Fire Protection on the National Forests 



Top. — A fire-lookout station on the summit of Mount Eddy, 

 on the Shasta National Forest, Cal. Lookout stations 

 of this sort make possible the prompt detection of forest 

 fires. They are connected by telephone with the head- 

 quarters of the Forest supervisor, who is thus enabled to 

 organize and dispatch a fire-fighting crew before the fire 

 gains any considerable headway. 



Bottom. — Extinguishing a fire on the Wasatch National 

 Forest, Utah. In the mountains of the West axes and 

 shovels play a much more important part than water in 

 the suppression of forest fires. 



