| Show 33 Fires Munch Only 34 Mountain Acres BY LE ANN BLODGETT have been lucky this year with 33 fires and only 34 acres lost in the says Davis County Fire Warden Ronald THERE IS a problem throughout the county with firebreaks becoming grown over and he told the Commission as he met with them to go aver the budget for the coming Private property owners have closed the firebreaks with fences and locks primarily to keep motorcyclists should at least have a common said MOST OF the firebreak is along the pipeline easement to the South Davis Water budget proposal for coming year for fire suppression was accepted without It was slightly less than last Part of the funds come from the State Forest THE AMOUNT of was proposed for prevention and for a fire causes more cost to the county than they are able to they can make application to the state for says can buy a lot of time and save a lot of damage with a good said I Dave Dalrymple of the State Forest damage has been prevented because someone was in the right place at the right time with a says The problem with shovels is they have a habit of They are small and fit conveniently into a Some cities keep them painted and identified while other cities lose them AERIAL suppression has been effective in the It costs for a load of and per hour for the It is contained in six tanks and all or part of it can be Only 2700 gallons can be carried at this according to j THE COMMISSIONERS vowed that in the spring when the weather they would arrange a tour of mayors to look the problem of maintaining |
