102 REQUIREMENTS. 



STATIONS should contain the flre-fighting tools and Imperish- 

 able supplies. Log huts can be constructed by the patrol for this 

 purpose. The object of having tools at strategic points in the moun- 

 tains is to save time in reaching a fire, and to save packing as much as 

 possible. These stations should be at points accessible to the widest 

 districts. 



TRAILS. Trails must be gradually constructed from the stations 

 to the various points designated for meeting fires within its fire radius. 

 These trails can be best constructed after the fall rains commence or in 

 the spring. In other words, the best time to devote to them is when 

 the danger from fire is least. In open winters a great deal of trail 

 work can be done. 



FIRE BREAKS. These should be gradually constructed and care- 

 fully maintained along ridges, spurs and washes, as the topograpdy 

 may indicate. The same seasons are appropriate for this work as for 

 trails. 



MAPS. The reserves should be mapped and districted as far as 

 possible on lines of topography to meet and contend with fires. These 

 maps should be numbered, so that signals could be given, sc as to lo- 

 cate not only a fire, but the place, in any given wind, to fight it. The 

 maps should also indicate the tool stations, the trails, signal stations 

 and springs and streams. The map should be made to show the forest 

 growth, the character of trees or brush, fire scars, etc. 



MEASUREMENTS of springs and streams should be made from 

 time to time. These measurements should also carefully note the 

 condition of the watersheds, especially with reference to changes 

 from fire injury on the one hand or re-forestation improvement on the 

 other. Rain gauges should be set up in numerous places to ascertain 

 the rainfall. With this, and the measured stream off-flow, we would 

 know how conditions affected the rainfall delivery. Some of these 

 gauges in the back mountains could not be visited often during the 

 rainy season, and would therefore have to be large enough to hold a 

 season's rainfall. Snow measurements should be provided for. The 

 United States Signal Service rain gauge allows least evaporation, which 

 in the seldom visited ones would be important. Many rain gauges 

 can be a.rranged for with the various interests of our section, so vitally 

 affected here by forest conditions. 



SIGNAL STATIONS. These also can be arranged for without pub- 

 lic cost, by the same interests. All persons I have spoken with having 



