Fire Prevention Broadcast in Polish in South Camden

Club Officials Aid Fire Prevention Help Us! [illegible] Frank Tuliback, steward of the Camden Police and Firemen Association, is shown translating a Fire Prevention Week pamphlet into Polish at the Polish-American Citizens Club, 1559 Mt. Ephraim avenue. The translation was broadcast from the "Voice of Safety" car, with Tuliback at the microphone. Looking on, left to right, are Henry Skierski, Louis Jurkiewicz, Albert Jalkiewicz and William Pulaski, club officials. Fire Prevention Broadcast In Polish in South Camden Innovation Proves Big Success in Spreading Safety Propaganda Through Police Car Microphone; Caution Urged with Oil Stoves By THOMAS O'HALLORAN An innovation in the observance of Fire Prevention Week was carried out yesterday at the suggestion of the Polish-American Citizens Club, Mt. Ephraim avenue and Morton street. For several days the city's "Voice of Safety" car has been touring Camden and suburban communities broadcasting fire prevention suggestions to the residents. Thousands of educational pamphlets along this line were distributed from the car. Officers of the club thought it would be helpful to householders of the Thirteenth ward if the "Voice of Safety" spoke both in Polish and English. So yesterday Battalion Chief Charles Erickson, in charge of the city fire department's Fire Prevention Week activities, requested Frank Tuliback, steward of the Police and Firemen's Association, to translate one of the pamphlets into Polish, and to take the place of Fireman Robert Wonsetler at the microphone as the car toured the ward. "The two-language experiment made a hit," Erickson said, "and hundreds of residents received fire prevention information that might not have reached them otherwise. The co-operation of the club was very commendable." C. F. Evans, president of the Camden county unit of the New Jersey Fire Chiefs' Association, warned against carelessness in the operation of oil heating and cooking stoves in a radio talk yesterday. "The oil heating and cooking stoves are safe enough when properly installed and maintained," he said, "but if carelessly operated they become real fire hazards. A stove of this kind should be set up firmly, with legs so adjusted that it is level and secure. The legs should not be propped up with scraps of wood or other material which may become dislodged and thus cause the stove to tip or upset. Burners should be kept clean for the sake of safety and efficiency, and should be boiled occasionally in a strong solution of lye or washing soda and water. Oil stoves should never be filled near an open flame light and are best attended to during the daytime. Nearby woodwork should be protected with sheet metal and asbestos. "The supply of kerosene should be stored in an outer shed, if possible, particularly if more than a gallon is kept on hand at a time. Do not let the floor become soak with oil. The portable oil heater is an undoubted convenience, but it presents a definite hazard, largely because of its portability. Not being secured in place it is easily overturned and in numerous instances serious injuries by burning have resulted from weak spring catches securing the upper cylinder to the lower section. If in such case the appliance is lifted, the catch gives way and causes the heater to open, jack-knife fashion, with the consequent probability of fire and injury. Only stoves approved by the Underwriters' Laboratories should be used. "Numerous fires have ben caused by filling reservoirs while the wick was lighted. Many other fires have resulted from placing the heaters where they have come in contact with curtains or other inflammable house furnishings. Heaters should always be filled by daylight and away from open fires or lights. They should aways be moved before being lighted and kept a safe distance from woodwork, or any inflammable material. "The wicks should be treated in the same manner as those used in cooking stoves. It is not safe to dry clothing too near oil heaters or any other variety of heating apparatus."