Enlist little

Prevent fires by knowing safety rules

TEST YOUR fire and burn
education skills with our sec-
ond of two twenty-question
surveys, Please choose the best
answer.

HOT TIPS

By North Vancouver
District Fire Department

1. The most important part of a
home fire safety phin is:

A. The fire department phone
number on your phone

B. A second exit out of every
rooin

C. An accessible fire extinguish-

or

D. A smoke detector located
near bedroom area :

2. The safest way to exit a smoke-

‘filled room is:
A. Run quickly
B. Walk slowly
C. Crawl on stomach
D. Craw on frainds and knees

3. The most important thing to
“locate: when you enter a theatre,
“restaurant or hotel is:

A. Telephones

B. Fire extinguishers

_C. The exits

D..The sprinklers/smoke detec-

- Gon system

DURING THE colder months when
utility: bills rise, it’s an especially
good time of. year to teach your
family about saving energy.

By. setting: your kids loose on

‘special detective projects, you can
save money, on heat, water, and
eléctricity and instill a reverence
for conservation.

After a month of energy si aving,
-your kids: will enjoy: comparing
your current bill with last year’s;

according to Family Fun Magazine. -
As a.reward, you, might even |

“offer them a portion of the money
“saved. 7 .
Here are’some ideas:

.» Draft detectives.

Have your kids act as detectives
and go on the prow! for air leaks.

“Ask them to walk through the

house and hold a-sheet of paper up

to‘any ‘suspect place (such as the

bottom of. a: ‘window or door-*

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lt the: paper. moves; they, ‘have
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Use compost as
garden mulch

From page 48

your flower beds.
Some gardeners: even use it as-a

‘lawn conditioner, or soak a kome-

‘made teabag of compost material in

a‘bucket of water to create. a nutri- -
* ent-rich compost tca that can be
“used to water houseplants.

‘Composting is a low-tech, inex-
pensive form of waste reduction

- that your whole family can enjoy
+ everyone from the gardener in:
. the house to the kids who will love:
- watching the worms at work.

_ For. more information about
backyard composting, call the

- Compost Hotline at 736-2250,

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© Vancouver Regional District,

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solid waste disposal and other
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For information on the Creating
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4, People are in the most danger
from smoke when they are:

A, Cooking

B. Asleep

C. At work

1. In the garage

5, If you think there is a fire on
the other side of a door, the first
thing you shoutd do is:

A. Open the door slowly

B. Feel the door

C. Open the door quickly

D, Leave by your second exit

6. Which injuries represent 34%
of our nation's burn deaths and
injuries:

A. Children

B. Elderly

C. Handicapped

D. Middle aged

7. Which is the most serious burn
classification:

A. First degree

B. Second degree

C. Third degree

8. The best first aid treatment for
a burn is:

A. Tee

B. Ointment

C. Bandage

D. Cool water

9, If your clothes catch on fire
you should:
A. Take off your clothes

B. Run to put the flames out

C. Drop and roll the flames out

D, Put cool cloths on your fore
head

10. Which type of heater does nol
need a way to allow fumes to
escape:

A, Coal

B. Wood

C. Elegtric

D, Gas

1H. Nearty alf Clammable tiquid
POS ares

A, Lighter than air

B. Non-combustible

C. Heavier than air

D. Same density as air

12, Which of the following is not
needed for a fire to occur:

A. Nitrogen

B. Fuel

C. Oxygen

1). Heat

13, Smoke contains one of the fol-
lowing poisonous gases:

A. Methane

B. Carbon monoxide

Cc. Ammonia

D, Peroxide

4, Jf you have more appliances
than you have electrical outlets
you should: .

A. Use a triple outle: adapter

B. Use extension cords

helpers to save energy

found a place where cold air, is
sneaking in.

To block the leak, kids can make
a draft snake from an old necktic.
Simply sew up the narrew end of

the tie, fill with dried beans, then

sew up the tie’s wide end, Button
eyes and a felt tongue can be added
for decoration.
° Light switch signs.

This is a great opportunity to

‘reverse roles --- kids can be respon-

sible for teiling adults to switch out

the lights.

Have your kids design signs for
the light switches in your house,
reminding people to turn olf lights
once they have left a room.

* Dust-busters,

Armed with feather dusters and
rags. kids can go to work cleaning
dusty light fixtures and radiators
(dirt absorbs heat) to make your
home more cnergy efficient.

Distributed by the Los Angeles
Times Syadicate.

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C. Use only grounded plugs
D. Use only two ata time

15, Gasoline should be stored in:
A. A glass container
B. A plastic container
CLA satety can
D. Any metal cin

16. Gasoline is
because:
A. The liquid might explode
B. ‘Phe vapors might ignite
C. The fumes are toxic
D, The liquid easily mixes with
other fiquids

dangerous

17. It is safest to add fuel toa
lawn mower, motor bike,
portable heater or uther machin-
ery when the engine is:

A. Indoars

B. Broken

C, Running

D. Cald

1k. Which of the following is con-
sidered most Nammabie:
A. Kerosene

B, Gasoline
C. Lighter fluid
D. Paint thinner

19, If your hot water beater is set
at 160°, you can sustain a serious
burnin:

A, One second

B. Five seconds

C. 10 seconds

D. 15 seconds

20, Toxic means:
A. Flammable
B. Combustible
C. Poisonous
D. Corrosive

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For further info. contact the
District of North Vancouver, Fire
Services non-emergency number,
980-7575,

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