Canadian Forestry Magazine, Xoi'eniber, 1^20 



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How New Brunswick Guards Forests 



The development of an efficient fire 

 protective organization has been made 

 possible through the inaugiiration of the 

 N. B. Forest Act and Forest Fires Act of 

 1918, the former placing the administra- 

 tion of all matters pertaining to forest 

 fire protection under the Forest Service 

 and the latter Act containing the most 

 modern regulations of carrying out the 

 work of fire protection. 



With provision made through these 

 two Acts, a staff of about 1,000 men have 

 been organized to act in case of fire dur- 

 ing the dry season and having as a nuc- 

 leus the permanent staff of Inspectors 

 and Forest Rangers, headed by the Pro- 

 vincial Forester. Each year the staff of 

 temporary men has been increased and 

 the pul)lic has become more interested 

 and greater co-operation is possible. 



Permanent Staff : 

 Office Staff.— 



Provincial Forester. 



Assistant Provincial Forester. 



Chief Game Warden. 



Chief Scaler. 



Stenographers and Clerks. Total 8 



( )ulside Staff'. — 



inspectors 5 



i'orest Rangers .... 2>7 Total 50 



W itli lliis permanent nucleus of fifty, 

 an organization of nearl}' 1,000 men was 

 niaiiUained during the past severe fire 

 season, with full aiuhority to act in case 

 of lire and call out men. These tempor- 

 ■AY\ men within lelephniK- call were of im- 

 mense \ahie (hu-ing \\\v \ery hazardous 

 times in May ami June oi' this year, and 

 ma'e it possible tor ;i ranger to deal 

 pronii)tl\ witli ;dl tires in his own dis- 

 trict, in si)ile oi \W fact that lires occur- 

 red in nian\ parts ot his district at once. 



The teniporar\- force consists of the 

 foIln-A-iiig: 



\ oluiUarx I'ire W ar>iens. . . . 130 

 Co-operative lire \\ ardens. . 100 , 

 Temporarx * lame and I'ire 



Wardens 50 



Koai' Supervisors acting as 



lu-e Wardens '. 500 



Caretakers of Settlements. ... 10 



Labor Act Commissioners... 125 



Railway Patrolmen 60 



Look-out Men 4 



Total 1,000 



The voluntar}- fire wardens are citizens 

 of settlements in forested sections hav- 

 ing authority to call out men to fight 

 fires occuring, and also in many cases to 

 issue fire permits. 



The co-operative fire wardens are 

 woods foremen in the employ of lumber 

 companies who received the same auth- 

 ority as Government Fire Wardens. 



The Road Supervisors in the employ 

 of the Public Works Department ren- 

 dered very valuable assistance by acting 

 as fire wardens in case of fire, having 

 been instructed to do so by the Minister 

 of Public Works. 



The railway patrolmen on railroads 

 under the Railway Commission and 

 under Provincial Charter were employ- 

 ed and paid by the railroads, while the 

 other railroads entered into a co-oper- 

 ative agreeiuent whereby railwav patrol 

 was maintained, the Forest Service as- 

 Miming the greater part of tiie cost. 



C (^-operation Secured. 

 In addition to the above temporary 

 t(;rce. the effectiveness of the Forest Ser- 

 vice in controlling forest fires was great- 

 1\ increased through the co-operation 

 obtained from the various lumber in- 

 terests, railroads, provincial departments,, 

 citizens and professional men. Il is in- 

 teresting to note the increaseil interest 

 i;iken by the peojtle of the ju-ovince ;uid 

 their hearty co-operation is absolutely 

 necessary for the successful extermina- 

 tion of forest fires. .Much success has 

 been attained through the use of i>rtipa- 

 ganda. tire po^ter>, warnings to lisher- 

 men, camiH-r-. the (.anadian h'orestrv 

 Association with its I'slnbiiiou oar and 

 motion pictures, etc. 



. /;■(■(/ Proteeted. 



The pro\ince coiu.iins over 1J.(XH"),000' 

 acres of toresi land, 7.500,0(X~) of which 

 belongs to the L'rown. i'ires were 



