Identifier: sanfrancwat4192581930spri (find matches)
Title: San Francisco water
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Spring Valley Water Company (San Francisco, Calif.)
Subjects: Water-supply
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : Spring Valley Water Co.
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: California State Library Califa/LSTA Grant

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reslService fire-fighters in California. Fire! Friend or Foe Bv Frank Sweeley, U. S. Forest Service A TERRIBLE foe invades our home landsL —fire running amuck! No enemy ismore ruthless or destructive, none will re-duce more quickly our resources of timberand watersheds to utter devastation. Fire! It has just started along a trail andit flaunts a thin wisp of smoke in derision.It was not caused by lightning. Therefore,in that locality, some man was careless witha blazing match or burning tobacco, or lefta camp-fire unextinguished. The thermome- ter stands at 105 degrees; the air is dry. Theenemy has chosen its time well. High on a peak that commands the coun-try below is the sentinel—the lookout man ofthe Forest Service. One quick shot withthe alidade or locating instrument, a hurriedring of the telephone, a message to an officerfar away giving the location of the fire—andthe ranger force is in action. One-half hour later the enemy has ad-vanced to a conflagration of immense pro-
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Fire on the watershed. The forest rangers started it as part of their field work, in order to test the most expeditious method of putting it out 12 SAN FRANCISCO WATER April, 1925 portions. Along an imposing front, swept byhigh winds, move the flames; the smokebillows up in great black and gray clouds.Of all the seven devils, fire is the most evil.The enemy has attacked with unmistakablefury, and the rangers recruit men from farand wide and go into the fight in full battlearray. Several hours later the fire organiza-tion takes form for a stubborn, protracted,heart-breaking struggle that may extend overdays or weeks. There is the supreme command with head-quarters behind the lines. Maps are on thetable and on the wall. Men come and go. Thetelephone, connected with the battle-line,rings insistently. The field general at thefront has designated his captains, lieuten-ants, sergeants, and corporals to handle thefire-fighters; all his strategy and techniqueof fire-fighting are called into s

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