1 6 ORGANIZATION AND COOPERATION 



FIFTH. Whenever a forest fire is discovered by a fire warden 

 upon National Forest land, the extinguishment of such fire shall be 

 in charge of the fire warden until an officer of the Forest Service 

 arrives, whereupon the said Forest officer shall assume charge and 

 may call on the fire warden for assistance, and in such case the fire 

 warden shall render all assistance possible to the said officers of the 

 Forest Service, and a like procedure shall be followed where the fire 

 is upon lands other than National Forest land and threatens National 

 Forest land. The officers of the Forest Service shall determine 

 whether or not the fire threatens National Forest land. 



SIXTH. All forest fires upon lands other than National Forest 

 land shall be in charge of the fire wardens except as provided in 

 the preceding paragraph. However, whenever a fire is discovered 

 by a Forest Officer on lands other than Forest lands which does not 

 threaten National Forest land, he shall assume charge of such fire 

 tin J ii! the arrival of the fire warden, whereupon said fire warden shall 

 assume charge, and thereafter Forest officers shall render no fur- 

 ther assistance unless in the opinion of the Forest officer his assist- 

 ance is necessary, and whenever such fires are discovered by a fire 

 warden the officers of the Forest Service shall upon request of the 

 fire warden render assistance whenever the performance of their offi- 

 cial duties will permit; Provided, whenever such assistance is ren- 

 dered by Forest officers the expenses, exclusive of salary, incurred 

 by them, shall be defrayed by the county or counties in which the 

 fire is located. 



SEVENTH. Whenever fire wardens aid or assist in the exting- 

 uishment of fires upon a National Forest, they shall be paid di- 

 rectly by the Forest Service at the rate of not less than 35 cents per 

 hour, except the County Sheriff, who shall be paid at the rate of 50 

 cents per hour, for such time as they may be engaged in fighting 

 said fires. 



EIGHTH. Whenever fire wardens aid or assist the officers of 

 the Forest Service in the control or extinguishment of fires upon land 

 other than National Forest lands, and which threaten National 

 Forest lands, they shall be paid by the Forest Service at the rate pre- 

 scribed in the preceding paragraph, unless the fire is located upon 

 the unreserved public domain and arrangements can be made with 

 the United Stales General Land Office to defray the expenses, or 

 unless such fire is located upon state or private lands and arrange- 

 ments can be made witli the proper officials of the state or of the 

 county or counties within which the fire is located, or the private 

 owner or owners of said lands, to defray the expenses or any part 

 thereof. 



NINTH. Whenever a fire on National Forest land or threat- 

 ening National Forest land is discovered by a fire warden he shall, 



