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Synopsis
Excerpt from Red Books of the British Fire Prevention Committee
Standard Reader replaced by more instructive ones, which warn children not: to play with matches, and teach them to run for help in case of an emergency. Instructive copy-book headings have been arranged in place of the meaningless sentences so often used in elementary schools. There are quite a number of municipalities where regular warnings are issued, to take an instance again, every December, as to the dangerous Christmas-tree. In such places every inhabitant has at least an opportunity of learning how to throw a bucket of water properly, and the neatest way to trip up a burning woman and roll her up with out fanning the flames. The householder is officially informed where the nearest fire-call point is, and how long he must expect to wait till the first engine can reach his house. If he is a newspaper reader, he will also have ample opportunity of knowing the resources of his town, and the local reporter's fire report will give him much useful information based on facts or hints supplied by the authorities.
I mentioned, just above, I classed both self-help and outside help under the heading of Fire Combating.
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