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Show Utah Reduces Fire Loss Damage By Two-Tlsirds In '49 Utah's average 1949 forest fire burned only 28.5 acres compared com-pared to 71.1 for the five year period 1945-49. The state reported re-ported 172 forest fires last year. The total acreage burned was 4,908. This information was contained contain-ed in a report published by American Forest Products Industries, In-dustries, ased on official U. S. Forest Service statistics, it shows comparative fire loss figures fig-ures for all states. National sponsor of the forest fire prevention pre-vention program Keep America Amer-ica Green AFPI is a non-profit organization supported by the country's leading wood-dependent industries. Lightning caused 72 of Utah's forest fires last year. Careless smokers caused 42 fires and debris burners 22. All Utah forestlands are under organized protection. Commenting on the state's forest fire record, AFPI forester forest-er J. C. McClellan called for continued forest fire prevention education. "The Keep Green program, active in Utah and 27 other states, provides an effective vehicle ve-hicle for citizens interested In combatting forest fire losses. All Americans," Mr. McClellan declared, "must be made aware of the importance of fire prevention. pre-vention. Every woods fire that burns destroys resources this country needs to remain strong and prosperous." The AFPI forester stressed the need for full public support of federal and state control agencies. ag-encies. He called for continued cooperation between industry, the public and woodland owners in preventing fire. |