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(6) Equipment 



Of the major equipment purchased the fifty portable fire fighting units and 

 143,200 feet of hose for use with these units were the most important items. 

 This addition brought the total number of units up to 189 with 397,860 feet of 

 hose. 



Each succeeding season further demonstrates the advantages of the use of 

 mechanical equipment in combating forest fires, providing the equipment is in 

 charge of competent operators. By the use of the portable fire fighting units 

 or pumps fires can not only be kept under control but can be completely extin- 

 guished, thereby providing an economy not alone in timber values but in labour 

 as well. 



Probably the most important auxiliary to the power pumps is the portable 

 hand or force pump, 239 of which were purchased bringing the total up to 300. 

 These hand pumps are particularly useful to the individual ranger in extinguish- 

 ing small fires and in "mopping up" on the larger fires. 



