Time To Order Pine Seedlings Urged By Forester
Parish Forest Ranger Frank L. Gibson announced residents should order pine and hardwood seedlings now. The Louisiana Forestry Commission has sold 45 million of 80 million seedlings this year, aiming to keep soil fertility with a crop rotation system. Available offerings include Slash Pine and Oblally Pine plus white oak red oak sweetgum ash cottonwood sycamore tupelo gum and cypress. Visitors are welcome at nurseries. Gibson urged families to visit, watch trees grow, and place orders.
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State Forester Calls Attention To Fire Week
Louisiana Forestry Commission State Forester James Mixon urged citizens to observe Fire Prevention Week starting next Monday. He cited 6,220 forestry workers burning 120,000 acres since July 1959, attributing many fires to carelessness and urging prudent indoor and outdoor fire practices to keep fire a useful tool, not a foe.
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Watch That Cigarette Please Warns Fire Chiefs
The International Association of Fire Chiefs warns that one cigarette in 2,000,000 may start a fire, contributing to about 200,000 fires annually. Smokers are urged to treat each cigarette as a potential hazard and to obey local No Smoking notices for protection.
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Fire Prevention Week Observed Across States
October 9 15 marks Fire Prevention Week an annual observance begun about 60 years ago as Clean Up Day proclaimed in 1911 by 22 governors. Governors issue proclamations honoring the Great Chicago Fire of October 9 1871 which destroyed 17430 buildings and caused 175 million in losses.
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Fire Chief led fire prevention with community support
The Fire Chief must stay alert to improve fire protection and safety in his community. Leadership and direction in prevention rely on support from other leaders in related fields, as his efforts alone cannot suffice without communal backing.
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