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Demy folio, [31.25cm/12.5inches], full gilt-embossed chapparel-green cloth w/ mylar-protected dust jacket, pp. ix, 254. Illustrated with b-w halftones, maps &tc. Dust jacket is lightly tattered. Please feel free to ask for particulars and/or additional photographs. . Since its inception in 1911, the Forestry Division of the County of Los Angeles Fire Department has been involved in the conservation and protection of natural resources through its forestry programs. Originally, the Forestry Division, under the direction of County Forester Stuart J. Flintham, was tasked with planting trees along major avenues and roadways throughout the Los Angeles Basin. In the early days of the automobile and paved roads, ongoing maintenance was a costly proposition. Much of the damage on these early roads was caused by exposure to the hot summer weather. Planting shade trees along the roadways lessened annual repairs and maintenance costs. During the early 1900s, the County Fire/Fish and Game Warden was responsible for controlling wildland fire. However, from 1915-1919, the level of activity recorded by the Fire Warden was in continuous decline. When two large fires consumed 135,000 acres of timber and watershed in the San Gabriel Mountains during September 1919, the Board of Supervisors decided that a change of venue for the County Fire/Fish and Game Warden was at hand. On July 1, 1920, a few short months after the smoke had cleared; the responsibility for wildland fire control was shifted to the newly renamed Los Angeles County Department of Forester and Fire Warden. Today, this agency is better known as the County of Los Angeles Fire Department. Seller Inventory # 26314
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Bibliographic Details
Title: Ride the Devil Wind Ride the Devil Wind A ...
Publisher: Fire Publications, Los Angeles
Publication Date: 1991
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: In quite good condition.
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Edition: First Impression.
