DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND FORESTS FOR 1931 105 



Appendix No. 36 



I — Forest Fire Protection 



(1) Legislation 



No changes were made in the Forest Fires Prevention Act, 1930. 

 On the 21st day of July an Order-in-Council was approved placing under 

 "Travel Permit" Concessions 7, 8, 9 and 10 in the Township of Richards. 



(2) Organization and Personnel 



On January 1st the death occurred of James H. McDonald, Super- 

 intendent of Algonquin Park, who also acted as District Forester in 

 charge of the Algonquin Inspectorate. 



On August 18th John V. Stewart, District Forester at Fort Frances, 

 together with P. A. Hutton, A. J. Runciman and C. V. Greer of the 

 Air Service, were killed in an aircraft crash near Fort Frances. 



To the families of these men the Forestry Branch extends its 

 deepest sympathy. 



On June 1st the District Forester at Sault Ste. Marie was transferred to 

 Algonquin Park as Park Superintendent. He also took over the duties of the 

 District Forester in charge of the Algonquin Inspectorate. 



On the same date the Assistant District Forester at Sudbury was trans- 

 ferred to Sault Ste. Marie as District Forester at that point. 



On June 16th an additional Forest Assistant was appointed for each of 

 the Kenora and Sudbury Inspectorates. 



The Forest Assistant in the Hudson Inspectorate was transferred to Sudbury 

 on August 1st. 



No appointment has yet been made to fill the vacancy in the position of 

 District Forester at Fort Frances. 



. The total field supervisory staff for the eleven inspectorates was as shown 

 in the following table and consisted of eleven District Foresters, thirteen 

 Forest Assistants, one Forest Supervisor, nine Fire Inspectors, one Assistant 

 Fire Inspector, thirty-three Chief Fire Rangers and one hundred and twenty-five 

 Deputy Chief Fire Rangers. The Forest Supervisor at Macdiarmid, the Fire 

 Inspectors at Armstrong, Port Arthur, Elk Lake, Gogama and Biscotasing and 

 the Assistant Fire Inspector at Longlac also acted as Chief Fire Rangers. 



There was direct supervision of one Chief or Deputy Chief Ranger to an 

 average of every seven rangers. 



