. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters), no. 36-37. Forests and forestry. moil. Tt ^vill also indicate wlictlicr a (|iiie'k advance should be made to anotlier point tliat is threatened by the flames. A baek-fire should be started li-oni a fire-break, sueh as a road, stream, or otlu'r natural barrier, in ease a fire-break is not found at the proper |)laee for baek-firinti'. (nie must l)e made. The jiround should be cleared so that the damp mineral soil is exposed. Such a trail cjin be made very (piickly even throuj-ih brush with forked sticks, if no other tools are available.
. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters), no. 36-37. Forests and forestry. moil. Tt ^vill also indicate wlictlicr a (|iiie'k advance should be made to anotlier point tliat is threatened by the flames. A baek-fire should be started li-oni a fire-break, sueh as a road, stream, or otlu'r natural barrier, in ease a fire-break is not found at the proper |)laee for baek-firinti'. (nie must l)e made. The jiround should be cleared so that the damp mineral soil is exposed. Such a trail cjin be made very (piickly even throuj-ih brush with forked sticks, if no other tools are available. Of course, axes, brush hooks, rakes, hoes, shovels, and brooms are better tools. BEGIN BACK FIRE HERE AND V/ORK BOTH ALONG ROAD AND TRAIL. W'MKKK ax AN< (\\.\ I'.K I'SK!) A Hac K! !KK; .MaV HaVK T(? UK ;»N«;KU. lU ! Tl!!; Al{KA lil'KNKI) I!V TIIK ; K-IIKK IS UkIM A( K-FIKK AKK SAIK. Usually the smoke is thickest. fi^htin<i' is most uncomfortable, and danji'er of spark-s])readin«i- is «ireatest in line with the draft of the fire. 'Phe back-fire should be started at tliis point, and every man available is needed there. The back-fire should be .started at the lower ])oint oi' a W the sid(\s of which are open euou«:h and extended far enough to include the header of th<' advancing tire. The whole crew is avail- able t(t attack promptly the spot fires in case sparks cross the fire- break. As soon as the header is halted the .side lines of the back-fire may be drawn in close to the side lines of the main fire and continued l)arallel to them, or <'ven run into them. The rest of the fii'e-line may be beaten out. liemember. liowever, that a trail cleared to mineral soil should ext<'nd entirely around each fire to make it safe. The crew, even if small, should Ix' divided at the i)oint of the V, with a few more men on the side which should b<' advanced more rapidly or on which the dan^ci- is greater iiecausc of the wind. A satisfactory ari-an^cmeut of
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