. Forest protection. tothe best advantage when the stream is thrown at the ground im-mediately in front of the flames. The water and force combinedwill stop the flames advance. It is also satisfactory to spray wateragainst the base of the flames from the rear particularly if there ismuch smoke. BACK-FIRING: When the wind is strong or when the flamesare in slash, fallen logs, dead ferns, bracken, or grass, fire becomesso intense that it is unsafe and impracticable to attempt close is resorted to in such cases. It should be rememberedthat fire is a dangerous force and that whe
. Forest protection. tothe best advantage when the stream is thrown at the ground im-mediately in front of the flames. The water and force combinedwill stop the flames advance. It is also satisfactory to spray wateragainst the base of the flames from the rear particularly if there ismuch smoke. BACK-FIRING: When the wind is strong or when the flamesare in slash, fallen logs, dead ferns, bracken, or grass, fire becomesso intense that it is unsafe and impracticable to attempt close is resorted to in such cases. It should be rememberedthat fire is a dangerous force and that when fire is fought with fireextreme care and keen judgment must be used. If a fire starts somearea will be burned-over and some growth will be damaged, but inorder to reduce the damage as much as possible some additionalsacrifice may have to be made by starting a back-fire. The area tobe covered by the back-fire should, however, be kept as small as ispracticable. : Start one crew ix, here after head fire is controlled. 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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