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There are two classes of wardens, chief warden and deputy war- 

 den. The chief warden is in charge of an association area which may 

 be from 50,000 acres to 200,000 acres in area. While his main objec- 

 tive is fire prevention, yet the chief stress has to be laid on forest fire 

 control, such as the preparation for fire fighting, the detection, suppres- 

 sion, investigation and report on forest fires. He gives a good deal of 

 his time to educational work among the schools in his territory also. 

 He is given a stipulated number of days to work each month during 

 the fire seasons by the district forester and is paid by the day, with no 

 expense allowance. He is always a local man who is familiar with 

 the territory he has in charge. 



The deputy warden heads an organized registered fire crew of five 

 men. His work is fire fighting only. The territory he protects with 

 his crew is approximately a mile square surrounding his home. He is 

 paid by the hour, when he is fighting fires. 



The activities of the forest wardens can be summarized as follows: 



Fiscal Years 



1927-28 1928-29 



Number of fires handled 161 90 



Number of posters posted 3,768 3,577 



Number of people interviewed 5,932 10,908 



Number of sawmills inspected 13 11 



Number of schools visited 38 119 



Number of prosecutions conducted 6 1 



Number of miles travelled (auto, horse, and foot) 6,415 8,604 



Two sets of forest fire statistics are secured annually. The volun- 

 teer fire reports sent in by volunteer reporters from every county in 

 the state having any forest fires and the report secured at first hand 

 by the fire wardens on the protected areas. Naturally the latter record 

 is more correct and is the source by which all statistical figures are 

 secured concerning this work. 



FOREST FIRE STATISTICS FOR PROTECTED LAND 



