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Fight Against Forest Firag Told In New Radio Drama on NBC

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Taking to the air in helicopters and airplanes is one way the U. S. Forest Service fights forest fires in California. Now it is taking to the air on NBC western network in an effort to stop fires before they start.

"Forests Aflame" is a new radio series at 8:30 p.m. every Friday, starting July 30 on NBC stations in 11 western states. This public service program of the National Broadcasting Company and its affiliates, in cooperation with the U. S. Forest Service, aims to reduce man-caused fires by re-enacting true stories of adventures in the lives of forest rangers.

"Ranger Bill" and his young assistant, Jerry Pine, will be central characters of the outdoor story dramas. In the opening broadcast, a forest fire corners the ranger and his crew, but he brings them out alive.

The U. S. Forest Service reports that carelessness caused three of every four forest fires in California .last year. The year's toll was three firefighters dead in action; nearly 7,000 fires, and 424,0N acres of land burned over. Fire prevention agencies are urging care with ma-tches, "smokes" and campfires in the outdoors.

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