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Fire Prevention Specially Patriotic Work Toâ€"day «mm on «. icb ie cce t L ds c a oo L. A letier received some days ago by The Advance from the Dominion Fire Comâ€" missioner, W. L. Clairmont, Ottawa, outlines the purposes of Fire Prevention Week, Oct., ath to 10th. Those purâ€" poses are to rouse the people to study the seriousness of the fire problem and to seek ways and means to minimize the loss and damage. It has been proâ€" ven time and time again that most of this loss is avoidable. Most fires may be prevented. Where fires do occur, the loss and damage resulting may be minimized. This has been amply deâ€" monstratcg in the case of Timmins, where an ~'!%vb,lly complete and effecâ€" tive fireâ€"préevention and fireâ€"fighting equiptment, with a capable and earnest personnel in charge, has given this town a unique place in the lists of new Northern centres. To Impress Upon All the Enormous Waste of Life and Property From Fire ‘The Dominion Fire Commissioner‘s letter touches on a point that can not be overstressedâ€"that is, that in these days of war, fire waste, like any other kind of waste, should be very earnestly avoided to the very limit of possibility. Many people will be fairly shocked to learn from Mr. Clairmon‘t letter that last year mofe than $28,000,000.00 was lost in Canadaâ€" through fire. Surely it is the hexghL o[_ patriotism. to bend every to 'i'educing that enormous total. It should be said that the authorities â€"the Dominion, provincial and muniâ€" cipal headsâ€"have been doing their part. So also â€"have the fireâ€"fighting organization all ‘across Canada. What is needed now is such a large measure of general public support that the fire menace will be reduced to its proper place. To the Editor of The Advance, Timmins Iit these critivral times; when every fire is a national calamity, we are again appealing to you for your support in this worth while cause of PFire Prevenâ€" tion, and would ask you to give it as much publicity as possible. As you are aware, fire is a major weapon in this war and every fire is a help to the enemy whether started by accideht or design. To pssist you in giving this matter publizcity, we are enclosing a copy of the Proclamation and a set of suggestâ€" ed editorial releases, the information in which has been obtained from the Staâ€" tistical Report of Fire Losses in Canâ€" ada, 1941, compiled by this office. A copy of this report was sent to you on May 18th last.s, Might we suggest that you stress the relation between Canâ€" ada‘s huge apBual fire loss and her war effort for‘, nfljance how many planes, tanks, guns, ‘etc., could be made with the money which annually goes up in smokeâ€"lastâ€"year more than $28,0000,000 Dear Sir:â€"(Re: Fire Prevention Week, Oct. 4 to 10, 1942)>â€"By Royal Proclamation,â€"the week of October 4 to 10 has been designated as Fire Prevenâ€" tion Week, the object of such a week being to impress upon the public mind the enormous waste in both life and property occasioned by fire and to seek the coâ€"operation of all elements in a community : toward the elimination of that waste® * * Here is the Fire Commissioner‘s letâ€" ter:â€"â€" urpose of Fire Prevention Week Outlined. To Seek the (;o-operation of all to Serious Efforts for the Eliminaâ€" tion of the Waste Caused by Unnecessary and Avoidâ€" able Fires. ' Township of Tisdale Fire Prevention Week October 4th to 10th Ottawa, September 21, 1942 Signed â€" VICTOR H. EV ANS, Reeve Now more than ever before it is encumberant on every citizen to see that fire damage is prevented where possible. The municipal council of the Township of Tisdale appreciate the coâ€"operation they have received from all of the citizens in connection with Fire Prevention and fire damage. This added responsibility is brought about by the complications of the war and I urge every citiâ€" zen to accept this additional responsibility by doing all in their power to be doubly careful where fires are concerned. Makes Clothing Flameâ€"Proof _ by New Treatment. (FEFrom C. I. L. Oval) It was a chemical brew that was supâ€" posed to have changed. the generous kindly pesonality of Dr. Jekyll into that of Mr. Hyde whose iniquitous mind knew only hatred and an unbridled lust to destroy. Today, the chemical indusâ€" try is providing "brews" to keep one of the greatest "Dr. Jekylls‘" the world has ever known â€" fire â€" from changing into a "Mr. Hyvde" that everyone knows, fears and hates. good and ill. On the Dr. Jekyll sid> of the ledger, firs has been for many centuries and still is one