26 GOVERNMENT FOREST WORK. 



reached. Tools and food for fire fighters are stored at 

 convenient places. The ranger stations and lookout 

 points are connected with the offices of the supervisors 

 by telephone, so that men may be quickly assembled to 

 fight dangerous fires which the patrolmen can not 

 subdue alone. 



During the fire seasons of 1919, 1920, and 1921 the 

 Air Service of the Army and the Forest Service co- 

 operated in the experimental use of the airplane as a 

 supplement to the lookout system in the prompt detec- 

 tion of forest fires. Flying definite routes over the 

 Forest, the airplane scanned the country within view 

 for the tiny wisp of smoke which denotes the out- 

 break. The alarm was then wirelessed to the nearest 

 fire-fighting headquarters, from which men were dis- 

 patched immediately. It has been found that with 

 the airplane supplementing the lookouts the period of 

 time between the origin of the fire and the arrival 

 of the crew of fire fighters is in many cases greatly 

 reduced, resulting in smaller burned acreages. 



The cooperation of all Forest users is earnestly 

 sought in the work of preventing and controlling fire 

 by exercising all 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 all users of the 

 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 and 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. 



