land before a district can be formed. 



2. County-State rural fire protection , The advantages 

 of this system are : 



a. It is county -wide, covering State and private lands 

 within the county. 



b It is partially county-financed, and by taking 



advantage of the other financial units or sources, 

 can furnish the broadest financial base of any 

 of the systems that will be mentioned, 



c. Through the sheriff's organization this system 

 provides the full-time answering services needed 

 for fire activity, 



d. The administrative responsibility in this type of 

 protection can be assigned as a job for a public 

 employee, 



e. This type of organization can take full advan- 

 tage of the Clarke -McNary available excess property 

 equipment to provide better equipment at the 

 lowest cost for fire protection. 



There are several disadvantages lo such an organ- 

 ization. Namely, that detection may be inadequate, and 

 other than overhead or large fire activity, the fire 

 force is usually volunteer which may not be available on a 

 2it-hour basis o 



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