1950-1955SAFETY
"PRESCRIBED BURNING" OF PINE TREES TO PREVENT FOREST FIRES IS SHOWN AND EXPLAINED IN THIS 1955 FILM.
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TITLE: A FIRE TRAINING FILM". AERIAL VIEW: "LARGE HOLDINGS OF PINE TIMBERLAND IN THE SOUTH UNDER FORREST MANAGEMENT".. ROAD PASSING BETWEEN ROWS OF PINE TREES ON EACH SIDE.
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CU SEEDS FALLING FROM PINE TREES YO GROUND. "GOOD FOREST MANAGEMENT ALLOWS THESE SEEDS A CHANCE TO ROOT".
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HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND MANPOWER OF THE FORESTRY SERVICE ROLLS CARRIED BY TRUCKS, ROLLS ON THE ACCESS ROADS. LS HIGH OBSERVATION TOWER TIED IN WITH A RADIO NETWORK, INCLUDES RADIO PATROL VEHICLES AS SEEN.
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| 00:01:53 62.23 |
HARDHAT FORESTER WALKS AMID TREES WITH SPRAY BOTTLE THAT KILLS BEETLES AND UNWANTED GRASS. "ACCUMULATION OF FUEL (GRASS, ETC.) IS A DANGEROUS CONDITION WHICH CAUSES WILD FIRES.
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| 00:02:15 84.23 |
MS FORRESTER PICKS UP BUNDLES OF PINE NEEDLES, WHICH ARE HIGHLY COMBUSTIBLE.
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| 00:02:31 100.23 |
MONTAGE VARIOUS SHOTS ABOVE VIEW FORESTERS USING "PRESCRIBED BURNING" AS ONE OF ITS TOOLS. THEY WALK THROUGH THE FORREST WITH SPRAY GUNS SPURTING FIRE. "THIS METHOD IS USED ONLY WHERE AND WHEN NEEDED"
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| 00:03:35 164.23 |
HARD HAT FORRESTER RIDES INTO FORREST, WITH PICK-UP TRUCK, CLIPBOARD IN HAND, HE ANSWERS MANY QUESTIONS. WHICH TREES SHOULD BE CUT? WILL "PRESCRIBED BURNING" WILL BE THE PLAN? ETC."
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| 00:04:30 219.23 |
CU "WHERE DO ROUGH AND BRUSH CONSTITUTE A FIRE HAZARD?" RANGER HOLDS HANDFUL OF BRUSH WHICH RETARDED GROWTH OF NEW TREE. "IT CAN EVEN KILL YOUNG TREES". HE ALSO MARKS AREAS NOT TO BE BURNED.
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| 00:04:40 229.23 |
CU RANGER SHOWS WHERE TREE WAS RETARDED BY HEAVY GROUND BRUSH. THIS BRUSH EVEN KILLS YOUNG TREES.
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| 00:05:06 255.23 |
IN AREA NOT TO BE BURNED, RANGER MARKS PINES UNDER 12" IN HEIGHT BECAUSE FIRE CAN KILL THEM. MONTAGE RANGER WALKS THROUGH AND MARKS OTHER NARKS AND EXPLAINS WHY THESE AREA "NOT TO BE BURNED".
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| 00:07:27 396.23 |
RANGER IN PICK-UP TRUCK LEAVES AREA AFTER COMPLETING THE SURVEY.
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TWO RANGERS EXAMINE AERIAL PHOTOS AND SURVEY. THEN A "MANAGEMENT PLAN" FOR PRESCRIBED BURNING IS DESIGNED AND SHOWN IN DETAIL ON MAP.. MAP SHOWS BURNING FOR THE LAST 3 YEARS. OTHER VARIABLES ARE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.
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| 00:08:56 485.23 |
MAP SHOWS AREAS TO ELIMINATE FROM THE BURN, WHICH IS EXPLAINED BY VOICE OVER.. IT ALSO EXPLAINS THE "PLOW LINES" WHICH ARE APPROX 600 FEET APART. (AS SHOWN ON MAP).
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| 00:10:12 561.23 |
MEN AND PLOWS ARRIVE ON SCENE AND BEGIN PLOWING THE PLOW LINES THROUGH THE FORREST. "PLOW LINES ARE LOCATED TO THE EXPECTED WIND DIRECTION"..EAST TO WEST IN THIS CASE. "BURNING WEATHER MUST BE COOL WEATHER".
