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ments has proved very effective. The freight cars can also 

 be used to transport men, tools and supplies. A few 

 barrels of water along the right-of-way where there is a 

 heavy grade will also be very useful in putting out frequent 

 fires which are apt to occur in such places. 



Spring (1910) gives the following report on a bucket 

 spray pump: "The bucket spray pump has been adopted for use 

 in fighting fire and has proved very effective. In its use 

 for fire fighting the pump is attached to a galvanized iron 

 pail, the top of which is covered with burlap. A fire 

 nozzle is substituted for the spray nozzle. Wherever water 

 is available this method surpasses all others. It is useful 

 also in controlling a back fire. In practice the man with 

 the pump is followed by two or three men with hoes and 

 shovels, to complete the extinguishing. Other laborers 

 bring water. One bucketfull will put one hundred fifty to 

 two hundred feet of fire. The water capacity of the pump is 

 eight gallons." 



^Yherever it is necessary the fire fighters can make 

 fire lines. The methods of fire fighting vary in different 

 parts of the country. 



Instructions to Railroad Employees . 



The railroad should furnish their train crews and 



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section men with printed instructions concerning the state 

 railroad forest fire laws and the regulations of the company 

 in regard to the prevention and control of fires. Employees 

 should be diciplined when they fail to follow the instructions 

 by not keeping their locomotives or right-of-way in good 



