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(4) Comply fully with State laws. 
(5) If you burn slash or debris - be safe rather than sorry. 
(6) *Keep fire patrols on the fire job - especially during 
dangerous fire weather. 
(7) Make frequent inspections for fire hazards. 
Farmers and ranchers 
Never burn to clear crop land 
(1) Without getting a permit from a ranger or fire warden, if 
State laws require it. 
(2) Without scraping a trail or plowing around for safety* 
(3) Without having plenty of help on the job. 
(4) Or during unusually hot or dry or windy weather. 
IV. COPY THEME 
1. Maintain the long-established and widely used admonitory theme 
PREVENT FOREST FIRES (but give grass and brush fires a place in copy, 
etc.) 
2. Tie this theme in with the war, and patriotism. 
3. Point it at man-made forest fires, and careless ones, but give 
recognition to fires that are intentionally set to clear plow land, 
burn logging slash, etc.; and thus provide points of departure for 
local campaigns aimed at forest fires started by farmers and ranchers, 
forest industries, etc. In order of importance, nationally (for regions, 
see Appendix A): Smokers; clearing land, etc., by farmers and ranchers; 
brush and debris burning by forest industries and others; incendiaries; 
campers. 
4. Provide for a carry-over from the 1942 campaign to that of 1943 (in 
reality, consider the 1943 campaign a continuation of the one for 1942 
with refinements, new window dressing, etc.). 
5. Bring the States into the copy. M Secure a permit to burn /brush/ 
from your State ranger or fire warden." "Report forest fires to the 
nearest Federal or State ranger or fire warden." 
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