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Fire safety
Ironic start to fire prevention week
By LOREN STEFFY
Reporter
A mobile home fire in Bryan
that resulted in one death Mon
day morning “might have been
different” if an early warning de
vice, such as a smoke detector,
had been installed, Raymond
Janac, Bryan fire marshall, said
Monday. The fire was an ironic
start to the National Fire Preven
tion Week which started on Mon
day.
Both departments are giving
presentations on fire safety and
conducting tours of fire stations
as part of National Fire Preven
tion Week this week. The Bryan
Fire Department is showing films
at their display at Manor East
Mall from noon to 5 p.m. daily.
The College Station Fire Depart
ment is giving presentations in lo
cal schools all week.
“Everyone needs to have one
or more smoke detectors (in their
home),” Janac said.
The new regulations requiring
smoke detectors in apartments
have helped save lives, Harry Da
vis, College Station fire marshall,
said.
In addition to stressing early
warning devices, the departments
are emphasizing common sense.
“If people just used common
sense I believe we could prevent a
lot more (fires),” Davis said.
Davis and Janac said cooking-
related incidents are the primary
cause of fires in the Bryan-Col-
lege Station area. “We’re dealing
with a lot of young people who
have never cooked before,” Davis
said.
Many kitchen fires are a result
of grease build-up on wires. “The
secret (to preventing cooking
fires) is good housekeeping,”
Janac said.
People need to be careful when
using fireplaces for the first time
in the upcoming months. Fire
places should be cleaned every
one or two years, and old dry
wood should be burned when
possible, Davis said.
Heating units and wiring
around the house also need to be
checked. Space heaters should be
placed away from combustables
and only heavy duty extension
cords should be used, Janac said.
Davis said the College Station
Fire Department receives eight to
ten calls a day requesting infor
mation on fire prevention. “It
shows people are thinking about
safety',” he s-aJH
Use of kerosene heaters controversial
By KARLA K. MARTIN
Staff Writer
The quest for less expensive
ival c ~
fuel has spurred a revival of the
kerosene heater, but despite its
advances, the heater’s safety still
remains questionable.
In 1982, the Consumer Prod
uct Safety Commission conducted
an investigation on the hazards of
the kerosene heater. As a result
of this research, the commission
found the heaters neither out
standingly good or bad.
“We thought they could have
been improved,” said James Hoe-
bel, manager of the Fire Hazards
Program of the Safety Commis
sion, “but we didn’t find them ex
cessively dangerous, either.
They’re relatively safe if used cor
rectly.”
Hoebel said that during 1982,
there were 1,700 fires caused by
kerosene heaters in the United
States, with 50 deaths. The rea
sons, he said, are not known.
“We don’t know if it resulted
from using the wrong fuel, sim
ple negligence or if it is a problem
with the heaters themselves,”
Hoebel said. “We just have to
keep making safety suggestions to
the UL on what we think is the
safest product.”
UL (Underwriter’s Laboratory)
is a national testing organization
which safety-tests products for
the manufacturers.
Carole Feil, associate manager
of public information at UL, said
most authorities accept their
safety standards. For example,
there is a tip-over switch that
shuts the heater off if knocked
over, and there are also touch
guards that can prevent skin
burns.
Feil said most of the problems
she knows of have not been
caused by fire, but by smoke and
burns.
“If you put the wrong fuel in it
or a lower grade of kerosene in it,
it smokes,” Feil said. “You’ve got
to remember that any appliance is
dangerous when you’re putting a
fire to a combustible fuel.”
The 1983 January and July is
sues of the Consumer Report
Magazine also questioned the
safety of kerosene heaters by list
ing the amount of carbon monox
ide and nitrogen dioxide levels
put out by the heaters.
But despite these apparent
dangers, the fire marshals of Col
lege Station and Bryan see no
reason to avoid kerosene heaters.
College Station Fire Marshal
Harry Davis said the new safety
features are some of the reasons
why this area has never had a ker
osene heater fire.
