Page 4 4. April 18, 1979- North Shore News

FROM PAGE 1

“Michael Dunlop, who runs
the Fin and Feather Pet

alarm. Chief - Tyson had
persuaded -him_ to~ ‘install
about thrée years,ago--

The fire department had

been notified of the blaze
within 15 minutes. of it
breaking out. Had there

‘three minutes,

been a delay of another
it is con-
sid would have
wiped out the store and
other wood frame- premises
adjoining it.

“We've got a few thankful
people. on the block grateful
inet the smoke detector was

” said Dunlop.

“J feel rather strongly now

that people should know .

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commercial premises and do
work.”

Arson is considered the

biggest problem facing the
fire department and Chief.
Tyson says: “It: is just.
becoming\ so much more
prevalent.”

The pattern-is is the same on
a provincial level, with a
minimum of one in four fires

‘being intentionally set and ~

arson being responsible for
causing annual damage in |

these things are available for *' ‘excess of $25 million. -

A CLOSE ESCAPE for Fin and Feathers Pet Shop on 1 Lonsdale, where a smoke >
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y launches ‘Arson Alert’ task

: Among the motives listed
by the attorney general’s
department are fraud,

revenge, vandalism, crime
‘ cover-up, pyromania and
murder. .

In the City of North Van,
Fire Chief Hallaway has

introduced the provincial.
Arson. Alert Program and

will be making the program
highly visible in an attempt
to get public i input.

, An. integral. part of the

program is the im-
plementation of a. con-
fidential arson reporting
system for the public.

In the Lower Mainland the

_ number to dial is 251-1111 by

anyone who ‘sees a
suspicious fire or.indications
of a possible arson. ©

NORTH SHORE

Placards declaring ‘the

s ~-word Arson will-be posted at

the scene of any fire which
cannot be explained as an
accident, to create public
awareness, in addition to
-there being public education

visual programs.

A special Arson Alert
Task Force is being set up
and RCMP will also be
involved, with all-authorities
pushing-for severé. penalties -
., forarsonists.

_ PLEA TO PUBLIC

“Chief Tyson has issued a
plea to the public, asking
them not to hesitate
reporting arsoi Or suspicions
of arson.

“If anybody has any in-
formation. about these

ELEGANT
NECK &

orce

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(lower Mainland) fires ‘or

any fire, for God's ‘sake
Phone us,” he saYSi es

“They don't have ‘to leave
their name and sumber or
anything. People don’t. call

.us because they don’t want

to get involved but theyre -
going to have to get involved ©
if we're going to put a stop to
this.”

o

“If they can do ‘this to
buildings, they can doi it toa
house.”

He asks businesses not to
keep garbage piled -in back
alleys, saying that this is very
frequently where arsonists
strike, having only to drop a
match into piles of garbage
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