CONCLUSION:
That we not sit smuggly on our laurels assuming that everything is

O.K. in our community when in fact it is not. We need to take an even
greater interest in our fire service and those who serve the community

in that area. "As a traditional saying has it: fires have 4 causes,

men, women, children, and God. Yet comparatively few persons really

take fire danger seriously. British Columbians would be wise to adopt
some of the philosophy of the Japanese towards fires. Today, in that
country, a fire is deemed a personal disgrace to the individual who
allows it to occur. At one time it was considered to be such a serious
crime that it was punished by crucifixions and more recently suicide
has been not uncommon in cases of flagrant default. Without going

quite that far, we in British Columbia should take the matter much

more seriously than we now do.