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12 Waterico Chronicle, Thursday, October 2, 1969 If there‘s a fire elsewhere, stop what you are doing, turn off all apâ€" pliances. Check corridor for smoke. If clear, close door and leave by stairâ€" way. If the corridor is filled with smoke making. it impossible to leave, remain in your suite. This may be the safest spot in a fire resistive building. Plug all vents and cracks around doors. Wet a towel for face protection. Fresh air from outside attracts the spread of fire. Open the window slightly at top and bottom to signal your position. If there‘s a balcony, stand on it, closing the door behind you. Await resene instructinna rescue instructions. If fire breaks out in your suite, call the Fire Department immediateâ€" ly. Report location. Leave and close the door behind you. Sound fire alarm in corridor. Leave floor by stairway. Don‘t use the elevator. Remember, it isn‘t the flame but the rising smoke and gas that threatâ€" en safety in a tall building. Living Room â€" Have plenty of large ash trays for all who smoke. Before bedtime check upholstered chairs or sofx for smoldering butts. Bedroom â€" Unless you have a guardian angel don‘t smoke in bed. TALL BUILDINGS How To Escape Fire Kitchen â€" If your cooking grease catches fire, turn off the heat. Smother the fire with a lid, rug, sait, baking soda. Keep matches out of the hands of tots. Basement â€" Flammable liquids, paint, oily rags, dirty stove pipes, hot ashes are dangerous. Good housekeeping is fire prevenâ€" tion. Welcome the firefighter if he knocks at the door suggesting a lookâ€" see for fire hazards. * Guide Lines For Safety Waterloo Mutual Insurance Co. . A. Boehm insurance Ltd. 8 Erb West, Waterioon ROBERT SLOAT Chief Fire Prevention Officer The Dominion Life Assurance Company Waterioo, Ontario 14 Erb West, Waterioo 744â€"1141 SPONSORED BY THESE CONCERNED BUSINESSES Fire prevention is our business C. W. Tweed & Son Insurance Ltd. Economical Mutual Insurance Co. 10 Duke Street West, Kitchener Waterloo Chronicle 9 Erb West, Waterioo Waterioo Square 7435271 7445274 The Equitable Life Insurance Co. of Canada North Waterloo Farmers Mutual Insurance Company 100 Erb East, Waterloo Section 189 of the Criminal Code of Canada states that "Everyone who unlawfully abandons or exposes a child who is under the age of 10 years, so that its life is or is likely tbo be endangered or its health is or is likely to be permanently injured, is guilty of an indictable offense and is liable to imprisonment for two years," It is also a parent‘s responsibility to hire a reliable babysitter and to see that emergency telephone numbers and instructions for fire safety and escape are provided. It is a parent‘s responsibility to teach his child by example and inâ€" struction to respect fire. The child must understand that a match is not a toy and matches should not be left within easy reach. These defenseless human beings depend on you for their wellâ€"being. Grief and guilt will not ‘bring them back if tragedy occurs. A child doesn‘t understand that the pretty match which lights his birthâ€" day cake or the fireplace can also burn him. If he sets himself on fire or if fire breaks out when you are away, he, like the disabled elderly person, is helpless to escape. The Mutual Life Assurance Co. of Canada It only takes "a minute" for fire to kill and statistics indicate that childâ€" ren and elderly people are too freâ€" quent victims. Never Leave Children or Elderly Alone TOM STALLER Chief â€" Waterloo Fire Dept. Waterian, Ontarie Waterioo, Ontario 744â€"3577