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by working out and applying advanced methods of forestry. Thus 

 the forester's first job is to keep the woods from burning. 



Time is a factor of the highest importance in getting to forest 

 fires and there must be ample provision for transportation and other 

 communication. This means roads, trails, and telephone lines. 

 Equipment for fire fighting must always be on hand and in first- 



Fig. 1. — Devils Head Lookout, Pike National Forest 



class shape. It must be convenient in case of emergency — and every 

 occasion on which it is to be used is an emergency. Tool caches, 

 therefore, must be located at points where they will be available for 

 cooperative fire fighters and for forest officers. Some of these tool 

 supplies are located at ranger stations, some at camps and mills, and 

 others in red tool boxes which show up conspicuously along the roads 

 and trails. 



