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REPORT OF THE 



No. 3 



There were on duty a total of thirty Chief Rangers and sixty-two Deputy 

 Chief Rangers, allowing direct field supervision of one Deputy or Chief Ranger 

 to every eleven Rangers. 



The average daily force was as follows: April, 29; May, 595; June, 1,053; 

 July, 1,054; August, 1,024; September, 463; October, 70. The largest number 

 of men on duty at any one time, including ninety-two Chief and Deputy Chief 

 Rangers, was 1,067. 



As a result of the fire season being early, there were 595 men on duty by 

 the middle of May, and at the end of the month 1,002. On the 15th of June, the 

 total number was 1,052; on the 13th of June, 1,065; on the 15th of July, 1,054; 

 on the 31st of July, 1,044; on the 15th of August, 1,040. It was possible to dis- 

 continue some patrols during the last days of August so that by the end of the 

 month the total number on duty was 980. By the middle of September the 

 number had been reduced to 545, and at the 1st of October to 101. On the 15th 

 of October there were 44 men on the pay roll. 



One of the greatest drawbacks to proper forest fire protection in Ontario is 

 the impermanency of the personnel. Fire ranging is a specialized line of work, 

 requiring special training, and until a permanent staff is built up, whereby 

 the chief and deputy chief rangers at least may be put on a permanent basis, 

 the organization will not have the degree of efficiency which is desired. A 

 ranger school where these men could be given from one to three months' special 

 training each year would also aid materially. 



(3) Expenditure. 



The expenditure for the fiscal year was $643,902.63, classified as below, 

 with the figures for the preceding years given for comparison. Against this 

 expenditure, protection accounts for the year totalled $309,938.40. 



CLASSIFICATION OF EXPENDITURE. 



Item, 



1922 



1921 



1920 



1919 



Pay roll 



Equipment 



Expendable property 

 Travel (inspection).. 

 Improvement work. . 

 Extra fire fighting. . . 

 Express, postage, etc. 



Air patrol 



Repairs, upkeep, etc. 

 Miscellany 



: Total 



$417,023.88 

 44,504.49 



3,048.16 

 23,088.33 

 40,999.77 

 40,969.67 



9,561.17 

 23,437.84 

 17,670.45 

 23,598.77 



$433,463.02 

 28,384.40 

 19,505.86 

 21,034.95 



3,621.06 

 65,267.79 



7,926.65 



31,331.01 



$398,919.61 

 22,287.83 

 16,589.99 

 17,495.93 



1,591.01 

 41,491.24 



5,401.02 



2,331.08 



$643,902.63 



$610,534.74 



$506,107.71 



$405,212.30 

 22,899.02 

 13,903.06 

 15,826.37 

 4,765.35 

 58,863.92 

 5,646.47 



5,955.02 



$528,071.51 



(4) Fires. 



The spring of 1922 was fairly wet up until about the last week in April, 

 when, in some districts the weather turned warm and dry and continued so until 

 after the 1st of June, and as a result, some of the worst fires of the season occurred 

 during the month of May. During the summer there were short periods of hot 

 dry weather, but these were almost invariably followed by enough precipitation 

 to relieve, in many instances, very serious conditions. The latter part of 

 September was extremely dry and hot, and serious fires occurred. 



