HomeMy WebLinkAboutFire Prevention Week-`965 FIRE PREVENTION WEEK, 1965
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
"Losses by fire - especially those resulting From fires which could have been
prevented - constitute a tragic waste of human and material resources.
"Much of this waste is avoidable. Community fire prevention programs,
effectively conducted, have contributed substantially to Jocal and national
developmert by reducing sharply the number of destructive fires.
"Further progress can be made if every individual recognizes his responsibility
for eliminating fire hazards and for participating in community fire prevention
programs and related activities.
"NOW, THEREFORE, I, LYNDON B. JOHNSON, President of the United States of
America, do hereby designate the week beginning October 3, 1965, as Fire
Prevention Week.
"I bid all citizens to s-.'._port and promote the fire prevention and control
efforts of their respective community fire departments. I urge State and local
governments, the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, The American National
Red Cross, and business, labor, and farm organizations, as well as schools,
civic groups, and p.::,lic information agencies to observe Fire Prevention Week,
to provide useful fire safety information to the public, and to enlist the
active participation. of all citizens in year-round fire prevention programs.
I also direct the appropriate Federal agencies to assist in this effort to
reduce the needless waste of life and property caused by preventable fires.
"IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the
United States of America to be affixed.
"DONE at the City of Washington this 14th day of July in the year of our Lord
nineteen hundred and sixty-five, and the (Seal) Independence of the United
States of America the one hundred and ninetieth.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON
7,e above proclamation was made by President Johnson to ;r : and your family.
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