. Forest protection. Back fire orput out fire lineHERE FIRST. Work from , MIDDLE BOTH \NAYS OR FROM ONE END ACROSSAS CIRCUMSTANCESDECIDE Dl H tC TION ** Start one crew here after HEAD FIRE IS CONTROLLED The Correct Way to Attack Any Forest Fire. Always Work From in Front Toward the Rear. Stop the Head Fire First and Work Far Enough to Each Side So That the Side-fire Cannot Work Around to Make a New Head-fire. 12 Frequently under excitement, the speed at which the original fireis traveling is misjudged and a back-fire is started too close to it ortoo far in advance of it, usually the lat
. Forest protection. Back fire orput out fire lineHERE FIRST. Work from , MIDDLE BOTH \NAYS OR FROM ONE END ACROSSAS CIRCUMSTANCESDECIDE Dl H tC TION ** Start one crew here after HEAD FIRE IS CONTROLLED The Correct Way to Attack Any Forest Fire. Always Work From in Front Toward the Rear. Stop the Head Fire First and Work Far Enough to Each Side So That the Side-fire Cannot Work Around to Make a New Head-fire. 12 Frequently under excitement, the speed at which the original fireis traveling is misjudged and a back-fire is started too close to it ortoo far in advance of it, usually the latter. Occasionally a back-firehas been set at the foot of a mountain along a road to stop a firejust coining over the top. Sometimes a land owner has set a back-fire along his property line without regard to where it may go orwhere the original fire was. Indiscriminate back-firing cannot be A ROAD 1/ ^^ RAKED-T^^ CLEAN f: 4 - .nr.
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