Hours well spent

Dear sir:
Can you answer these questions?
1. Do you have in your home, or workplace, an approved fire extinguisher?
2. What type of extinguisher is it?
3. What class of fire will it put out?
4. What size of fire will it put out?
5. How much time do you have to put out the fire and how long will it take to empty the extinguisher?
6. Do you know where your extinguisher is located and how to use it?
7. How do you check to see if it is still charged?
If you answer these questions, you are a fire safety-minded person. If not, you should have taken the community fire training offered, free to the public, on May 7-10.
Sponsored by Abitibi-Consolidated and North Air, it was four hours well spent.
Charlie Turgeon, our instructor, made us realize just how nonchalant we all are about fire and fire safety. We should all know about changing the batteries in our smoke detectors regularly, cleaning our chimneys, and having a family escape plan.
Now let’s inform ourselves about the safe use of fire extinguishers.
Thanks to Mr. Turgeon and Dale Gustafson, Abitibi-Consolidated, and North Air.
Sincerely,
Margaret Hendrikx,
Christine Colley,
and Linda Angus