of the most useful instrument of mankind. Among all the discoveries and inventions of man cnly a few such as speoch, writing and agriculture have borne such momâ€" entous fruit as has the discovery of how to make and use fire. The ancient philâ€" oscphers were not far wrong when they dated the beginnings o civilization from the time that fire first became the servant of man â€" or in the picturesque language of Gpeeck mythology, from the time that Prometheus lighted ,a torch at the charioct of the Sun and brought the gift of fire to earth. One of the first affects of the use of fire was to wiâ€" den greatly the range of foods man could consume, for manvy articles of diet, indigestible in the raw state, beâ€" came tasty and edible when cooked. It also caused a great increase in the area of the earths‘ surface that could be ccmfortably inhabited becauss it mitiâ€" gated the rigours of rorthorly climaites and enabled them in time to replace the more torrid zones as the main cenâ€" tres of civilization. Throughout the ages the uses of fire have inzsreased in number and comulexity until tecday it is not too much to say that cur whols moâ€" dern system of manufacturing, transâ€" portaticn, lighting and heating is based on utilization of firse. On the other hand fire in the guise of Mr. Hyde pressnts a truly terrible asâ€" pect and the mere word ‘"Fire!" is one of the most dreaded exprestiions in every language. Some of the greoatest disasters in history have been caused when fire ceased for a time to be a. good servant and became a dreaded fiend, destroying man and his works with him. Who has not heard of the burning of Rome in the time of Nero, the Great Fire of London in 1666, the fires of Chiâ€" cago in 1871 San Francisco in 1906 and Tokyo in 1923? But leaving aside these Thanking you for your many past courtesies and anticipating your conâ€" tinued coâ€"operation in this very imporâ€" tant inatter, I remain, Bincerely yours, W. L. Clairmont, Dominion Fire Comimissioner. Fire, the Servant of Mankind, Finds Master in Chemistry Fire is woll deserved of the Jekyllâ€" Hyde title, for there is probably no agâ€" enty in the world more powerful m changing rvone knows ‘idled lu indu: ep one L OX I1 sid> mai puklic assembly, such as curtains and paper hangings, can be effectively and economically with the chemical. There is no doubt that whatâ€" ever industrial fire hazards warrant 'it workers‘ overalls and uniforms will be treated with this new fire retardant as an increasingiv impor.ant Ppart in man s fizht against fire and in many specialâ€" ized tyves of fire fighting certain chemâ€" icals have been found to be more effecâ€" tive than water. In the field of fire prevention also fire retardant chemica‘ls for the treatment of lumber for various types of construction are already in wide use. Millions of feet of lumber treated with wood preservative chemiâ€" cals that are at the same time the reâ€" tardant have been used in war conâ€" struction projects where the dangers of fire would formerly have demanded the use of steel. * One of the latest fields in which chemistry has aided the cause of fire prevention is in the chemical treatment of textiles to render them incapable of supportirgz ccmbustion Clothes curtains upacistery and paper hangings have alâ€" ways comprised to po‘ent source of fire hazards and for some vears now fire retardants have been used for the treatment of workers‘ overalls and othâ€" er textiles. Cloth which is properly treated with these chemicals will char at the point of contact with a flame but will not catch firs. Until recently, however, curtain weaknesses were inâ€" herent in most of these chemicals. Some failed to prevent the charred cloth frcm subnporting an "afterâ€"glow". Other cheomicals caused a stiffening in the fabrics or had a tendency to crystallize on the surface of the treated material in the form of powder or dust. These weaknesses definitely limited the uses to which the old style fire retardants sould be put. A new and improved fire retardant known as "CM" has now made a timely debut on this continent. This new proâ€" duct is entirely free from the limitations inherent in the old2sr chemicals. Clothâ€" ing of all kinds, from little girls, frilly party frocks, sheerest negligees, velvet evening gowns, to are weldeors‘ overalls and soldiers‘ uniforms may be treated by dipping or spraying with chemical so that, though they may char upon ecntact with fire, they will not burst into flame. Moreover, this ch>mical newcomer does not affect the "feel" or appearance o fabrics and it would take an expert â€" or