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MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1974
PREVENT RURAL FIRES DURING CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS
URGED FIRE SERVICES *******
FAMILIES PLANNING TO VISIT THE COUNTRYSIDE DURING THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS ARE URGED TO TAKE CARE NOT TO START HILL OR FOREST FIRES.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE FIRE SERVICES DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY THAT THERE HAD BEEN NO RAIN FOR SERVERAL DAYS NOW AND CONDITIONS IN THE COUNTRYSIDE WERE EXCEPTIONALLY DRY.
+FIRES CAN BE STARTED VERY EASILY, HE SAID, +AND ALSO SPREAD MORE EASILY. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE THEREFORE ADVISED TO HEED THE RED AND YELLOW FIRE DANGER WARNINGS.+
HE SAID THAT THOUSANDS OF TREES WERE DESTROYED AND LARGE AREAS OF COUNTRYSIDE SPOILED BY FIRE EVERY WINTER, MOSTLY THROUGH THE ACTIONS OF CARELESS HIKERS AND PICNICKERS.
+THROWING LIGHTED CIGARETTE ENDS AND MATCHES ON THE GROUND IS A MAJOR CAUSE OF RURAL FIRES,+ HE STATED. +SMOKERS SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT CIGARETTE ENDS AND MATCHES ARE PROPERLY EXTINGUISHED BEFORE DISPOSING OF THEM.+
THE SPOKESMAN ALSO URGED PARENTS TO KEEP MATCHES OUT OF THEIR CHILDREN'S REACH BECAUSE MANY FIRES HAD BEEN STARTED BY YOUNGSTERS PLAYING WITH MATCHES.
+ANOTHER MAJOR CAUSE OF COUNTRYSIDE FIRES IS CARELESSNESS WITH BARBECUE FIRES+, HE SAID. +FIRES ARE EITHER LEFT UNATTENDED OR NOT PUT OUT PROPERLY BEFORE PICNICKERS LEAVE THE AREA. ALSO, THEY ARE OFTEN LIT IN UNSUITABLE AREAS WHERE THE RISK OF FIRE SPREADING IS HIGH.+
HE ADVISED. PEOPLE TO USE PROPERLY EQUIPPED SITES AND ALSO SUGGESTED THAT SOMEONE BE RESPONSIBLE FOR WATCHING THE FIRE WHEN IT WAS BURNING.
+THE FIRE MUST BE PUT OUT BY USING EARTH AND WATER BEFORE LEAVING THE AREA,+ HE SAID.
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