Manual for Forest Fire Fighters Service (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book Manual for Forest Fire Fighters Service (Classic Reprint) written by Pennsylvania State Council of Defense and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-19 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Manual for Forest Fire Fighters Service The purpose of this manual is to present to those volunteers an adequate program Iof training that will best serve the needs of the service for Civilian Defense. No definite schedule of hours has been formulated for a training course. However, it is hoped that sufficient time will be devoted to the study of this manual to guar antee the minimum requirements. Instructors will find this manual useful in the presentation of the training program. The protection of forests in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is of paramount importance. Forest protection is a community welfare proposition. During war-time, when timber needs for. War purposes exceed peace-time needs, it is doubly important that men prepare themselves for Forest Fire Fighters Service. It is an important function -of Civilian Defense on the home front. This manual was prepared by George H. Wirt, Chief, Division of Protection, Department of Forest and Waters, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and Director of Forest Fire Fighters Service for the State Council of Defense. It was reviewed and edited by staff mem bers of the Public Service Institute, Department of Public Instruction, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.