Week 14: April 6-April 12
April 6, 1908
On this day, 22 timber companies organized the Washington Forest Fire Association, which established the state’s first organized fire patrol system. Members assessed themselves about one-half cent per acre to pay for a force of men to detect and battle fires on members’ land.
Over the next 50 years, the Association would collaborate with state and federal fire suppression programs and would embark on a campaign to change the logging practices that cause most forest fires.
April 7, 1968
April 10, 2006
April 11, 1968
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