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3. Means of transporting men and equipment. 



4. Construction of fire lines or firebreaks. More has been accom- 



plished in southern California in this respect than in any 

 other section. 



5. Roadside clearance, brush burning, and reduction or elimina- 



tion of inflammable materials. 



6. Fire-weather prediction. 



7. Precautionary measures on railroads, logging operations, saw- 



mills, etc. 



8. Caches of tools such as shovels, axes, and cross-cut saws; equip- 



ment such as pumps, hose, and trucks; and food supplies at 

 strategically located points. 



The following table gives a partial summary of the tools and 

 equipment required by the forest practice rules of the West Coast 

 Lumbermen's Association. 



States which require general slash disposal after logging opera- 

 tions are Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, and Montana in 

 the West; Minnesota in the Lake States; and the Adirondack Moun- 

 tain portion of New York. States requiring limited slash disposal 

 along roads, railroads, and property lines, are the New England States 

 except Vermont and Rhode Island; the balance of New York; Wis- 

 consin and Michigan in the Lake States; Ohio, Pennsylvania, New 

 Jersey, and Maryland in the East; and New Mexico in the South- 

 west. 



States requiring private owners to provide fire protection or to 

 support protective organizations are California (except in redwoods), 



