![]() ![]() Later on its list of things for fire fighters to remember when fighting fires, the first item is: “Protect the valuable timber rather than the brush or waste.” The rangers who patrolled USFS land were also the only official means of detecting fires. An organization which will put out a fire before it gathers headway may save them many days’ hard work.” In those early days of the USFS, “protecting the reserves against fire” meant prevention and suppression. We can see what the USFS saw as the benefits of detecting and fighting fires early: “Not only is the prevention of fire to the interest of all property owners, but men under obligation to fight fire because they hold permits will profit greatly by any means of reducing the work which they may be called upon to do. Fire ecology was poorly understood, and fire was seen as a strictly negative force (controlled burns wouldn’t be used to support the USFS’s mission until the 1990s). Its approach was clear: to detect and suppress fires as early as possible. ![]() ![]() One of the main purposes of The Use Book was to clearly define how the USFS would approach managing forests for fire. Assist the people in their use See that are properly used ![]()
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