. Forest protection. By keeping roads and trails through woodlands open and at leasta foot of their surface bare to the mineral soil, fires may be attackedpromptly and kept within a small area. FIRE EXTINCTION: Next to preventing fires, it is importantto extinguish at once all fires that may start. The fire, when discovered, should be reported immediately, andshould be attacked promptly by persons who know how to fight fire fighters should be organized, but one person can do much byhitting the line of fire wherever possible and sticking to it. PRESENT FOREST FIRE ORGANIZATION. WARDENS:
. Forest protection. By keeping roads and trails through woodlands open and at leasta foot of their surface bare to the mineral soil, fires may be attackedpromptly and kept within a small area. FIRE EXTINCTION: Next to preventing fires, it is importantto extinguish at once all fires that may start. The fire, when discovered, should be reported immediately, andshould be attacked promptly by persons who know how to fight fire fighters should be organized, but one person can do much byhitting the line of fire wherever possible and sticking to it. PRESENT FOREST FIRE ORGANIZATION. WARDENS: The State of Pennsylvania has an organization offorest fire wardens who prevent and extinguish forest fires. TheStates Chief Forest Fire Warden is in the Department of Forestryat Harrisburg. He directs the fire prevention work of the Forestersin charge of the twenty-four districts into which the State is District Foresters supervise the activities of more than 2,800local and special forest fire TOWERS: There are 111 observation stations in the forestedareas of the State. During fire seasons watchmen, or lookouts, areon these towers. Towers are connected with telephone lines, so 6 that fire fighting crews may be summoned promptly. There are alsoa number of men appointed to do patrol duty in dangerous special duty of towcrmen and patrolmen is to discover and re-port the locations of fires. This organization is constantly on the alert to detect, to reportand put out forest fires. The effectiveness of the organization de-pends upon the cooperation of the citizens with the wardens. Thesecitizens report forest fires to the nearest wardens who will gopromptly to extinguish them. This may be done by telephone,telegraph, messenger, bell, whistle, or by other methods. In addition to the Foresters, Forest Rangers, and Forest FireWardens of the Department of Forestry there are other persons whoare cooperating in forest fire prevention: State Game Wardens a
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