1976-12 December IBEW Journal.pdf - International Brotherhood of ...

safety tips
for you and your family
•
A Christmas Present
• When you con, iucr th,u 75U.000
resident ial fi res eac h year arc rc"ponsible
fo r 57 percent of U.S. dea ths by
fire. Hnd lhal 1110 '-1 of these dc a t h ~ occur
al night during the ~ I ccp i ng hours,
m:my o f which could hHVC been preven
ted if the burni ng homes 1H1d had a
fi re alarm system to w:~kc sleeper. be·
fore lhey became victims, you can
readily rea lize thai one of the best
Chri~lmns p rc~cnh for the !-lome aDd
Fllmily "ould be one or Illorc-Smol.c
Dctcclors-.... hich can he purch8sed
for from 40 to S6O. Smole dcteclOr..
can be purchased at local hardware
slorc~. electrical \upply hOIl!ICs. h \\ell
as from supplicr~ of fire fighting cqui,).
men!. Your local fire department clIn
be nlCKt useful in mh'ising on adva
nlage:. and supply SQurce"
If you pureha~c ,L h,Llte l'Y type
smoke deteclal'. make cel't:Lin th:lt biLlteries
,Lre readil) avai l,Lblc. -I ho u~ i nB
12.6 and II.:! voh baueries may
p re~enl r..:plaCell\Cnl problems.
-I he O c l ~her. I 'J7(, i'~LI": of COII-
1/lIIIl'r il l'pm'l.l ha\ an ..:xcc llctlt report
on sl11ok..: d..: t ecwr~. how tbey work.
battery v\. clcetril: Iype (If ai:Lrlll am[
the difference hClw..:en the Ion iza tion
de l eclor~ and the Photoclcctric typc.
CCJII.IWllI'r RI'/Klf/I. published hy Ihe
Consumers Union of U.S.. Inc .• i~
available in 1110\1 ~hool and public
libr:lries.
To incre:l'>C the ch,mec' of )'I)U iLnd
),our f:lmil~ c\Capmg from a home lire.
it i~ es!;Cnti,11 thai .. n e~apc plan be
mapped out and revicwed b)' each
member of Ihe f,unily hccau~ "hen
fire bre:.ks OUI. it is of len too laic. U}'
having a ,\