62 THE SCHOOL BOOK OF FORESTRY 



the woods is greatest. The rangers also have 

 big fire maps which they hang in their cabins. 

 These maps show the location of dangerous fire 

 areas, roads, trails, lookout-posts, cities, towns 

 and ranches, sawmills, logging camps, telephone 

 lines, fire tool boxes and other data of value to 

 fire fighters. All this information is so arranged 

 as to be readily available in time of need. It 

 shows where emergency fire fighters, tools and 

 food supplies can be secured, and how best to 

 attack a fire in any certain district. A detailed 

 plan for fighting forest fires is also prepared and 

 kept on file at every ranger station. 



The following are six rules which, if put in 

 practice, will help prevent outbreaks of fires : 



1. Matches. Be sure your match is out. 

 Break it in two before you throw it away. 



2. Tobacco. Throw pipe ashes and cigar or 

 cigarette stubs in the dust of the road and stamp 

 or pinch out the fire before leaving them. Don't 

 throw them into the brush, leaves or needles. 



3. Making camp. Build a small campfire. 

 Build it in the open, not against a tree or log, or 

 near brush. Scrape away the trash from all 

 around it. 



4. Leaving camp. Never leave a campfire, 



