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tions, corrals, pastures, Supervisor's headquarters, 

 sheep camps, cattle camps, ranches, camp sites, rail- 

 roads, logging railroads and camps, sawmills, 

 power plants, towns, villages, etc. ; and special pro- 

 tective features, such as locations of men, tools, 

 equipment, tool and food caches, local help, emer- 

 gency help, fire lines, fire breaks, lookouts, govern- 

 ment and private telephone lines, instruments and 

 switchboards, locations of stores, state Fire War- 

 dens, livery stables, pack trains, garages, stage 

 routes, etc. All these features and data are not put 

 upon one map ; usually a series of maps are used or 

 some of the information is put on charts or on the 

 border of the maps. In short all this information is 

 put in such form that it is available at the shortest 

 notice for emergency conditions. It makes little 

 difference how it is recorded, so long as the informa- 

 tion is available when needed. 



Forest Fire Organization. The forest fire or- 

 ganization, whether it be on the whole National 

 Forest or upon the Ranger district, consists of three 

 agencies : the fire detection agencies, the fire report- 

 ing agencies, and the fire fighting agencies. All 

 these must work in absolute harmony without inter- 

 ruption of any kind, to obtain the maximum of 



