WAL-MART WHITBY MALL Dundas & Thickson ýJ 1 MMR or