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How Safe Is Your Home? Living room 1. Keep plenty of clean ash trays in the room. 2. Be sure flammable curtains or drapes cannot blow over ash trays, electric bulbs, kerosene lamps, gas or candle flames. 3. Have fireplace screen to check sparks. 4. Watch for breaks or wear in lamp and appliance cords. 5. At Christmas time, or holiday seasons, take extra precautions to safeguard your home against fire In dried-out trees or decorations, or'from poorly constructed or worn-out circuits of decorative lights. 6. Be sure electric circuits are sufficient to carry peak loads - reading lamps, radio, electric heaters, etc. Consult a good electrician. Dining room 7. Use electric candles to avoid hazard of open candle lights near combustible decorations at parties. 8. Be sure electric circuits can carry toasters and other appliances safely - and be sure those appliances have a recognized label when you buy them. Kitchen , . 9. Consult electrician when you want to extend or alter existing circuits. 10. Don't leave electric iron with current on. Use automatic cut-off type, if possible. Put it in a safe place to cool. 11. Snuff matches carefully. Don't throw them into waste baskets, garbage pails, or wood boxes. 12. Don't use or keep flammable cleaning fluids in kitchen - or anywhere in the house. 13. Guard against spontaneous ignition fires by keeping oily rags, or cloths saturated with furniture polish, paints or wax, in closed metal containers, preferably not in a hot, closed closet or cupboard. Keep waxers and floor mops in cool open spots, on a porch, for example. 14. Be sure coal or wood stoves are at least 18 inches from walls and cover wall with sheet asbestos, or other approved insulating material. material. Place an insulated metal base on floor under stove. Watch your stove-pipes, pipe collars and flues closely for defects. 15. Always inspect stove before leaving house. 16. Put ashes in metal containers. 17. Don't let grease accumulate on stove - keep grease'containers away from stove. Smother grease fires in pans by using tight lids or covers. Salt can be throwr on grease fires. 1a See that window curt-uins and hanging towels cannot blow Into gas flames or over hot stove. 19. If you use a coal or wood stove, don't pour kerosene on stubborn fires. Don't keep kerosene in kitchen. 20. Check automatic gas water heater regularly. Turn off nonautomatic nonautomatic type before leaving house unoccupied. 21. Don't throw flour, uncooked cereals or dust from a vacuum cleaner or dustpan into a lit stove - or Into a burning incinerator. Dust is explosive. Wrap up dust and dispose of it safely. Don't leave your small children at home alone. Your bedroom 22. Don't smoke in bed. 23. Dispose of matches and burning tobacco carefully in ash trays, not in waste basket. 24. If you awake at night and smell smoke, feel your bedroom door before opening it. If it's very hot, don't open it, (gases, heat and smoke may kill you). Don't jump from the window; wait for help, if you can. If you leave room, close door, to impede spread of fire. 25. Don't string electric cords or wires around room, under rugs, or • over nails. Meet Our Firefighters Station 1 - Bowmanville Section Two Town of Newcastle Fire Station No. 1 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, October 2,1985 3 26. Watch lamp or appliance cords for dangerous wear - and don't roll beds or heavy furniture over them. 27. Don't place ash trays or heaters where curtains or drapes may blow over them. 28. Be sure electric circuits are adequate for all appliances and an electric heater if you use one. 29. Gas heaters should be permanently and rigidly attached to outlet, with metal piping il possible, and a shut off valve on metal, not on rubber or flexible tubing. 30. Don't light matches in your closets. Your bathroom 31. Precautions for heaters and electric circuit apply here. Be careful of possible shock hazard il you touch a metal electric switch, outlet or appliance while you are in bath water or touching water faucet or radiator. Your cellar Clean up your cellar and keep it in order - many fires start in litter in basement, attic or garage. 