Proclamation 5705 --
Fire Prevention Week, 1987
By
the President of the
A
Proclamation
Fire
is most often preventable, but this past year it killed almost 6,000 Americans,
injured 300,000, and caused more than $9.5 billion in direct property losses.
Fire often affects the very young and the very old, and more than 80 percent of
fires take place in the home. Such facts are exactly why our Nation observes a
special week every autumn to remind ourselves that fire prevention and safety
messages are vitally important to each of us and to our families.
This
year the National Fire Protection Association, the originator of Fire
Prevention Week, is encouraging families to be safe and to design and practice
a home fire escape plan. Private sector initiatives in partnership with the
public sector are complementing this effort. All who can should join with
government officials at every level, fire service personnel, citizens' groups,
and private citizens to develop and carry out public awareness and education
programs about fires. Campaigns being formulated will
reach high-risk populations, including inner city and rural residents,
children, and the elderly.
On
Now,
Therefore, I, Ronald Reagan, President of the United States of America, by
virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United
States, do hereby proclaim the week beginning October 4, 1987, as Fire
Prevention Week, and I call upon the people of the United States to plan and
actively participate in fire prevention activities during this week and
throughout the year.
In
Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-second day of
September, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-seven, and of
the
Ronald
Reagan
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