Canadian Forestry Journal, July, iprd. 



631 



The first thing is prevention. 

 Bear in mind the Six Rules. Be 

 particularly careful with camp fire, 

 matches, and tobacco, since careless- 

 ness with these is punishable by 

 law. 



Scrape all inflammable material 

 from around the fire before lighting- 

 it. Make a fireplace either by dig- 

 ging a hole or by piling up rocks. 

 The fire will then not only be safer 

 but will draw better. 



Before leaving camp see that the 

 last spark is extinguished. Pour 

 water on the embers and then cover 

 them with earth. 



Don't make your fire too large. 

 Large fires are not as convenient to 

 cook by as small ones and are more 

 trouble to put out. / 



If you discover a fire, go to it at 

 once and put it out if you can. A 

 small fire can be put out easilv by 

 throwing handfuls of earth, sand, or 

 dust at the base of the flame. The 

 flames may also be beaten down 

 with sacks or with branches, but 

 care must be taken not to scatter 

 the fire. 



If the fire is spreading too rapidlv 

 to be attacked directly, cut and 

 scrape a trail some distance ahead 

 of it. Do not back-fire ; this is work 

 for an experienced man. If a fire is 

 serious enough to require this treat- 

 ment, the work should be left to a 

 ranger. 



The best tools for fire fighting are 

 the shovel, ax, and hoe or rake. In 

 open pine forest very little ax work 

 will be required. Shovel or rake a 

 trail through the needles down to 

 mineral soil, and guard the trail. 



To stop a fire burning in brush 

 the trail must first be cut with the 

 ax and then scraped. The brush 

 should be thrown to the side awav 

 from the fire. The litter mav be 

 scraped toward the fire. 



Pick a route for the fire trail that 

 will avoid brush patches if possible. 

 The crest of a ridge is an excellent^ 

 location, since the fire naturally 

 checks at the top. 



Do not give up because the fire is 

 gaining headwav or because you 

 lack tools. The fire has already been 

 reported by lookouts, and rangers 

 are htirrying to it properly equipped. 

 Stay and help them : and in the 

 meantime do what you can to keep 

 it in check. 



See that a fire is cold before you 

 leave it. 



Report all fires to the nearest 

 forest officer. 



Do not suppose that because a 

 fire is merely burning in apparently 

 worthless brtish it is therefore do- 

 ing no damage. Such fires are often 

 the most serious. — "A m e r i c a n 

 Forestrv." 



Women in Wood Factories 



As an indication of the shortage 

 of men in various industries 

 throughout Great Britain, it is in- 

 teresting to note the following dis- 

 patch in the Timber Trades Journal 

 of London : 



"As compensation in some meas- 

 ure for the loss of the large numbers 

 of men who have joined the colors, 

 or who are about to be called up, 

 women are now being recruited for 

 the workshops, and everything pos- 

 sible is being done to utilize female 

 labor until the end of the war. In 

 our sawmill section this week we 

 print a pamphlet issued by the Home 

 Office and the Board of Trade giv- 

 ing particulars of the branches of 

 the woodworking industry in which 

 women may be substituted for men. 

 There is always a certain amount of 

 danger in a sawmill, as in many 

 other industries, but in light em- 

 ployments such as those suggested, 

 women will be able to tide over the 

 shortage of labor until the war is 

 over. For manv years past women 

 have been employed in box factor- 

 ies in London in the manipulation 

 of light boxes, and it is surprising 

 •how adept at the work they become 

 in a short time." 



