SEPTEMBER, 1943
THE ECHO
PAGE THREE
Prevention Of Fires Is A Patriotic Duty
APPEAL IS MADE
BY ECUSTA HRE
CHIEF H.F.F1NCK
Requests All Employees To
Practice Every Precau
tion. To Show Film
While our nation is at war, the
prevention of fires at home, in
the plant and in the forest is a
patriotic duty of every man, wo-
nian and child, Herbert F, Finck,
Ecusta fire chief, stated a few
days ago.
During National Fire Preven
tion week, which will be observed
here and throughout the nation
October 3-9, all employees are urg
ed to take every precaution. Chief
Finck pointed out.
All flues in homes should be
cleaned and electric wiring check
ed, he emphasized.
Chief Finck called attention to
the President’s proclamation warn
ing that/all fire hazards should be
eliminated to speed victory in the
war.
“Any loss of human life, any in
terference with production and
loss of critical materials hinders
and impedes our war effort,’- the
President proclaimed.
“Uncontrolled fire in normal
times is a national menace. Today,
when every machine is being tax
ed to its fullest productive capac
ity, when new hands are working
with unfamiliar tools and when
agents of our enemies are seek
ing to hinder us by every possible
means, it is essential that de
structive fire be brought under
stricter control. . . . Fire hazards
must be detected at once and elim
inated,” Mr. Roosevelt stated.
Chief Finck also stressed the
importance of preventing forest
fires and urged every one to co
operate. Lumber in our forest is
badly needed in the war program.
Ecusta has a fine fire depart
ment composed of 54 volunteers.
Bob Kappers and Edwin Happ are
assistant chiefs and Ernest Burch
is fire inspector. The company
has latest equipment that is ade
quate to take care of most any
fire.
A short fire prevention film will
be shown at the Co-Ed theatre in
Brevard during fire prevention
week under the sponsorship of
our company.
Here is what two prominent
men say' about fire prevention:
“The fires that never happen
because of adequate fire preven
tion do not appear on any rec
ords as contributions to our ulti
mate victory.
“Yet many a banner that marks
a factory with an excellent record
flies there because some worker
observed the simple individual
precautions that prevented disas
trous,' production-stopping blazes.
Wherever, whenever and however,
anyone in the nation observes a
rule or performs an act which
prevents a fire from starting, he
has helped to intern an enemy as
ruthless and as destructive as any
which we face today,” — Jesse H.
Jones, Secretary of Conmierce,
Washington, D. C.
“This war will be won by pro
duction and not by ashes. There
fore, every conceivable safeguard
against fire must be used to pro
tect our plants which are strain
ing their capacity to meet the de
mands of our armed forces and
those of our allies. There is a job
for every man, woman and child
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I DO YOUR PART |
ON THE HOME FRONT
I Protect Your Home, Our Plant and Our Forests. |
I From The Ravages Of Fire! §
i Prevention Must Be Our Watchword!
I 13 Ways Not To Burn Your Home |
Thirteen is an unlucky number,
but any way you burn your home
is bad. These 13 causes of fire
appear most often in reports of
fires that destroy homes by the
hundred thousands and result in
thousands of deaths from burns
and smoke suffocation every year.
These and other fire causes can
all be avoided by fore-thought and
simple precautions. Here they are:
1. Send clothes to the cleaners,
or use non-explosive cleaning
fluids.
2. Burn oily rags in the incin
erator at once, or keep them in
covered metal cans.
3. Have your cigarette before
you go to bed.
4. Use only fire-proof roofing.
5. Keep matches away from
small children,
6. Replace frayed electric cords
and repair defective electrical
equipment,
7. Keep a screen in front of
your fireplace, and watch the fire.
8. Use only metal barrels for
ashes and rubbish.
9. For cook stoves, use paper
and kindling—never kerosene.
10. The only safe place for
in this war against fire.” — W. E.
Mallalieu, General Manager, Na
tional Board of Fire Underwriters.
gasoline around your home is the
tank of your automobile.
11. Keep stoves, furnaces and
stovepipes repaired.
12. Keep portable stoves clean
and set them well away from com
bustibles.
13. Burn rubbish only in an in
cinerator.
A primary requisite for fire
safety is “Good Housekeeping” in
the mill as well as in*the home.
Keep the premises clean. Rub
bish makes convenient fuel for
flames.
Your job in the mill supplies
the funds with which you main
tain your home. Protect your mill
from causes of fire and you pro
tect your job.
Remember, FIRES FIGHT FOR
THE AXIS!
By Fire Inspection Dept.
The Eastern woodfrog when
leaping is able to turn in midair,
so that when it lands it faces an
enemy.
Pullorum, one of the most in
fectious diseases of chickens, has
been reduced one-third since 1936.
Infected birds should be promptly
removed from breeding flocks, say
Extension specialists at N. C. State
College.
Timely Suggestions
Given For Helping
Prevent Forest Fire
Any one of the men in the Pis-
gah National Forest will tell you
without a moment’s hesitation
that “Smoke Means Trouble.”
The majestic forest which sur
rounds Ecusta and covers most of
Transylvania county is valuable in
many respects. Much needed tim
ber is being cut out and shipped
to war industries and centers. The
forest is a game preserve. It is
an asset for our section, a big one.
But forest fires can destroy
much of its value to the war ef
fort, to wildlife and to our area
as a tourist attraction.
Therefore, it is important that
every one help prevent forest
fires.
Here’s how you can do it:
Matches. Be sure your match is
out. Break it in two before you
throw it away.
Smoking. Smoke only when and
where permitted and then only
in a safe place clear of all in
flammable material.
Tobacco. Be sure that pipes and
cigar or cigarette butts are dead
before throwing them away. Never
throw them into brush, leaves or
needles.
Making Camp Where Open Camp
Fires Are Permitted. Before build
ing a fire scrape away all in
flammable material from a spot
five feet in diameter. Dig a hole
in the center and build your camp«
fire. Keep the fire small. Never
build it against trees or logs or
near brush.
Breaking Camp. Never break
camp until your fire is out —dead
out. Always leave a clean camp.
How to Put Out a Camp Fire.
Stir the coals while soaking them
with water. Turn small sticks and
drench both sides. Wet the ground
around the fire. Be sure the last
spark is dead.
Brush Burning. Where burning
permits are required, secure a
permit and follow its stipulations.
Never burn trash or brush in
windy weather or while there is
the slightest danger that the fire
will, get away.
Extinguish any small fire you
can.
Report any fire you discover. Go
t;) the nearest telephone and ask
for ‘he local Forest Ranger , or
Fire Warden. *
Poem Should Aid
Fire Prevention
(Editor’s note: No one can read
the poem below without knowing
that as well as being a patriotic
duty, the prevention of fires is a
direct promotion of the war ef
fort. The lines printed below,
found on the body of a marine
who paid the supreme sacrifice
somewhere on the far eastern war
front, bring to us the stark, un
deniable truth of the job we, on
the home front, must do and do
well.)
“And if our lines should form,
then break,
Because of things you failed^ to
make—
The extra gun or ship or plane
For which we waited, all in vain,
Will you then- come and take the
blame
For those supplies that never
came?
For we, not you, will pay the cost
Of battles you, not we, have lost.