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± HAT'S right! Our 

 Eskimo friends to the North 

 may melt down their abodes 

 but hardly burn them. 



Most of us, though, would 

 be unwilling to exchange 

 our modern homes with 

 their comfortable well- 

 heated rooms for the tiny 

 space which serves the Es- 

 kimo family as kitchen, liv- 

 ing room, bedroom, dining '- 

 room, attic, closets and base- 

 ment. 



One of the disadvantages of all this 

 luxury we enjoy is that we must pay 

 for it with something besides money. 

 We must be willing to spend con- 

 stantly a reasonable amount of vigi- 

 lance and good judgment in the care 

 and use of our heating plants. When 

 we fail to do this, our neighbors read 

 about how, during the cold early 

 morning hours, we were awakened by 

 the odor of smoke and only by the 

 rarest good fortune did we all escape 

 from our burning home. 



The fire insurance inspector, after 

 looking through the ashes, probably 

 said: "Defective chimney in the attic 

 permitted heat to escape and ignite 



but we live in houses 



the roof," or "some inflam- 

 mable material . . . perhaps 

 a partition . . . was too 

 close to the furnace and 

 finally started to bum; it's 

 lucky YOU got out, forget 

 the furniture." 



It's a matter of insurance 

 records that most farm fires: 



1. Surt as a result of a de- 

 fective or dirty chimney, 

 or overheated stove or 

 furnace. 



2. Are easily preventable but rarely 

 extinguishabie once well started. 

 Let's make this winter one we'll re- 

 member with pleasure by: 



1. Inspecting and repairing all de- 

 fective or dirty chimne>'s, flues, and 

 stove pipes. 



2. Keeping flammable material away 

 from stoves and furnaces. 



3. Storing flammable liquids away 

 from the house and other main 

 buildings. 



4. Starting or reviving fires with 

 kindling and NOT kerosene. 



5. Leaving unguarded only those 

 stove or funuce fires that CAN- 

 NOT get too hot for safety. 



ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION 



Department of Safety 



