PROTECTION 141 



efficiency. The detection agencies consist of the 

 lookout men, stationed at high, advantageous 

 points which overlook large areas, and the moving 

 patrolmen, who are assigned to definite beats or ter- 

 ritory which cannot be adequately reached by the 

 lookouts. Lookout men live in small cabins on the 

 tops of high mountains, and they watch for fires 

 constantly. In regions which have very few high 

 points and which are not suited to that method 

 of detection, moving patrolmen are employed. 

 These men move about on foot, on horseback, on 

 railroad speeders, in automobiles, or in any other 

 conveyance adapted to the country they are in. 



When the detectors find a fire they report it im- 

 mediately to the nearest Forest Ranger or the For- 

 est Supervisor. The Forest Ranger in whose dis- 

 trict the fire is located is logically the first man to be 

 informed, but telephone connections and other con- 

 ditions sometimes alter this procedure. Just be- 

 cause a fire is found in, we will say, Ranger district 

 number one, does not necessarily mean that the 

 Forest Ranger of this district is the proper man 

 to be notified. The fire may be at the very outer 

 boundary of his district and may be much more 

 easily accessible to the Forest Ranger in district 



