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 > detector sounded the alarm in fess than a minute of the fire starting. Fire damage at

the back of the store is pointed out by employee Karen Merritt (Ellworth Dickson photo).

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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. ©

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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.”

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“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 piled against walls. of buildings=

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