. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters), no. 46-50. Forests and forestry. ToRCFi For Burning Brush 14 type, is useful to rake up the finer niaterial, to keep cleaniim' up (1 tlie edge of the fire, to rake together tlie eiiil)ei's when the iiic i, limed down, to rake out a line of fire which may spread from tlie ! nig pile or row : r starting fire in brush i)iles or rows, a torch of .*niy kind is better tiiatches. A i)ipe torcli several feet long is vei'y good, as the llam very wet, vi I'l it is i':<ining. oi- when the bi-ush has been under snow. should alwnys l)e o
. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters), no. 46-50. Forests and forestry. ToRCFi For Burning Brush 14 type, is useful to rake up the finer niaterial, to keep cleaniim' up (1 tlie edge of the fire, to rake together tlie eiiil)ei's when the iiic i, limed down, to rake out a line of fire which may spread from tlie ! nig pile or row : r starting fire in brush i)iles or rows, a torch of .*niy kind is better tiiatches. A i)ipe torcli several feet long is vei'y good, as the llam very wet, vi I'l it is i':<ining. oi- when the bi-ush has been under snow. should alwnys l)e on hand when biaish is to be ])U!'ned. t'xcej)1 when the ground is covered with snow, when it is iviininu. or just -it'tei- !';.iii IiMS fnllen. A sj)rinkiing can. a spi'ay tnnk. oi* oi'din;.ry ni;i\ he used. The essentini thing is to Inive a nu;intit\- of wjitei- .-ivail- ;ihi". so tlnit if sparks st;irt lires, or a hie stiirts to the !i.; !*e i-xtinguished containers should not be rovided with which to resti-;iin tlie fiiv to the i)lace it belongs, this lack ol' precaution is the best indicntioii .'i'm of forest fire observation stations, which ;iiv in;iiiticd constantly from nbout Mnrch IT) to dune 1, and fi'(»ni Scptcni- I"!- lo to Decembei' b"). When the observers see smoke in nv ivls .-i '•'•»-• of men .nid goes to extinguish the fii-e. The wni'den IS men are |);iid by the Stjitc for tiieii' time and expi-nses. If 'fi lind that the smoki' which the towerimin siglits is not <•! foivst '^i- may stay to se(« that ("verything is safe and that no forest Inv occurs. In order to save this expense to the Commonwealth, every 'ill'' who burns ])rush in or near a woodland between the tlie sii'dke. 'ii «'ase burning is done and the fire does escape, the nearest warden ^"' ''! be notified at once so that a foi'ce of men can suj)|.ress the fii'e i iiptly. In such a ca
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