FOREST FIRES BY CAUSES, 1969 



General Caust 



Fires 



Acres 



Lightning 



Industrial— Logging 

 Industrial— Other . . 



Recreation 



Railway 



Resident 



Incendiary 



Miscellaneous .... 

 Unknown 



TOTAL 



Sources ot Ignition 



901 



Lightning 



Smoking Material 



Camp Fires 



Grass Burn 



Rubbish Burning 



Unknown 



Matches 



Brush Burn 



Garbage Dump Burn 



Right-of-way Burning 



Brake shoe 



Diesel Locomotive 



Fusee 



Tie Burning 



Structural Fire 



Power Line (Short Circuit) . . . 



Sparks from chimney 



Fireworks 



Power Saw 



Mechanical Equipment 



Spark from Burner 



Burning Bulldozed Piles 



Explosives 



Dumped Live Coals or Ashes 



Miscellaneous (known) 



Prescribed Burning 



TOTAL 



6,134 



Fires 



202 



212 



139 



32 



31 



27 



65 



23 



24 



6 



34 



21 



8 



I 



14 



13 



1 



18 



3 



7 



1 



1 



1 



3 



13 



1 



901 



FIRE PREVENTION 



Several forest districts in the province combined resources 

 to present information on fire conditions and danger to the 

 public over C.B.C. television stations fronri Winnipeg, Tim- 



mins and Barrle. The radio and press media were used to 



convey any local forest fire information of interest to resi- 

 dents in their coverage area. 



Investigation of a different type of prevention poster, 

 using symbolic representation, was undertaken. New ideas 



Responsible Croups Fires 



Lightning 202 



Fisherman 118 



Children 85 



Car Passenger 79 



Unknown 43 



Berry Picker 23 



Camper 30 



Resident Rural 53 



Hunter 15 



Farmer 14 



Private Cottager 33 



Hiker 27 



Resident Urban 8 



Other Industrial Employee 4 



R. R. Section Crew 6 



R. R. Train Crew 63 



R.R. Work Crew 5 



Canoeist 10 



Picnicker 10 



Train Passenger 1 



Indian (on reserve) 7 



Woods Industry Employee 5 



Land Survey Party 1 



Trapper 4 



Prospector 1 



Mining Employee 2 



Hydro Employee 5 



Highway or Road Employee 4 



Municipal Employee 2 



Military I 



Miscellaneous 34 



L & F Employee 2 



Federal Govt. Employee 1 



Youth Groups 3 



TOTAL 90 1 



45 



