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FINAL STRIVE

FIRE

Canada's Fire Record
Still World's Worst

By royal proclamation the week of October 4-10 i
signated as Fire Prevention Week. The proclnstion na

in the name a ae & MES: Queen Elizabe Car
appeals to all citizens to curb careless causes ie “inte Ww a
last year aan peter heavy toll of human life and
property.

in the 10 years to the living and
ron places of Canada was
one pilion

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aul fe ts for uy 8:

ees more than ola

icagll Toregnstruce . Law:

- sus milion of Property | rice Seaways, This isthe firs
consumed

A time in history that the 10.
fires reported total has reached a billion ote

3
Tite dlrasi onieolenueaec

the ind geet loss to the. national
economy. Nor do the figures in-
clude forest fire waste.

ra, S as is the record, ee baa
some ort-run relief
ound in peer SaMRGHCoRE rad
tween 1958 and 1957?

(millions) $133.5
Per capita $6.75 $8.05

In numbers of on the other
hand, complaceney Ge iG &

PREVENTION WEEK

1 $576,096

1956—80,746,

957 —82,088

age el
Analysis of the causes of these
sna tal ae were caused
bse

safety

ni
the S
and <Snneaeee es

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is N'T. aaa rete
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especialy chilean wore eee el.
ia “ folk: PoNe ue ae US
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Capita Canada’s fire

is ah one of the worst in th

world. An international summary

made in by the Organization

for European Economic Co-opera-
Sia é ane

is then $5.86, Now

of ee 1, W
is

our fe more blazes in
19. He than in 1957 indicate that
the battle of citizens in home and
industry is far from being wo
Nevertheless the effort conic’
unabated.
Federal, Seapine and mnunici-

tion of
fire pre
siunieipaltiee s,

“Your Margin of Escape |
Is The First Four Minutes” |:

Hold an unlit match level with,
and an inch away from a candle
flame. The match doesn’t light.
But hold the same nae go our neh
es directly a

One natu “probably was

par
ou

from other windows.
Forget belonging: clothes
eS sure survival rests ei oget-

HOT

ember:

GASES,

aie
R,
ta has perhaps Ghee two ain:

away from those
Once out a the |

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building, stay out.

And what of the safety of your
loved ones?

The time to think of them is
right now.
‘alk over with them now what
tis ‘shoal do in the awful mom-

time: four min-

utes.
It takes only about four muniites
ra suet fire to become a big
nutes are ae
ar} scape,
And if ee one ever eye
chance to onus
you're eplendiaiyt ‘hae me of fire.

and the aie ignite you slept pend a lleseal beitroom

door. Now cont a

fell dite etary tS

ion gases. Na gel know] yeu brace aie at ‘slightly
open it.

0

Uinsel 's a ies iar ae sear-
c the

of dw
die UPstairs from DOWNstairs
fires, most of them untouched by

Ws. fa ‘ou
this point, you stand a chance.of
living yourself to assist in rescues

Canadian Fire Deaths
Listed By Provinces

(As reported by the Province to the Dominion Fire C
Men Women

14 5 3
26 13 5 6:
12 3 uw 22
o) 5 11 25
th 6 12 25
11 3 19 33
76 48 53 W7
Oo 0 2 2
Que 31 26 49 106
Sesttcheven 10 4 20 34
yn and
lorthwest Territories 3 0 oO 3

199 113 217 529

Fellowing ore the totals in the three classifications for the last fi
years (total estimated population bracketed under cach year in millon

958 1957 1956 1955 954

(16.6) (16.0) 5.6) 5.2)
248 238 194 169
134 130 128 94
256 233 2

Fire Prevention Course

Commences

Sept. 29

nnual Course in Fire Prevention for industry and c

sponsored by the Greater Vancouv
be esday

eacton will

held every
September 29.

ver Bie pees a
eveni commen

Those interested in registering for the course ate asked to
contact Lt. J. Macbeth, 729 Hamilton Street, Vancouy

(OG TOL KNOL, ELT ¢ ae

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DONT BE AN tle kW

PROTECT YOUR TOB ACAINST FIRE/

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Where Fi

Dont...
Tamper wit!

Keep.
Gasoline in App

Practice...
~ Good Ho i

TOMORROW I

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