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p14 weekender october 5 1985 nuwkuille toyota think fire safety all year long nuwkmlle toyota hwy 7 east 1 of mccowan i 2948100 home of the professionals get out alive family fire drill could save lives in markham by steve houston staff reporter fire chief ken beckett urges markham residents to plan to get out alive the markham fire depart ment in conjunction with the local mcdonalds restaurant at hwy 7 and mccowan rd is taking part in the oct 9 plan to get out alive fire drill in markham and across canada chief beckett said the program is significant because it will edu cate local families on the import ance of having an escape route should their house catch fire its something they will re- maynard fuels your local supplier of home heating fuels and heating equipment 114 wellington stw sherwood plaza 2945610 stouffville district credit union 96 main st w stouffville 6402811 les wilson motor sales stouffville ontario chrysler plymouth dodge truck dealer geo wilson phone 6402462 stouffville coop 47 edward st stouffville 6401550 insurance n main st n brokers markham sen vice to the community for ovm 40 wars markham 2940722 phompt courteous personal service by professionals helen wright unionville broadloom interiors 4418 hwy 7 unionville 4772700 member something that will get them out of the house he said the fire drill scheduled for 6 pm next wednesday will give children a chance to bring home the fire drill knowledge they learn at school chief beckett said his depart ment will sound the alarm to start the drill in markham and get peo ple out of their homes its an excellent concept said mcdonalds owner dick cohen this joint effort will help get that general awareness out there to learn about fire safety in the home mr cohens staff have been handing out kits to children with fire safety pointers and graph paper to map an escape route from individual homes the drill will culminate in a chief for a day draw and a local boy or girl will get the honors its fun for the kids i did it at home with my children and we en joyed figuring out how to get safe ly out of the house mr cohen said he added that this type of prog ram isnt something mcdonalds is doing to sell hamburgers the decision for the company to par ticipate in the original drill in edmonton alta was an easy one were not trying to talk people into anything everyone con cerned was more than happy to participate in something like this he noted pointing out some statistics mr cohen said there was an 80 per cent public awareness of the event in edmonton of the figure 40 per cent actually participated in the evacuation drill he thinks that if those numbers can be achieved in markham it will be a safer place to live in a release from the fire de partment officials give six steps to a successful fire evacuation plan at the sound of the fire alarm carefully roll out of bed keeping low this way you will avoid smoke and heat crawl to the door touch it with your hand to see if its hot if it is dont open it get out an alternate way through a window or other exit if the door is not hot pro ceed with your escape plan in the hallway stay low to stay beneath the smoke level once outside everybody go to a predetermined meeting place once your family has gathered send one member to a neighbor to call the fire department stay at your meeting place until the fire department arrives to tell firefighters your family is safe and where the fire is other points of interest regard ing fires are approximately onethird of all fire fatalities are children in canada about 10 per cent of the population is under 15 years of age but about 25 per cent of all fire injuries and deaths occur in the 15andunder age group in canada the polio epidemic peaked in 1951 but even that year only onethird as many died of polio as in fires it takes less than two minutes for 750 children to vacate a school during a fire drill to look at the fire prevention picture overall both dick cohen and fire chief beckett agree that its something no person can afford to overlook the very idea of the awareness program is to save a life that otherwise could have been lost due to ignorance thats the motive for doing the whole thing mr cohen said october your family fire seniors coi parkview village stouffvilles 124- unit apartment complex for seniors is well on its way to completion in a recent interview whitchurch- stouffville fire chief walt smith was asked if such a building creates fire- fighting problems for his depart ment although the town lacks for an ae rial ladder truck chief smith isnt worried hr associate store we carry a full line of air tight stoves insulated csa chimney pipes fire extinguishers smoke detectors 360 main st west stouffville phone 6405800 schell lumber 33 edward st stouffville 6403440 tibmecare building centre parkview home for the aged 481 rupert ave stouffville 112 beds for resident and extended care parkview seniors apts 465 rupert ave stouffville 36 apt units for independent living with supportive services coming soon parkview village an additional 124 independent living apartments for seniors setting sailors of whitchurch stouffville area 6401911 we have spaces to great places don gina jackson 22 main st w stouffville 6403526 help us prevent fires lets work part in rev keeping av know that c many fires what else yo job m s firii