32. Fireproof material should be used on walls and ceiling near heating plant. Floor also should be ol fireproof material. 33. Pipe entering chimney should fit tightly and have metal collar. Pipe should also be solid and without holes or cracks that would emit sparks. 34. Papers, rubbish and litter anywhere in cellar, especially near furnace,form dangerous hazard. 35. Use metal barrels for ashes; wooden containers are hazardous. 36 Paints, turpentine and painting materials should not be near furnace. 37. Tightly covered metal containers should be used for paint, oil rags or cleaning cloths. 38. Do not hang laundry near heating plant or electric wires. 39. Door at head of cellar stairs should be of substantial construction, construction, fit tightly, and be kept closed. 40. Do not use open lights, candles or matches in hunting gas leaks; telephone your gas company. Don't use a blowtorch on gas or water pipes. Thaw frozen pipes with warm water, or call plumber. 41. Do not use improper fuses. Overloaded circuits permitted by improper fuses or dangerous substitutes are hazardous. Garages 42. Remove rubbish, litter, old papers. 43. Keep clean - no oil drippings. 44. Gasoline or other flammable fluids should not be stored. 45. Partitions between attached garage and house should be fire- resistive; door self-closing and raised above floor. Never block door open. 46. Improper, home-made extensions ol wires violate electrical code and good practice. 47. Don't smoke in the garage. Attic 48. Do not let rubbish and litter accumulate in attic. Remove matches from clothing. 49. Install safe light. Do not use matches or open lights. 50. Do not store flammable liquids, turpentine, paints, lacquers in the attic. Other spots to check 51. Keep rool in good condition to guard against spark fires. 52. Chimneys should extend above highest part of roof and be solidly solidly constructed with flue linings of fire clay or other approved insulating insulating material. 53. Keep heating plant and chimney clean and in good repair so they will not throw off sparks. 54. Soot in chimneys and heaters should be removed annually. Meet Our Firefighters Station 1 - Bowmanville Meet Our Firefighters Station 1 - Bowmanville Meet Our Firefighters Station 1 ■ Bowmanville Meet Our Firefighters Station 1 ■ Bowmanville JIM ALDRIDGE Jim is the Fire Chief, and has been for two years. He was formerly with the Toronto Fire Dept., and for two years was the Town of Newcastle Deputy Fire Chief. Presented by Jimmy's Flame-Broiled Restaurant King and Queen St. Bowmanville Presented by J & J Sharpening and Locksmiths 40 King St. E. 623-1021 Bowmanville Meet Our Firefighters Station 1 - Bowmanville DAVID BOYD David has been on the fire department for two years. He is self-employed at J & J Sharpening and Locksmiths in Bowmanville. Presented by Canadian Tire 160 Church St. 623-2518 Bowmanville Meet Our Firefighters Station 1 - Bowmanville GEORGE MOORE George has been with the department for 13 years as a firefighter. He is self- employed at Moore Electric, Bowmanville. Presented by '-On-Video Bowmanville Mall 623-5555 BRIAN SMITH Brian has been a volunteer firefighter for 13 years. He is an employee of the Bowmanville Foundry. Meet Our Firefighters Station 1 - Bowmanville BRUCESMITH Bruce has been a volunteer firefighter for 16 years. He is employed at the Bowmanville Foundry. Presented by Bowmanville Audio Vision 20 King St. W. 623-2312 Bowmanville GREGG CORDEN Gregg has been Platoon Chief for two years and has been a firefighter for 11 years. Presented by Cathy's Gold 78 King St. W. Bowmanville Telephone 623-1933 ROBERT PAYNE Robert has been a volunteer firefighter for one year. He is an employee of the Town of Newcastle Community Services Dept. Presented by Creative Pastimes 5 King St. E. 623-1546 Bowmanville SHEILA ROMAN Sheila has been with the Bowmanville Fire Department for three years, as the Secretary for the department. i Presented by Pineridge Automotive Supply 13 Scugog St. 623-4461 Bowmanville