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Resetting Our Clocks

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F I R E S A F E T Yby Captain Tom Lyons

Fire Prevention BureauQuincy Fire Department

JaCkie ROsenbeRg, a resident of allerton House at Han-cock Park in Quincy, likes to keep in touch with friends and family via the computer.

allerton House Residentsembrace information Highway

Jackie Rosenberg Keeps In TouchWith Friends And Family Via Computer

Ask Jackie Rosenberg what the best age is to learn how to use a computer and she will be quick to say, “You are never too old or too young.”

This 79-year-old resi-dent of Allerton House at Hancock Park is a perfect example. She says, “I have a computer-oriented fam-ily and I guess a little of it rubbed off on me. About five years ago, I finally said, ‘Okay, I want one.’”

Admittedly a bit timid at first, Rosenberg now surfs the Internet with the best of them, citing Google as her favorite search engine.

“I’ve looked up my medications and researched doctors when I needed to choose a new one. I Google everything now,” Rosenberg says. With safety and secu-rity always in mind, Rosen-berg even worked with Al-lerton House staff to create her own Facebook account.

With the recent acquisi-tion of two new computers for community-wide use, other residents of Allerton House at Hancock Park are riding on the information highway now, too.

Tara Whooley, coordina-tor of computer activities at Allerton House, says, “We are pleased that a number of residents are participat-ing in our computer classes, learning about email, the Internet, search engines and

safety and security.” The computer classes

at Allerton House have been met with enthusiasm. Whooley says, “Our resi-dents are always looking for ways to stay current and keep their minds active.

“Computer literacy brings the added benefit of one more way to keep in close contact with loved ones. Since the classes be-gan, several residents have created email addresses.

“There is no doubt that connecting to the Internet makes it easier to connect with loved ones, whether they live down the street or across the country,” Whool-ey adds.

Allerton House at Han-cock Park is a 42-apartment assisted living community owned and managed by Welch Healthcare & Retire-

ment Group.The community provides

a continuum of care through Hancock Park Rehabili-tation & Skilled Nursing Center, located in the same building.

For more information or a tour and luncheon, call Kelly Richards, marketing director, at 617-471-2600.

It’s never too late! I want to think it can be just as beneficial to emphasize, re-state, reiterate, reinforce and remind readers of a subject rather than focus on new fire prevention subjects in these articles every time.

By doing so, I believe we can modify potential hazard-ous behaviors into fire safe habits when we acknowl-edge the reinforcement of sound fire prevention prac-tices within our homes.

Here’s a reminder for to-day.

We just changed our clocks, we sprung ahead. It took place on the 13TH, more accurately on the morning of the 14th. Historically, this has been used as an op-portune time for residents to change their batteries within their household smoke de-tectors. It’s a good sound suggestion while I’ll take

this opportunity to remind you once again. Consider changing the batteries in your smoke detectors now, if you didn’t do so when you reset your clocks.

Smoke detectors are es-sential for early notification of fire within a home. Early notification is essential for safe evacuation. It has been suggested that in many cas-es, one can have just one minute to leave a home after detection is made. That’s as-suming there is notification. Without a working smoke detector, detection can be delayed, negating a chance at safe evacuation. It hap-pens frequently, too fre-quently.

To awaken to a moder-ate or heavy smoke condi-tion within your bedroom in the middle of the night, and to then make life saving decision under stress, heat

conditions, visual obscura-tion while having difficulty breathing, is avoidable. It’s better to respond than to react. Let working, prop-erly located smoke detectors within your home give you the notification to avoid re-acting, having to make life or death decisions within seconds.

I can recall an incident where working detectors weren’t present and two oc-cupants succumbed to the heat and smoke of a house fire. The fact that working detectors weren’t present was a major contributing factor in their demise. When the fire was extinguished and overhaul operations were conducted, I can re-member thinking how the outcome would have been different had smoke detec-tors been maintained.

Having a battery less smoke detector, hanging from a ceiling, suggests that a sound effort in life safety was made at some moment in the past when it was first installed, but that admirable effort is functionally negat-ed when it is not properly maintained.

By pressing the button on the surface plate of the de-tector you can test the detec-tor which we suggest you do monthly. The battery should be changed yearly and con-sider doing so when you reset your clocks, or now if you neglected to do so on the 13TH. Thank you, and be safe!

Ivan Myjer, one of the nation’s leading authorities on conserving historic stone structures and a consultant on the recent preservation work at the Adams Acad-emy, will speak about his current major project at the next Quincy Historical So-ciety meeting, Wednesday, March 24, at 7:30 p.m. at the Adams Academy in Quincy Center.

Myjer is conserving the large sculpture group at Mission San Jose in San Antonio, TX. Built by the Spanish in 1721, San Jose is known as “the Queen of the Missions,” largely on the basis of the beauty of its carvings.

“This involves an aspect of American history that few people know anything about,” Myjer says. “Un-

less they have seen it – few people know that something this splendid exists in the U.S.”

Myjer will discuss the background of the Mission and sculptures and the issues and techniques involved in conservation, touching upon some of the other ma-jor works with which he has been involved.

The public is welcome to attend. Admission is free.

Preserving The Mission san Jose sculpturesTopic at Quincy Historical society March 24

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