Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1923-05-03 | Page 6 | Fire Boards to Sift Blame

fiRE BOARDS TO SIFT BLAME Forest Service Takes Steps to Investigate Conflagrations To fix the responsibility It IC 1 pos pos- possible sible sible sibil for tor forest tires fires getting away aay aw a ay from the lire fire fighters three fIre boards consisting ot of o a r from the district offices of ot the forest service a forest super Isor and a a forest ranger r are arc to b be ap- ap appointed appointed pointed in the near future This announcement was as made this morning morning- by District Fore Forester R H Rutledge after a 8 confer conter- enco with Assistant District Fored- Fored tar ter C N Woods In la charge of ot the tho thi department of operation In District 4 4 Tho The Boise Doise Fayette Idaho and Welser Weiser national forests will wili form Unit No 1 and will III ha hae have e Its Ita tire fire board tho remainder of ot the na na- na national national forests In Ia Idaho and Wyo- Wyo Wyoming yo District ming mine under the supervision of ot Dis- Dis Dis 4 nut III form the second unit with a 8 separate fire tire board and an the forests of ot Utah Nevada No and an Arizona embraced In District 4 wIll wll form torm Unit No 3 with Its separate tire fire board Alternates will be appointed so that at no time will a n Isor r or ranger rang be asked to sit Bit upon a i aboard board examining Into fires tires regard regard- Ing regarding his own forest Mr Woods said today that there are some fires tires that apparently got get i aVo away progress Iy at some somo time timo In their ress reas and nd It was to determine i whether r there was a definite breakdown In the tire fighting tire forces that was the cause or oth- oth tr trIse Ise in order to fix the tho responsibility In fairness to all till eon eon- con