IS c 7i:UJTIOL fC ! TO LOOrO 

 Equirner.t. 



Forest Service St&merd 

 compaBB with tripod or 



Jccobataff . 

 ?ieic glasses. 

 Forest nap. 



Scale, Jointed in center. 



This equipment shoulc eitl er l/o rith you et the 

 lockout, cr quiclJ.;* eco.esBillo. In addition there should 

 be a r:>ugh teble or box on "hioh thr nap may be laid while 

 are loocting fires. 



Llethod f Reporting Firea. 



'..Ten "a nx*e is slated, loof to Tta bearing from 

 station by taking oereful cnmraas roedin^. In 

 tfi"! ng- this reading it is net absolutely necessary that 

 it be taken fron one j:oint only; sorrietiBeB a betttr /lew 

 rf the fire nay be had a few feet away. I rsecinuflly 

 tt^rt this reeding, the prnbr.ble distance of tl:e fire 

 fr*-c yra, and it approTimate l^ofti^n, t-> the Llutriot 



.;er'c Lepoqnarters. ./henevor the Listriot Hcj-.er 

 loaves his office for t).e field he v.ill let you Lniw t? 

 whom yru shall rerort during his absence. 



^fter having notified the Ktnjer, you vlll cell 

 ur another lookout froc v.h.ose station the fire can be ob- 

 served, and request his reeding on the fire. You will 

 thor, take these tro reedir.^a and locate the fire definite- 

 ly by using as a protractor a rert of the circle inscribed 

 about the loo-kout point. T is is done as follows: 



Suppose that ene reeding is S 40 ff frcm Hayfork 

 B^ly, and another IB iven from Dubakella as H 6C P U. By 

 taking the jointed rule, -lacing the insice edge *f one 

 ern so that it trill show the direction S 40 7. on Hayfork 

 Bally protractor, and the inside edge of the other arm B* 

 that the cireotirn 5 60 W will be indicated on the pro- 

 tractor over Buhfckella, it rill be noted thet the inter- 

 secting point M' the two arms is in the HV.'J of Section 

 4, T 1 H. R 7 E, H M, or in Keufus Creek. 



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