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| 00:11:16 625.23 |
MONTAGE VARIOUS METHODS OF MEASURING MOISTURE ON GROUND AND DESIRED WEATHER TO DO THE BURNING ARE DESCRIBED. CU SPINNING WIND INSTRUMENT. A STEADY COOL WIND ON THE GROUND IS DESIRED.
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| 00:11:58 667.23 |
RANGER WHO MAKES THE FINAL DECISION TO BURN, SENDS MAN TO NOTIFY ADJACENT LAND OWNERS OF THE BURN
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| 00:12:10 679.23 |
RANGER BRINGS A LARGE CREW TO THE SITE OF THE PRESCRIBED BURNING AREA. THE CREW (PAN) IS MADE OP OF FORESTERS TRAINED IN THE PRESCRIBED BURNING TECHNIQUES.
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RANGER DEMONSTRATES THE METHOD OF MAKING A FINAL MOISTURE TEST. HE MAKES A TEST FIRE TO SEE HOW FIRE ACTS WITH THE WIND. CU THE FIRE PERFORMS AS PRESCRIBED.
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MONTAGE VARIOUS SHOTS ADDITIONAL FIRE LINES BEING SET BY OTHER RANGERS AS PRESCRIBED AS MEN WITH PROPER EQUIPMENT PATROL THE AREA. . 1000 TO 2000 ACRES ARE DONE IN A SINGLE DAY. "FIRE IS USED LIKE A DOCTOR USES MEDICINE".
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RANGER PATROLLING THE prescribed FIRE, PUTS OUT POTENTIAL "OUT OF CONTROL" FIRE IN SWAMP AREA. MONTAGE VARIOUS SHOTS "PRESCRIBED FIRE" DOING ITS WORK. VOICE OVER EXPLAINS ITS BENEFItS
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MONTAGE VARIOUS SHOTS PRESCRIBED FIRE UNDER WAY, BURNING UNDESIRABLE BRUSH AND PINE NEEDLE. "A WILD FIRE IN HEAVY BRUSH WILL DAMAGE AND KILL THE TREES".
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| 00:16:26 935.23 |
RANGERS HANDS SHOWS DESIRABLE BUD AFTER FIRE ROLLED THROUGH. AS LONG AS THE FIRE BURNS QUICKLY, NO HARM IS DONE TO IT.
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| 00:16:57 966.23 |
VARIOUS SHOTS FIRE BURNING ITSELF OUT. AERIAL VIEW OF THE PLANNED FORE IN PROGRESS.
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PATROLS ARE ISSUED FIRE FIGHTING TOOL BY RANGER FROM HIS PICK-UP TRUCK..PLOW ROLLS OFF RAMP OF TRACTOR TRAILER. CU RANGER MAKES FINAL WEATHER CHECK ON RADIO PHONE BEFORE WORKERS START.
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MONTAGE RANGERS START LINES OF STRIP FIRE TO CONTROL ROUGH. VARIOUS SHOTS STRIP FIRES BURNING AWAY ROUGH. STRIP FIRES ARE ALSO USED TO CONTROL BROWN SPOT. MORE SHOTS OF STRIP FIRES BLAZING.
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| 00:20:29 1178.23 |
VARIOUS SHOTS TURKEYS AND OTHER SMALL GAME, THEIR LIVES IMPROVE WITH THE USE OF "PRESCRIBED BURNING".
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"PRESCRIBED BURN" OPENS THE WOODS FOR EASY HARVESTING OF TIMBER AND PULP WOOD". LUMBER WORKERS STAND BY AFTER LOADING LARGE TRUCK WITH TIMBERS, LARGE TRUCK FULL OF CUT TIMBERS ROLLS AWAY.
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PAN FOREST AREA IN OSCEOLA NATIONAL PARK, THAT HAD BEEN "PRESCRIBED BURNED", IN 1956 ,WAS LITTLE BURNED BY WILD FIRE. BUT THIS SAME WILD FIRE JUMPED THE ROAD AND 110,000 ACRES OF FOREST WENT UP IN SMOKE".
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CU SIGN, "PRESCRIBE BURNED FOR ROUGH REDUCTION, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOREST SERVICE".
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6 BASIC STEPS FOR "PRESCRIBED BURNING IS SHOWN ON MAP. AND EXPLAINED.
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