“Until we get enough evidence
saying why we shouldn’t use ker
osene heaters, we will continue to
allow their use,” Davis said.
The state of California, how
ever, disagrees.
Herman Schierenberg, fire
prevention engineer for the state
of California, said California pro
hibits selling and using kerosene
heaters within living spaces.
“We believe they’re safer than
the old ones,” Schierenberg said,
“but they still have a carbon mon
oxide problem.”
Schierenberg said it’s mainly
the human factor that caused the
California kerosene heater fires,
but despite the modern safety de
vices, there is no attempt to
change California’s law.
Davis agreed that all the ker
osene heater problems haven’t
been discovered yet but said some
potential problems can be pre
vented.
“People have to use the same
safety precautions as with any
heat unit,” he said. “You’ve got to
keep kids away from them, don’t
burn them at night without venti
lation and use top grade kerosene
and common sense.”
Some kerosene heater man
ufacturers that are tested and ap
proved by the UL include Aladin,
Toyostove, Kero-son, Robeson,
Sharp, Sanyo, Western Auto Sup
ply and Sears Roebuck & Co.
Marjorie Crouch, owner of
Bryan Marine, said her store sells
the Toyostove heaters.
Crouch said the price of the
heaters ranges from $99 to $199,
but the price of kerosene is only
$1.49 a gallon. She said the $99
heater burns from 28 to 31 hours
on one tank (one gallon) of ker
osene and the $199 heater burns
for 13 to 18 hours on two gallons
of kerosene.
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Admiral: U.S. losing
in technology race
By JERRY OSLIN
Reporter
The world today is one of “eco
nomic confrontation” and the
United States is losing the battle in
the area of high technology, Admi
ral Bobby R. Inman said Tuesday
night in a speech at Rudder Theater.
Inman, former director of the Na
tional Security Agency, said Japan
has moved ahead of the United
States in high technology, and that
the U.S. must create new technology
to remain competitive.
Inman is president and chief ex
ecutive officer of the Microelectron
ics and Computer Technology Cor
poration (MCC) in Austin. MCC is a
consortium of 19 electronic and
computer oriented companies put
together to offset the Japanese ad
vantage in this high-technology area.
The aim of MCC is to eliminate
the waste of repetitive research and
to create new technology more effec
tively.
Inman said MCC chose Austin as
its home because of favorable busi
ness climate in Texas and because of
the research facilities at A&M and
the University of Texas at Austin.
“(The University of) Texas has a
good computer science program but
it was a little weak in its microelectro
nics program. Texas A&M is strong
in the microelectronics area. This
makes a perfect marriage,” he said.
While the relationship between
MCC and the universities is “infor
mal”, Inman said his company is al
ways searching for new talent from
the universities.
“As long we have top talent and a
clear research direction, the compa
nies in MCC are not going to walk
away from the high-stakes, high-
technology poker table,” Inman
said.
The impacts of MCC will be long-
range, but Inman said his company
has already had some positive effect
in Texas.
Inman said MCC would not cause
any impact on Texas business for at
least six years. But the Bryan-Col-
lege Station area will feel impact
from MCC even sooner.
Colonel talks
on defense,
nuclear war
I Retired Air Force Col. Don
Clark will speak at Freeze Forum
’84 today at 7:30 p.m. in 601 Rud
der, His speech, “NucleAr De
fense or Debacle?,” will focus on
the advisability of the nuclear
freeze and on current and pro
posed defense systems.
Aggie Peace Action will spon
sor the speech in cooperation
with Brazos Valley Peace Action
and Peace Links. The student or
ganization is committed to peace
and social justice through non-vi
olent action and education, Ken
Gilman, president of Aggie Peace
Action said.
Clark is director of interna
tional education and lecturer in
international affairs at Montana
State University and an interna
tional relations columnist. He is a
former advisor to the joint chiefs
of staff on SALT 1 and 2 and a
former assistant air attache at the
U.S. embassy in Russia.
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October 12 & 13
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