bringing this fire under control. They are entitled to the 

 sincere thanks of the Department and the people of Southern 

 California who are benefittod by the protection of the San 

 Bernardino Mountain Range. 



A number of valuable lessons can be learned from 

 this fire. A study of its history indicates the need, firat 

 of all, of closer cooperation between the people of Southern 

 California and the Forest Service. If citizens and employers 

 of labor will organize themselves into protective associations 

 and agree in advance to send help immediately on receipt of 

 notice that help is needed on a fire, assurance can be given 

 that the history of the San Bernardino conflagration will not 

 be repeated. The construction of trails, fire lines, the 

 purchase and storing of tools and other equipment at strategic 

 points, the employment of additional patrolmen - all these meas- 

 ures will help, but the appropriations made by Congress aro not 

 large enough to do everything at once that should be done. 

 The people of Southern California must cooperate even more 

 liberally than they have in tho past if fire is to be kept 

 out of the mountain ranges. 



