68 REPORT OF THE No. 3 



Appendix No. 26 



I — Forest Fire Protection 



(1) Legislation 



There were no changes in the Forest Fires Prevention Act. 



On the 8th day of April an Order-in-Council was passed withdrawing from 

 the Fire District the townships of Algona South, Wilberforce, Alice, and Con- 

 cessions 13 to 25 in the township of Grattan. 



On the 25th day of May an Order-in-Council was passed requiring that 

 persons obtain a Travel Permit before travelling about in travel permit areas. 



(2) Organization and Personnel 



In the Hudson Inspectorate the Fire Inspector who had also acted as Chief 

 Ranger over the Red Lake District resigned on November 12th. This man 

 was later appointed as Chief Ranger at Sioux Lookout and was assisted there 

 by an Assistant Chief Ranger. An Assistant Chief Ranger was also in charge 

 of the Red Lake District. 



The position of Fire Inspector at Armstrong was abolished on November 1st, 

 the former Inspector there carrying on as Chief Ranger. 



On January 1st the Forest Assistant at Port Arthur was transferred to 

 Fort Frances as District Forester to fill the vacancy left by the death of the late 

 J. V. Stewart who was killed in an aircraft accident. The Rainy River District 

 is now organized as an Inspectorate independent of Kenora. 



On January 15th the services of a junior forester at Kenora and another 

 at Sudbury were temporarily dispensed with. These two men were again 

 placed on the staff on May 27th, the former going to the Algonquin Inspectorate 

 and the latter returning to Sudbury. 



On June 13th a Forest Assistant previously engaged on aerial mapping 

 was transferred to the Hudson Inspectorate as Assistant and another to Port 

 Arthur on June 17th. 



The total field supervisory staff for the twelve inspectorates was as shown 

 in the following table and consisted of eleven District Foresters, twelve Forest 

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

 Inspector, thirty-two Chief Fire Rangers and one hundred and thirteen Deputy 

 Chief Fire Rangers. The forest Supervisor at Macdiarmid, the Fire Inspectors 

 at 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 six rangers. 



Compared with 1931 the staff was reduced by one Forest Assistant, two 

 Fire Inspectors, one Chief Ranger, twelve Deputy Chief Rangers, and one 

 hundred and sixty-four rangers. 



