Although there are some disadvantages to the county- 

 state rural fire protection system, it appears that this 

 should probably be the system that will be the easiest to 

 organize and the most efficient from the standpoint of 

 dollars invested. This is particularly true of the eastern 

 part of the State . 



3. Organized rural fire district . The advantages 

 with this type of organization are definite boundaries 

 and full financial participation. In addition, the men 

 are registered and insured through the State . The Board 

 of Forestry may recognize a rural fire district for 

 assistance and, if trained, such a district is capable of 

 fighting all types of fires. However, listed as dis- 

 advantages, a rural fire district is generally not equipped 

 and trained only for structural fires. The fire detection 

 system and communications system again are designed for 

 structural protection and are generally not adequate for 

 a good forest fire protection unit. Also, the rural fire 

 district usually does not include a sufficiently large 

 area to make an economic forest fire protection unit 

 because of its initial nature of providing principally 

 structural protection and including only structures rather 

 than large expanses of wildland. 



ii. Volunteer firefighting organizations . The chief 

 advantages of this type of organizations are its low initial 



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