A home geography of New York city . Many people lose their lives in must, therefore, do all we can to protect life and propertyagainst fire. The city has a department for this purpose. The head of the department is calleda commissioner. The duty of the firedepartment is to preventand to put out fires. Thisdepartment prevents firesby watching the storage,sale, and use of materialsthat burn very protect propertyby putting out fires, and by using no more water for that purposethan is necessary. Frequently the water used destroys more thanthe fire itself. The department mus
A home geography of New York city . Many people lose their lives in must, therefore, do all we can to protect life and propertyagainst fire. The city has a department for this purpose. The head of the department is calleda commissioner. The duty of the firedepartment is to preventand to put out fires. Thisdepartment prevents firesby watching the storage,sale, and use of materialsthat burn very protect propertyby putting out fires, and by using no more water for that purposethan is necessary. Frequently the water used destroys more thanthe fire itself. The department must also find out the cause of eachfire. The firemans first duty is to save the lives of the people intlie burning building. We may well be proud of our firemen, forthey are brave men. Everybody fears fire. Careless and disobedient children oftenset tlieir homes afire. How would you escape from your rooms incase of fire there ? Why do you have fire drills in school ? Howdo the firemen know where a fire is ? How should vou behave in. ill;i, lltiAi THE CITY GOVEKNME^T 107 case of fire ? What is the number of the engine nearest yourschool ? What is the engine for ? What does the hook and laddercompany do ? What can you say about the horses ? Department of Health. Nothing is more important than goodhealth. It is therefore necessary for all to try to have good one of us must do his share to keep well and must help tokeep others well. The citycan assist us in many waysin these efforts. Some-times people have conta-gious diseases. It is theduty of the city to preventthe spreading of these dis-eases. How is this dutyperformed? Whateverhelps the people to keepwell and strong is said toadd to their physical wel-fare. The Avork of ourdepartment of health isto look after the physicalwelfare of the people. It is the duty of this department to see thatthe water, the milk, and the drugs we use are pure ; that the meat,fish, fruit, and vegetables we eat are fresh ; and that no refuse
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