. Forest protection. A Back-fire should beStarted at a Road, anOpen Trail or a Stream. the proper place for back-firing, one must be made. The groundshould be cleared so that the damp mineral soil is exposed. Sucha trail can be made very quickly even through brush with forkedsticks, if no other tools are available. Of course, axes, brush hooks,rakes, hoes, shovels, and brooms are better tools. Usually the smoke is thickest, fighting is most uncomfortable, anddanger of spark-spreading is greatest in line with the draft of thefire. The back-fire should be started at this point, and every manavai
. Forest protection. A Back-fire should beStarted at a Road, anOpen Trail or a Stream. the proper place for back-firing, one must be made. The groundshould be cleared so that the damp mineral soil is exposed. Sucha trail can be made very quickly even through brush with forkedsticks, if no other tools are available. Of course, axes, brush hooks,rakes, hoes, shovels, and brooms are better tools. Usually the smoke is thickest, fighting is most uncomfortable, anddanger of spark-spreading is greatest in line with the draft of thefire. The back-fire should be started at this point, and every manavailable is needed there. The back-fire should be started at the BEGIN BACK FIREHERE AND WORK BOTM ALONG ROAD *«o TRAIL. Where an Angle Can be Used, the Back-fire MayHave to be Longer, But the Area Burned by theBack-fire is Reduced. Be Careful that the Side-fireDoes Not Come Up Before the Wings of the Back-fire are Safe. lower point of a V, the sides of which are open enough and extendedfar enough to include the header of the advancing fire. The wholecrew is available to attack promptly the spot fires in case sparkscross the fire-break. As soon as the header is halted the side linesof the back-fire may be drawn in close to the side lines of the main u fire and continued parallel to them, or even run into them. Therest of the fire-line may be beaten out. Remember, however, thata trail cleared to mineral soil should extend entirely around eachfire to make it safe. The crew, even if small, should be divided atthe point of the V, with a few more men on the side which should beadvanced more rapidly or on which the danger is greater becauseof the wind. A satisfactory arrangement of crews is as follows: the wa
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