44 — Friday, September 25, Knowing how to react HOME & GARDEN prevent many cooking fires FIRES AND burns caused by cooking account for thousands of serious and painful injuries every year. Many of these injuries could have been prevented or lessened if people were more careful and if they knew how to react to a cook- ing fire. The District of North Van- couver Fire Services wants you to protect yourself while cooking and suggests the following safety tips. Most cooking -fires start with grease. Cooking oil, melted fats from meat or other grease are flammable liquids that can easily get so hot that they flare up. So be extra careful when cook- ing with oil or juicy meats. Keep the heat as low as possible, and never leave cooking unattended even for a minute. If grease ignites while you are cooking, you must smother the fire quickly and carefully. If the fire is in a pan on your stovetop, smother it by sliding a lid or a larger pan onto the top of the burning pan. HOT TIPS North Vancouver District Fire Department Never throw water or flour on a burning pan — water will spread the flames and flour will actually explode! And don’t try to pick up the pan to carry it across the room or outside. These may seem like logi- cal actions but they cause serious injuries and make the fire worse. Do not turn on the exhaust fan over the stove. This would suck the fire inside the walls of your home. If the fire is in your oven, turn off the heat and leave the door closed to cut off the supply of air to the fire. You can use a portable fire ex- tinguisher if you have one and know how to use it. A fire extinguisher is an ex- cellent safety appliance for your kitchen. But don’t wait until a fire starts to learn how to use it. There won’t be time to read the direc- tions! If the fire is too large to safely cover, or for your fire extia- guisher, leave the house im- mediately and call the fire department from a_ neighbor's telephone. Trying to fight a fire yourself when it's too large can cause far more extensive damage and result in serious, unnecessary injury. As a preventive action, keep your cooking appliances — in- cluding stovetops, burners, ovens and broilers — clean. Built-up grease can flare up easily, causing dangerous and damaging fires. Keep combustible materials — paper towels, dish towels, paper bags, cookbooks and food packaging — away from the stove or other heat source. For further information on how you can keep your kitchen fire- safe, call the District of North Vancouver Fire Services non- emergency number, 980-7575, or your local fire department. CMHC predicts housing starts to increase TOTAL NATIONAL. hous- ing starts are forecast to reach 167,000 units this year and increase further to 187,000 units in 1993, ac- cording to Canada Mort- gage and Housing Corpora- tion’s (CMHC) third- quarter national housing outlook. “Activity on the new and ex- isting market will improve, in response to the lowest interest rates in more than 20 years, and to the two federal housing pro- grams supporting home owner- ship,’’. explained Gilles Proulx, chief economist at CMHC’s mar- ket analysis centre. “The improvement, however, will be subdued, reflecting the gradual recovery in job markets and the economy, as well as special factors limiting activity in _ Several provinces,”’ added Proulx. These factors include lower sociai housing activity in Ontario, @ pent-up demand that is largely” met. in. Quebec, . lot supply con- straints in B.C. and a weak New- foundland economy. Construction of single-detached: Cwellings is expected to rise. by 5.7% to 91,500 units this year and. One often hears Canadians com- plaining about the high a amount of als da not realize is that si structuring their investments care- fully, they can pay far less tax. This guide will provide you with ideas for saving tax through your investment program. Call today to receive your com- plisientary booklet. ‘Mark Osachoft - 661-7433 by 19.1% to 1993. Multiple starts are expected to be up 8.4% to 75,000 units in 1992 and 3.3% to 78,000 units in 1993, British Columbia and the Prairie provinces will lead the housing recovery this year with construction activity up more than 20% in all four provinces. . At the same time, Quebec, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland will suffer drops of more than 10%, In 1993, Ontario, Nova Scotia and Manitoba will register in- creases of more than 15%. 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