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COOPERATION Attended four volunteer fire department meetings, one Cabarrus Co~mty Firemen's Assi¢iation meeting, and three Ckie£'s meetings. Conducted training sessions ,~-.th Harrisburg VFD on ~oods, grass, and brush fires. Attended R,~s2 Development Panel meeting at-the County Agent' s Office, FIRE CONTHOr, This quarter we have reported 63:fires, which burned 51 acres of grass, pasture, and woodland. Man Hours for Volunteer Fire Dep'grtment Units - 1,122 Man Hours for County Ranger and Assistant 152 Five fires are still under investigation. All 8epartments have done an outstandihg job and the County should be very proud of each department. ~,~)RK PENDING LAST QUARTER Fifteem forest manag~nent plm~s to make or'revised. Eighty acres to be pre- pared for planting, and 140 acres to be planted. One hundred acres are to be marked and thira~ed. Eighty. abres~ are to be measured for .planting nex~ plant- ing season. Harvesting of'sawtimber on five areas to be checked for site preparation next plantingfisc~ year 1981-82. Seventy acres of thinning to be completed. Fire departments to be visited this quarte~ are Rimer, Poplar TenS, Mt. Mitchell, Mt. Pleasant, Northeast, and Kannapolis. There are three Chief,s meetings ahd one Association meeting to atten'd. Two fire departments will be trained in · woods, grass, and brush fires. We ~rill present one forest ~management to sixth graders at Odell School. We will' set up three ~ture Farmers of America contes%s at schools. Will attend Girl Scout meeting with Den Leader Mrs. Hinson. ASSISTANT COUNTY ~LANGF%t Mr. Scott G.' Frs_uzak ~i~l~t'hired on Janua~y~12,: 1981, for Cabarrus Assistant County Ranger. Scott- h~s-ass~sted the County Ranger in forest management'plans, measuring land' for planting~ ~marking pulpwood~-and seedling delivery. He has accompanie~ bhe Ranger on most of the l~a~d preparation-and tree planting~ He has visited fire~'depsr~m~eht~ snd. rhas'b~come~.acquainted with firemen. He has assisted-the'R~nger~'wi$.h forest fires ~and~is'now~.tsking charge of haif of the fires. He~ has accompa~ied~-the Ranger on forest managemen~ programs in schools and in fire control programs throughout the county Scott is undergoing the North Carolina Forest Service tr~ining at this time and is doing quite well in all phases.~ Re has been a lot of help to the Co~unty ~ud to the County Rang~, and will continue to be in the future. Respectfully submitted,