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The County Ranger attended u three-day prescribed burning/sr, oke <br />management school and Crossnore Training Facility. This school <br />?rovlded instruction in the use of controlled burning for site <br />.;reparation, silvicultural practices, and hazard reduction and <br />'.he ;~rer, aration o£ burning plans. <br /> <br />; Lhree-~97 training session in Dallas dealing with <br />t. ;-tJe~ to allow better supervision of employees was attend~J <br /> ~_~..~ Ran~er. <br /> <br />T>ree unit meetings oC VFDs were attended by the Count7 <br />~p!ar Tent VFD was provide~ an instructional session on woo~s <br />fir~ oontro!, fire prevention and equipment use at one of ~he :~nit <br />me tin~s ~ slide presentation was develosed by the N. ~ F~re~ <br /> -r"ize an~ was sho.~n at this session along with a lecture. <br /> <br />FiRE FMEVE~{TiOM AND CONTROL <br /> <br />' - ~ ~- permits issued by agents throughout the society were <br />~his ;u~rter. Enclosed with this report is a list of these agents <br />and their loc~tion for your information.in case county residents <br />wo:~!d inquire. Surnimg permits were cancelled on ~-~rch P,~, <br />d,~e to extremely dry conditions. County residents cooper~teJ witf~ <br />tht~ c~nee!lation to reduce occurrence of fires. <br /> <br />l~e County Ranger's office provided-information to the three !oc~l <br />newspapers and five radio stations on the permit cance!lati~n. <br />7:~e Sheriff's Department and all burning permit agents were <br />of t:~e cancellation and fire weather information. <br /> <br />Fire prevention programs were presented to ten area schc.,Dis f~r the <br />fo']rth grade classes. We work in coordination with t~.e Fire 5]~r~n~!'s · <br />Office on these programs. ~ film om o~tdoor fire s=re'''-- .~ is .:ro'zi~ed <br />ty the Fire Marshal and Smokey Bear makes an appearance repr~e:~ting <br />the M. C. Forest Service. Approximately ?50 students in <br />7~unty participated in the fire prevention programs. <br /> <br />-- ~ot~:! o~ ~ fi~es ha~e been r~purt6d this zuarter. ~n.o,.~..= ~ ,, ~',' ...... <br />~ Z acres of woodland and grass!an~. No m~j~r damage w~s do:~e in these <br />fires. <br /> <br />We, of the North Carolina Division of Forest Resources, <br />your support. If there are Questions from county residents con- <br />cernimg forest management or forest fire control, I will be glad <br />to help. Feel free to contact me at any time. <br /> <br /> ROBERT C. WARD, COUNTY RANGER <br /> <br /> <br />