SIX RULES FOR PREVENTING FIRE IN THE FORESTS 



1. Matches. — Be sure your match is out. Break 

 it in two before you throw it away. 



2. Tobacco. — Be sure that pipe ashes and cigar 

 or cigarette stubs are dead before throwing them 

 away. Never throw them into brush, leaves, or 

 needles. 



3- Making Camp. — Before building a fire scrape 

 away all inflammable material from a spot 5 feet 

 in diameter. Dig a hole in the center and in it 

 build your fire. Keep your fire small. Never 

 build it against trees or logs or near brush. 



4. Breaking Camp. — Never break camp until 

 your fire is out — dead out. 



5. Brush Burning. — Never burn slash or brush in 

 windy weather or while there is the slightest dan- 

 ger that the fire will get away. 



6. How to Put Out a Camp Fire. — Stir the coals 

 while soaking them with water- Turn small sticks 

 and drench both sides. Wet the ground around 

 the fire. If you can't get water stir in dirt and 

 tread it down until packed tight over and around 

 the fire. Be sure the last spark is dead. 





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