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accounts, hire transportation, and perform similar 

 duties. Special disbursing agents are sent to the 

 scene to pay the men. In short, everything is done 

 to dispatch as quickly as possible the necessary men, 

 food and equipment to the fire, and to do it in 

 accordance with the prearranged plan for such 

 emergencies. 



Forest Fire Cooperation. A very important 

 part of the plan of fire protection on the National 

 Forests are the cooperative agreements entered into 

 between the Forest Service and private individuals 

 or companies. Such cooperation may be in the 

 form of building improvements for fire suppression, 

 furnishing men in case of fire, furnishing lookouts 

 or patrols, furnishing equipment, and, in fact, in 

 connection with any of the necessary means for 

 fighting fire. This cooperation has been of mu- 

 tual benefit. One National Forest may cooperate 

 with one or more neighboring Forests or with 

 sawmills, power plants, logging camps, or railroad 

 companies. Cooperation may also be with a well- 

 organized Forest Protection Association, of which 

 there are a large number in the Western States. 

 These cooperative agencies agree to send a large 

 force of their men to fires on the National Forest 



