BPW Aida Program Of
Batter Heatth & Safety
The article below was written
by a member of the BPW and
serves as an editorial on a subject
importance to all—Fire and its
prevention. The observations made
and the conclusions reached are
particularly timely, due to the
several fires which, -have ocurred
recently.
One of the eleven standing com
mittees of International, National,
State, an dloeal Business & Pro
fessional Women’s Club basic or
ganization is that of ‘ Health and
Safety.”Man y people may wonder
why an organization that has as its
primary purpose thegoal of better
ing conditions of business women
throughout the world, would con
sider “Health and Safety” prob
lems as one of such great impor
tance. The organization, by its
many accomplishments in this field
proves it does consider this facet
o ftheir work one of its greatest
programs. One of the main reasons
could well be that the great ma
jority of “Business Women” are
also “Homemakers.”
When one starts on such a broad
subject as “Health and Safety as
it affects Kodiak,” there is an un
limited field. This article will deal
with only one phase of one-half
the subject: Fire and its preven
tion.
Kodiak, as a small community,
is blessed by one of the most ef
ficient and self-sacrificing volun
teer fire departments that any
small town could have. The adja
cent Naval Station Fire Depart
ment has established a remarkable
record in their control of fires;
and the complete cooperation be
tween the two departments in time
of distress has proved a great boon
to those who have been so unfor
tunate as to suffer from this “dis
aster,” for disaster is the only
word to use for fire, whether it be
forest, factory, prairie, or home.
We will deal with home fires and
try to give a few statistics and a
few helpful hints on how to pre
vent fires in the home.
One-third of all fires are in
dwellings. About one-fourth of all
building dollar fire losses are in
dwellings. In fact about 5,500 per
sons (more than. ^1% of them
children) are killed each year in
fires which destroy our homes.
Smoking an dmatches are the
cause of 116,000 fires in each year
with the resultant cost of 61 mil
lion dollars; poor electrical equip
ment and wiring cause 85,500 with
92% million dollar loss; defective
heating equipment is to blame for
80.000 fires that cost 72% million;
39.000 fires with 50 million dollar
loss is the result of careless hand
ling and use of flammable liquids;
defective chimneys and flues ac
count for 38,600 fires and over 29
million dollars; children and mat
ches were the cause of 22,500 fires
and 814 million dollar loss; sparks
on roofs were least with 16,200
GAME NIGHT
EVERY
WEDNESDAY
8:30 PM
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fires and 11% million dollar loss
from this cause.
It is possible for,this loss to be
greatly decreased by more thought
given by the average homemaker
in regular checking of mainten
ance equipment and good house
keeping on all storage spaces and
be wjse use of fire hazardous home
appliances and supplies.
Extreme caution must be used
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