a fiame â€"to distinguisch between treated and untreated goods. Fabrics immersed in a solution of one pound of the new fire rotardant to one gallon of water and then dried remain incapatble of sunorting combustion until washed, when the treatment is repeated Dry cleaning does not remove the fire retardant quality. Th Armed forces of the United Naâ€" tions, of course, have first call on this new product but there are many indicaâ€" tions that, as soon as the military deâ€" mands have been met, the chemical will gain in wide popularity. The dangers of ‘"fAash" burn in pile fabrics can be removed by flame proofing and experiâ€" men‘.s have also shown that such things as parner blackout curtains and comâ€" bustible materials used in places of pubklic assembly, such as curtains and paper hangings, can be effectively and 1 GC€ United States or Canada about ev=* un minute and a half and thousands | ines fatalities from burns are listod arâ€" !wari ally along with countless injuries. T; |gers unquestionable that fire‘s potentialâ€" | dier s for evil are in direct proportion to rctentialities for good and the more | bur merous the useos to which it is put the | dam ‘ater the fire hazards man must be | ing. a@ home catches fire somewhere in portant part in man‘s and in many specialâ€" ighting certain chenâ€" MA jas plaved ady in lumber chemiâ€" the reâ€" Fires caused by smokers‘ carelessness constituted the alarming proportion of 30% of all fires from known causes in 1941 and the amount of loss entailed was more than 11% of the total lgss from known causes. The remedy for this growing evil is very simple. First of all, make sure that your cigareéte, Cigarettes Often the Cause of Serious Fires A group of men standing smoking cigarettes in a newstand. Very soon one is called away on some other busâ€" iness. MHig cigarette which is aout twoâ€" thirds smoked is thrown down on the wooden floor and the smoker walks aâ€" way without a thought of the dangerâ€" ous consequences which may follow. Fortunately, an onlooker who apprecâ€" iates the potential danger of such acâ€" ticns puts his feot on the burning stub and snuffs out the venomous little ball of heat which if left alone could destroy a whole building or a whole block of buildings. And here and there throughâ€" out Canada, 13,993 such little balls of heat did distroy priperty worth $1,371,â€" 079, in 1941. Most fires from this cause criginate in the homes but frequently they havpen in factories, stores, wareâ€" houses and other mercantile buildings where the loss occasioned may be very (From the Dominion Fire Commissionâ€" eT) chamics * in fightir and airn day seon Seventyâ€"nine vear old man burned to death when his clothing became ignited as he sat in a chair smoking a pipe. A can ‘of gasoline exploded when a woman 36 started a kitchen fire. Her own clothing smouldering she ran to the bedroom of her three boys and all were trapvoed together. Her husbkand and her 9â€"year old daughter escaped from the flaming home but the husband later died of shock and grief. Twentyâ€"oneâ€"year old man died of burns suffered in explosion of a gasoâ€" line tank he was cutting with an acetâ€" ylene torch. ‘Accident occurred a few hours before he was to have been marâ€" Tried. Twoâ€"pound baby being fed oxygen in an incubator in a hospital was burned to death when the oxygen ignited. The superintendent of the hospital testified that a svark 0%f% undetermined origin fired the oxygen. A newspaper reporter reporter wishes news weuld quit breaking so near home. First his automobile caught fire, then his wife was severely burned when her pajamas caught fire, as she prepared breakfast. Whiel the man was visiting her at the hospital, a policeman rushed in and announced his home was afire. A couuole on their honeymcon stopâ€" ping in a tourist cabin received fatal burns when gas supposedly escaping frocm a stove in the cabin was ignited when the man attempted to light a cigarett2. Man 38 stooped beside a highway and started a fire in a ditch in crder to get warm. Before he realized it he was aâ€" sleep and the next thing he knew his trouser legs were afire. Boy 15 received severe burns when his gasolineâ€"soaked clothss caught fire. Gasoline was spraved on his clothes when he filled the tank of his father‘s car and ‘t.he youth got too near to a stove. Boy was burned on July 4 when a Romanâ€"candle he was holding ignited a bunch of fireâ€"crackers in his pocket. (Extracts from report submitted at 16542 meeting of Naticonal Pire Waste Council) Eighty threeâ€"year old retired dentist died as a result of burns when