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Division of Forest Protection 



3. Experiments and actual application of aerial water bombing of fires from low-flying 

 Beaver aircraft were carried out. 



4. Fire report form was revised to improve recorded data. 



5. Spark arrestors were tried out on Railway- van stove pipes to help reduce number 

 of fires caused by Railway operation. 



6. A pilot model 200 gallon tank-pumper mounted on 4 wheel drive vehicle suited 

 to fire fighting requirements was constructed and placed in service. 



7. Polaroid type cameras were supplied aircraft for purpose of obtaining immediate 

 photographic record of forest fires for control purposes. 



8. Preliminary plans were made with Dominion Meteorological Service for inter- 

 departmental exchange of weather data for forecast purposes. 



9. Adaption and building of aluminum sheeted lookout tower cabins which will 

 provide additional years of service on lookout towers. 



10. Erection of 35 eighty foot and 15 one hundred foot steel lookout towers. 



11. A small pack tractor which can be quickly dissembled for air transport has been 

 developed by the Research Division of this Department. This new unit shows promise 

 of becoming a useful piece of mechanical equipment for transporting equipment and 

 provisions to and from fires and in other work where bush packing is necessary. 



Fireiightjng equipment must be checked and kept in good repair at all times. 



