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Section Two The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, October 1, 1975 7 Sharing Fire Safety iM the Home PROMATION It is Hereby Proclaimed That The WEEK OF OCTOBER5 th- 11th wiil be observed as FIRE PREVENTION l WEEK in the Tow n of NGarnet B. Rickard Newcastle Mayor, Town of Newcastle In today's society there is a strong tendency to walk away from responsibility. Sometimes it can be disas- trous. Fire safety in the. home is a glaring example. Improved building codes, hydro inspections and fire resistant building materials, all contribute to making home a safer place to live. But people cause fires and most ires are the result of carelessness. So who is responsible for home fire safety? Isn't it a shared responsibility? Your fire department can only do so much, the rest is up to you and your family. Todays fire fighter wilI quickly share his profes- sional knowledge with you but in the final analysis he can only help you to help yourself.i Fire prevention in the home or apartment calls for an awareness of fire haz- ards and action to eliminate or minimize them. Most of this calls for straight com- mon sense but much of the advice is ignored and the action delayed. The day to day observ- ance of sound fire preven- tion practices is both a per- sonal and community re- pause and think. People died too. There were 725 deaths attributed to fire dur- ing this same period. The message is clear and urgent. Fire safety in the home must become a part of our daily life style. The fire department can help us help ourselves but fire pre- vention is a shared respon- sibility. After all it's the safety of our families and our property that is at stake. New National Fire ode Aims At Prevention The second edition of the National Fire Code of Can- ada is planned for publica- tion during the latter part of 1975. The detailed and highly technical code, devel- oped through special com- mittees -appointed by the National Research Council of Canada, will serve as a model of fire safety guide- lines to governments, home owners and private industry- The new edition will be ex- How to Reduce Fire Hazards "Sixty ways to prevent fire in your home" is the title of a new informative 8 page pamphlet. Concisely written and free for the asking, it contains much good advice for any home owner or tenant. Included is a 60 point check list that will help make your home a safer place. It's well worth reading. For your free copy write the Insurance Bureau of Canada, 170 University Ave., Toronto; 1080 Beaver Hall Hill, Montreal; or their offices in Vancouver, Edmonton and Halifax. Your Fire Emergency Telephone Numbers Bow anville 623-3300 Ne castle 887-4211 Orono 983-5302 Compliments of James Insurance Agency Ltd. 24 KING ST. E. A BOWMANVILLE 1 623-4406 panded from four to seven parts and the code will be one of the most advànced in North America. An admin- istrative guide will be in- cluded providing advisory information to assist in preparing procedures for enforcement of the various regulations. The 1975 Code provides for the regulation of com- mon fire hazards, such as smoking, open flames, stor- age and disposal of combus- tible materials, incinerators, and the prevention of fire in vertical shafts. It also contains general require- ments applying to all build- ings, in respect to mainten- ance of fire department ac- cess, heating appliances, air- conditioning systems, con- trol of fire spread, and the provision of fire safety plans including ire emer- gency procedures. Another part of the Code will be concerned with pro- perty protection for indus- trial and commercial occu:- pancies where the use, stor- age and handling of hazard- ous materials create a seri- ous fire hazard. The Code will regulate handling of explosives and lireworks, operations involv- ing burnable dust and fibres, fiammable finishes applied as sprays or dips, storage and use of insecticides, stor- age of timber, and storage and use of radio-active ma- terials. Another part of the Code now provides regulations for fire protection installa- tions, such as portable ex- tinguishers, fire alarm sys- tems, standpipes and sprink- ler systems. Requirements for smoke control systems in buildings are also includ- ed. The purpose of the new edition of the National Fire Code is to ensure the main- tenance of life safety and property protection by en- suring an acceptable stan- dard of fire protection fa- cilities across the country. sponsibility, shared with your fire department. The theme is public in- volvement. No longer do you find the curbs littered with empty cigarette packs or discarded candy wrap- pers. There will always be jugheads who are litter bugs but today they represent a small minority. We've been educated to observe sanitary ordinances and customs. Our garbage in most in- stances is carefully placed in containers, not only be- cause of health laws but al- so because we live up to established neighborhood standards, or most of us do. There's the weight of pub- lic opinion quietly influenc- ing our behaviour patterns. Why then are generally accepted fire prevention practices so frequently ig- nored? Why this publie apathy about fire itself? There is no one answer, but partially it is because people have grown up be- lieving fire worries belong to their fire departments. It's a fine vote of confidence but it isn't completely true. With latest available sta- tistics showing 45,242 resi- dential fires within a 12 months period and property losses crowding the $100 million level, it's time to FPire Prevention Week cOber5m F FIRE HAZAFUJS -AT HOME - AT BUSINESS Roy Lunney INSU RANCE AGENT FOR PILOT INSURANCE CO. 48 KING ST. W. - 623-5565 "Mad as a March hare" comes from the fact that hares are unusually shy and wild in March, which is their rutting season. Le j qui si . z