2l6 FIRE PREVENTION IN THE HOME 



Scoring fire hazards. Score your fire hazards rigidly 

 and then go carefully over your list to see what changes 



you can make at once 

 to improve conditions. 

 If the matter is outside 

 your own control talk it 

 over with other people 

 and get their advice as 

 to how best to do away 

 with the hazard. We 

 should all work together 



The best air in a burning house is near the floor. t() prevent unne cessary 



fires. A rather different score card could be made by boys 

 and girls living in small rural communities or in farming 

 or lumbering sections. If you live under such conditions 

 try to make a score card to fit your conditions. 



THOUGHT QUESTIONS 



1. Suppose you were visiting and were awakened in the night by 

 the cry of " Fire " and could smell the smoke. What are some of 

 the different conditions you ought to be able to meet? Tell just 

 what you would do under these different conditions. 



2. How is it that " fireproof " buildings are sometimes destroyed 

 by fire? 



3. Prepare to debate one side of this question. Resolved : That the 

 use of kerosene in the home is a greater fire hazard than the use of gas. 



4. Make out a set of rules needed in your home to remove some 

 of the present fire risk practices. 



5. Give as many reasons as you can why, considering all the harm 

 fire does, the world is better off with it than it would be without it. " 



6. Plan a " fire drill " for the home. Assign a particular thing for 

 each member of the family to do, as : giving the alarm, trying to ex- 

 tinguish the fire, saving things of value. Try it out by giving the 

 alarm unexpectedly. 



