township warden, and not directly to the Forest 

 Commission, or township committee. 

 A most important duty of a firewarden is to - 



PREVENT FOREST FIRES 



4. Warn your neighbors of the danger of leaving a 

 fire near the woods. If a lawful burn fire is started 

 it must be watched until it is out; unless this is done 

 a sudden wind may fan embers to flame and cause 

 a bad fire. See that smokers put out their matches 

 before throwing them away, and that cigar stubs and 

 pipe ashes are not dropped in the brush. Let every- 

 one know that you must report any violation of the 

 law. A firewarden is authorized to arrest without 

 warrant anyone caught violating any provision of the 

 forest fire law. (See Section 27.) The firewarden 

 who has few fires gains even more credit than one 

 who is prompt to put them out. 



FIRE PERMITS. 



5. A firewarden must exercise judgment about 

 issuing permits. People who need to make a fire 

 should be hampered as little as possible, and any- 

 one who asks for it should be given a permit, unless 

 you believe it unsafe to burn. A firewarden has full 

 authority to refuse a permit to any person who is 

 careless about fire, or when drouth or high winds 

 make fire unsafe. The permit law is intended to 

 check reckless burning, and the people look to their 

 firewarden to protect them. You can often help a 

 neighbor and save yourself trouble by reminding an 

 applicant that no permit is needed if his fire is made 

 in a public road, a garden, or a plowed field, and is 



