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3. Development and enforcement of rules controlling the use of fire 

 in lumbering operations. 



4. Systematic analysis of the causes of fires, with attack on specific 

 causes, such as camp fires and railroad fires. 



5. Abatement of special hazards in dangerous areas, such as re- 

 moval of accumulated slash, snag falling, roadside cleaning. 



6. Building up a lookout system for prompt detection of fires and 

 a telephone system for quick reports of fires to the control forces. 

 The portable radio is now being developed. 



7. Road and trail construction to facilitate prompt arrival of men 

 and equipment on fires. 



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FIGURE 5. Despite steady upward trends in human use of the national forests and in incendiary forest 

 fires, fire-control efforts have kept the trend in acreage burned moving downward. 



8. Gradual increase in the personnel available for detection and 

 first attack. 



9. Systematic training in fire control, particularly in suppression 

 technique and the executive management phases of the problem, of 

 both year-long and short-term protection personnel. 



10. Preparation and execution of fire-control plans for each ranger 

 district, which include a specific program of fire prevention, detection, 

 and attack. 



1 1 . Systematic review of the effectiveness of control action on fires 

 in order to profit by experience. 



12. Study of the behavior of fires to determine the required speed 

 and method of attack. 



13. Provision of more nearly adequate stores of tools and other 

 fire-control equipment. 



14. Development and use of power water pumps, water-tank trucks, 

 fire-trench plows operated by horses or tractors, special hand tools, 

 and lights for night work to speed the work of actually putting the fire 

 out. This use of machinery has been very effective. 



