{ +, = ements H he berganes q LF ser ° | Fire season | opening — Sunday. ~ Prince Rupert © Forest District ‘contains oe bie feet that will ‘be invalu- able to this area ‘when it is - - all accessible, District For- ester Ralph Johnston said today. . But, Mr. ° Jonston’ warned on the eve": ‘of. the 1960 "fire season which ‘opens: Sunday; May 1, a forest fire in any of the Prince Rupert. district's many inacces- sible area's could wipe out. valu- able areas of timber to an un-, imaginable extent. - Last year in the: Prince Ru- pert . Forest District, where there are countless areas where it is difficult to lake in fire- fighting equipment, there were 49 fires which cost $61,000 and covered 8,069 acres, - QUARTER OF B.C) ch “Mr. ‘Johnston said. that . the Prince: Rupert: “Forest cistrict, j neludes: almost a quarter “province, covers: 69,150, 000 acres of land and is divided into 14 ranger districts, . While the damp :ctmate of the Prince’: ‘Rapore: district”. reduces the fire. hazard, . persons ‘going camping. up; the. Skeena Valley. shduld be” extremely :, cautious", when using’ fire." we CALL: ‘RANGER: ie He said ‘that df people: notice smoke on a hill, they: should-re- port it to the nea r est Ranger of- fice, 2 “We ‘wouldé aM ather have 10 false alarms or calls than none at all, ” he said. ' Mr. Johnston: ‘said that the sound wooed volume in the Ru- pert district is higher than ‘any other in British Columbia. Calculated mathematically, the wood volume, if-it were join- ea in one pile six-feet wide by 10-feet deep would span the dis- tance between the carth and the moon, Sound wood * volume, he. said, “was estimated from trees with no defects, measuured 4%-fect off the ground and 10-inches or, more in diameter. , . “The Prince Rupert Forest. Dis- frict,,, de. explained, tend a. Stag- gering | sound wood volume a of more than 17 billion ¢ cu-' fires _in-the Prince Rupert... dis= though the coming year will he ANNUAL mRaguns: 2,000 forest © fires “were * permite are: required to Hight a a ee border the Pacific Ocean, Last year there’ were. only ‘49|. ‘trict, he said, the lowest.’ since 1954 which had 33 fires. We ‘always ‘hope ‘for the. best every spring, he pondered, “but we are always prepared as the worst.” ~The largest forest fire last year was near the Yukon border and cost.the Forest Service $57,000 to extinguish. ot Over a period of 10 years the worst year.or fires. was 1958 when there were, 269, - Province» wide,.. ‘the Forest Service in Victoria reported, the Vancouver Forest District had the most fires last year with 826. It: cost, $115,000 to extinguish but covered only. 1,832 acres. - ‘The vast -Prince George Dis- covering almost 30. per cent he | province | ‘Tegistered: "207 ; ke south as’ Cape C p- posite the north end of Vancou- , Ever Istand), as far. north as-the ee OE OS A OS Ee Caewewk (ERCP Se PSR Msi 2 SSH EAE ONT EOE BE 6 ee Oe! EE Se Et we EES. Pe RAR Be eee ee Yukon border, and as far cast as Endako. | On the western: side: >it "The Kamloops and .burhed:over 70, 659. acres’ anc Nelson: _Districe ‘showed “ fire- -fighting costs oom aoe % POO “Prospector are Ac IL . roa . 4 TW e DURING a domonatrat Ciimour and K, Peterson, Prince 0 Goorae Forest Officers, Bolng Borvico officinia of Prinae-George Diatriat, pilot shows how'the ronr of the prssonger-cargo pad of the Peralval : ST PPO ““Proapator". enn ‘ho opened” or complatoly’ removed for DISC USSING the potential of the unusual design of the Percival Dixon, District Forester, J. CG. lon of thts unvaunl alroraft to RB, 0, Foroat "Jook" Balkoly Dieirler's a 651) es cost $234,000; of CARE IN. FORESTS. CAN. PREVENT THIS — aS ae df the British: Colunibia woods - As shown. ‘above: “Last vest more than reported. They burned estimated .at $1,300, 000 ‘and cost the Forest’ Service $800, 000 to: extinguish. ‘Starting, Sunday more: than a mile, ot: any woos fire within half $230, 000. over an ‘acreage of 4,779. 4 Totally the 1959 fire season had | 2,010 forest fires reported, they burned . over 273,631: acres: and caused damage estimated at $1,- 342,849. Forest Service fire- fighting costs: amounted to $800;-. 000. ‘This. year the: question is— “What kind ofa season. is it go- ing to be?” The answer will have a mil- lNon-dollar effect on British Co- lumbia’s economy. Throughout the length and breadth of the province, more than 100 Forest Rangers at each of the five For- est District headquarters are try- ing to determine what they can expect in this year’s war against forest fires.” : The most widespread and im- ‘mediate’ ‘effect of the’ start of Daft CC \ ae fa 4 wngenen Fire constant threat to huge v | of timber | in local forest district a 270, 000° “acres, - Ba Aa pee gee ro tee ae be OmIME caused - damage woodland.. —B. C.. “Forest can: light a ‘fire: ‘for. any purpose: -within- one-half mile of a forest or woodland. Permits are available free- of- charge from any: Forest. Officer; RCMP, ‘Post Office and other outlets, Fay Rangers and. supervisors » “are prepared for the. coming seasoli. Their equipment is ‘being ‘over- hauled and. checked closely..and flash lookouts are. being manned more thoroughly. All possible fire access routes in the district are being’ cleaned and made. passable for “the. vital role of getting. fire- -fighting k ervice ‘photo. of delay. . As the final touches. are: given ice office throughout | the. land. the, 1960. season ‘after midnight, Aprib: “30, -is.that. -burning-::. and campfire. permits must”be- ‘tainéa* by tie gerieral ndustrial operations, before they “public” ‘andy. British : Columpi ‘know. Prince Rupert Daily News” Friday, April 29,1960 ° demonstrated for the first time. in B.C,, the Poreival lm. P.O ts powered hy a 270 horsepower motor and: is capable of carrying a 1,680 pound paylond, onsy londing nnd unionding., Senta, in. tho: pnaaonger-onrg partmont can he. removed for. atowlng bul compartment, Onn, rAocommadate “oabsqatay.up Sy yatta nye =~B, B.C, Forest: Service Photo. ang and ‘ForoabBervico photon, : crews to the fire with a. minimum to British. 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