FIGHTING BUSH FIRES.
USE OF AEROPLANES.
GOOD WORK IN CANADA
During last summer the Ontario Provincial Air Service flew 11,602 hours with 26 machines, mainly combating bush fires. This was its sixth year of service. The service is maintained by the Provincial Government for the protection of tho vast forest wealth in Northern Ontario, especially that section which lies above the railway right-of-way. Jt is a non commercial service operated on highly efficient commercial lines, its cost charged to tho various Government departments which make use. of it. It ha.S tho distinction of being tho largest aerial fire-fighting forco in the world, with practically all its work confined to tho pro tection of tho bush in a country which is traversed only by canoe. Planes go on patrol every day. When a firo is sighted tho nearest base is notified. By means of a chain of 20 shortwave radio stations in tho region, headquarters is notified and orders out planes and supplies to fly men and fire-fighting equipment to tho scene of the outbreak. Planes run back and forth till enough men are on hand to cope with it. When tho firo is out the planes call for the men and equipment again.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20668, 13 September 1930, Page 13
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