SIX TESTED RILES FOR FOREST-FIRE PREVENTION 
1 . IfaJcijig camp. — Before building a fire, serape awa}' 
all inflammable material from a spot 5 feet in diameter. 
Dig a hole in the center, and in it build your camp fire. 
Keep your fire small. Never build it against trees or 
logs or near brush. 
2. Breaking camp. — Never leave a camp until you 
are sure every spark of your fire is out. Stir the coals 
while soaking them with water. Wet the ground 
around the fire. If you can not get water, stir in damp 
mineral earth and tread it down until packed tight 
over and around the fire. Be sure the last spark is 
dead. 
3. Matches. — Be sure your match is out. Break it 
in two before you throw it away. 
4. Tobacco. — Be sure pipe ashes and cigar or cigarette 
stubs are dead before throwing them away. Never 
throw them into brush, leaves, or needles. 
5. Brush burning. — Never burn brush or slash in 
windy weather or while there is the slightest danger 
that the fire will get away. 
6. Fire fighting. — Put out the small fires and there 
will be no larger ones. If you discover a large fire do 
3'our best to get assistance. 
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