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Woodcraft Manual for Girls // fire is in a crowded building, the first thing is to keep cool and help others to do the same, for PANIC is worse than Pirt. It kills far more. Keep cool and help others do the same. A cool man who can get up and address the crowd from Ihe step can often do wonders, for thourij they cannot hear him the crowd can see that he is cool. This he^ them. IN A UUKNINO 11 lUSE Remember that in a house afire there is always good air near the floor, so crawl with head low ii the room is full of smdce. If you must open a window, close the door first. Then Ret out and wave anything you can get, shout and wait. Some lirt nian will be sure to see and save you if you keep cool. Remember these men are absolutely brave, sure, and quick, they know their business; they are there to help you. The fire thai is so serious to you is an everyday thing to them. I might almost say Ihey never fail, unless the victim does not keep cool. We may make jokes about our street cleaners, and write harsh things at times about the pdice and the alderman, but we are always proud of our firemen, and whatever they tell you to do is sure to be the best thing possible at the time. , , . . If your clothing is on fire, roll in any woolen Uanket, rug, or coat you can find. If you find an insensible person in a room full of smoke, get him on the floor, tie his hands together loosely with a towel or suspenders; if you have no cord, throw the end ol his coat over his face around your neck, and he is on the door below you; then crawl out on all fours, straddling him as y s drag him. If some one is cut off, up aloft, so he must jump, let half a dozen men hold a canvas blanket or other strong cloth for tam to jump on. Hold it as high as you can with its cntrc about twelve feet from the base of the wall, and he can jurn^ safely from a great height. Of course, you can help him to hit it by moving it to fit his jump after he is started. Keep all doors and windows closed as much as possible to cut off the draft. , Bia always seetkatthe alarm has gone in.