his bathâ€" robe was ignited as he stcod by a fireâ€" place. Girl of 14 died of burns suffered when her kimono caught fire from a grate while she was hanging a picture of herâ€" self over the mantel. The picture was a Christmas present to her parents. Eightâ€"year old boy died from burns suffered whgn he dropped a match in the gasoline tank of an automobile. Every Care Necessary at All Times to Prevent Such Tragedies. Fifteenâ€"months old baby falls in fireplace and burns to death. Her parents find charred tbody when they return from milking. .61 fatally burned when hrer clothing.was ignited as tar she was melting on the gas stove in the kitchen of hor home caught fire. Here are Eighteen Deaths from Fire All Avoidable avatlable in sufficient Over 11090 Fires in Canada in 1941 Due to Misuse of Gasoline Fires from gasoline anc eum products in Cana 1;1485 in 1941 causing prc of over $1,000,000 and re loss of at least 40 lives a several score of people. millions of gallons of gas sumed annually in this « is the misuse of a few has been resvonsible for toll of dead and injured a perty damage. If people would only realize th gallon of gasoline proverly vano: has the explosive force of 82 pouns dynamite they would exercise more in its use. Gasoline should neve uesd in the home for dry cleaning poses. Wouldn‘t it be cheaver to clothes out to be cleaned than to being burned to death in an expl of the fumes shculd they b2com contact with flame? Even the ver ¢f cleaning clothes in gasolire d ops static electricity which is liab set off the fumes without warning. has often happened toso when floor cleaned with gasoline. Secores of Lives Lo Many Injured in Fires. 1 cigar or match is out before di: r'wm_, of it. It is a good habit, especially i the woods, to break a match in two bo- fore throwing it away. Many motorists are careless in such matteors. When in the open country in dry weath>r, disâ€" pose vour cigarette butts, etc. in the receptacle provided in your car. Sevâ€" eral serious fires have been caused by the careless throwing away of cigaretâ€" te butts in the dry grass along the highâ€" ways ahad roadways. Never make a pract bed. The daily nross peda. dally press frequentliy accounts of fatal results which accompany this practice. Do smoking before going to bed. It may not be generally known | is nevertheless a fact that in most vinces in Canada a fire insuranc? icy may be rendered null and vo more than one quart of gasoline is Canada‘s fire losses could be ialy reduced by the arclication foregoing simple rules. It is v try. SIMMS, HOOKER PICKERING 20 Pine Street N. TOâ€" DAY THAT WE PROTECT CCC Play Safe â€" Insure INSURANCE WITH A RELIABLE TIMEâ€"TRIED sn +ss s THE SIMPLEST WAY IS TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY WITH INSURANCE mokin m alC i Timmins South Porcupineâ€"â€"Phone 30 Dalton Block, Cedar St. S. _ Timmins Phone 1675 Have us clean your heating system at least once a year. By doing so you are protecting your proâ€" perty and yourself. Dirty heating systems cause the majority of fires and this is the cheapest and safest way to prevent them. ; Have Your Heating System Cleaned Regularly KliI VJ GNLY THE MOST MODERN EQUIPMENT USED indling of gasoline in the prosâ€" aaked lights is also a very danâ€" ractics. Attempts to transfoar ily volatile liaouid from one vesâ€" i0ther in the presence of lanâ€" s resulited in numerous deaths rias. Where found necessary s, it should be done in daylight ctric light. garage operators still insist on soline for cleaning and washing peessary to keep small quanâ€" soline, it should be kept only d safety cans and all such should be prominently laâ€" the word "GASOLINE." in the presence of gasoline S1T1TQP FIRE One of the Surest Ways of Fire Prevention of the fact that s efficient and safer solâ€" market. Numerous inâ€" record where this pracâ€" d in fire and personal . VERCIVAL a1 Call Us Toâ€"day and Be Safe 1t ¢ ns do, mon Herald. Carey Williams:â€" Man is an animal that knows most everything except how to keep his mouth shut at the proper time. «trange © ened agt lessening of and other } may _ taliti¢ unned t er hazard k forward ind proper is a hazardous pastime, and as it may s>em in this enlightâ€" e some people still try to see ch gasoline there is in a tank se of matches or lant=â€" tor: "You come into my restâ€" ou crder a glass of water, you and you calmly walk out!" What were ye expectin‘ me to 9 Stagger oot?" â€" Montreal UNRFASONABLE Stagger oot i1 RIJS MESS DIRT the preseni reâ€" 11 result in the home cleaning irposes and we decrease in faâ€" ; from this very