Show three agencies take part in fire school at bryce canyon bryce can canyon yoa national park paik officials were hosts saturday of last week to the men who will make up the backbone back baek bone of the 1944 fire suppression slon forces ot of the powell and dixie national forests foi ests the U S grazing service district ll ii and the bryce canyon national park service under the supervision of robt park paik supervisor of the powell national foiest fares t instruction was given in the various phases of tiro fire suppression work A 4 speaking on th zt as public land land administrators it za t ors supervisor lupei visor albert I 1 albai I 1 ason oi the dixie n national aaion all forest foiest stressed e d the point that I 1 it is just as important for private pi hate individuals to protect their own lands as it Is for 01 the varto various us government go eminent agencies to take care of thelis theirs and everyone has the file same obligation to protect american soil he stated further that that there was immense satis satisfaction fac tion in scein seeing 9 the land administering agencies working together toge to protect theli their lands from the i ravages adages of fire considerable time was given to a discussion of the ills 1942 showalter creek flie fire tho the data and facts on which ware were presented ted by ranger S dryson cook ot of the powell national iciest good and bad practices on that tire fire were bi ought brought out and action was as followed through from the time the tire fire started until it was out lee yung deputy state co a of the from the e regional braziers gra graz lors office spoke to the group on the use of ma clif nery to ope speed bd up the construction of fir fire e lines and urged the use of plows and cata piller trac tors tois for more moie rapid fire suppression nhe heraver he rever possible he outlined the different conditions under which ilea heavy vy equipment could be used alter after a tire fire camp I 1 lunch sery ed in the field ranger lowell J barmer armer of the powell spoke to the group on safety P practices in tire fire suppression he pointed out that effective work on a fire has never begun until initial excrement has been replaced by cool methodical systematic action and outlined safety steps for the five phases of fire suppression district grazier D S moffit of the vermillion vei million ditrio at ka nab discussed the cooperation of the federal government with county and municipal governments in securing fire law enforcement and the various vailous methods by which convictions for flie fire trespass may bo be obtained more moie important he stressed the tact fact that it Is the duty of officials to see that everyone Is informed about the state and federal tire fire laws this type of tire fire prevention work Is far more easy and pays bigger dividends than law enforcement work he said the tire fire meeting was attended by a group of future farmer youths under the leader leadership of joseph C foy who Is vocational agriculture agricula ure teacher at the garfield high school in panguitch Pan gultch during the field part of the sessions a tire fire crew was made u up tug of athe the boys and they were taught t the modified one lick lick method metho d ol of fire line construction park ranger thomas walker explained to the group how the cooperative agreements work tor for the suppression of tires fires on park service forest service or grazing service lands by cooperation between any two of these rhese agencies or among them all ag as a group the school was well attended and was voted a complete success by officials in charge |