Forest Fire Prevention for Rural Residents Forest Fire Prevention for Rural Residents, page 4

Fires present a serious risk to loss of land and property and like other extreme and wild weather can account for the loss of irreplaceable land, scenic areas, and personal material.
This instructional booklet featuring the well-known Smokey the Bear informed Rhode Islanders that in a 20-year span the state suffered 5,400 forest fires resulting in the loss of over 90,000 acres of forest land. As a result, Smokey asks Rhode Islanders, and Americans, to make a pledge for forest safety:
“I give my pledge as an American to save and faithfully to defend from waster the natural resources of my country – its soil and minerals, its forests, water and wildlife.”

Fires present a serious risk to loss of land and property and like other extreme and wild weather can account for the loss of irreplaceable land, scenic areas, and personal material.
This instructional booklet featuring the well-known Smokey the Bear informed Rhode Islanders that in a 20-year span the state suffered 5,400 forest fires resulting in the loss of over 90,000 acres of forest land. As a result, Smokey asks Rhode Islanders, and Americans, to make a pledge for forest safety:
“I give my pledge as an American to save and faithfully to defend from waster the natural resources of my country – its soil and minerals, its forests, water and wildlife.”