24 Circular 211, Dept of Agriculture 



The cooperation of all forest users is earnestly sought 

 in the work of preventing and controlling fire by 

 exercising every care not to cause fires and by inform- 

 ing the nearest forest supervisor or ranger of any fire 

 which may be discovered. 



By the observance of the following simple rules for 

 the handling of fire in the mountains users of tha| 

 forests will very materially assist in their protection. 



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

 two before you throw it away. 



2. Tobacco. — Throw pipe ashes and cigar or cigar- 

 ette stumps in the dust of the road or stamp or pinch 

 out the fire before leaving them. Don't throw them 

 into brush, leaves, or needles. 



3. Making camp. — Build a small camp fire. Build 

 it in the open, not against a tree or log or near brush. 

 Scrape away the trash from all around it. 



4. Leaving camp. — Never leave a camp fire, even for * 

 a short time, without quenching it with water or 

 earth. 



5. Bonfires. — Never build bonfires in windy weather 

 or where there is the slightest danger of their escap- 

 ing from control. Don't make them larger than you 

 need. 



6. Fighting fires. — If you find a fire, try to put it 

 out. If you can't, get word of it to the nearest United 

 States forest ranger or State, firewarden at once. 

 Keep in touch with the rangers. 



Since practically 80 per cent of the forest fires of 

 known causes are due to human agencies, the need of 

 the most energetic efforts to bring home to the public 

 the importance of care to prevent fires is self-evident. 

 The Forest Service is earnestly seeking to lessen the 

 number of man-caused fires in this way. As recrea- 

 tional use of the forests by the public increases and 

 the local population and activities of all kinds on and ^ 

 near the forests become greater, man-caused fires are 

 bound to become more numerous unless educational 

 methods can be made effective. The present very gen- 

 eral observance of forest protection week is bringing 

 to public attention the importance of preventing fires » 



