Forest fire detection map negatives, ca. 1909-1925.

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Forest fire detection map negatives, ca. 1909-1925.

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This series consists of glass plate negatives (with the exception of one acetate film negative) of topographic maps used in forest fire detection. The maps encompass quadrangles in the northern, central, and southern portions of the State including Long Island. Observation rings, with observation stations or fire towers located at the center, are superimposed on the maps. The rings are divided into degrees of arc, with 360 degrees set in relation to due north from the observation station. Using plane table survey techniques, an alidade, and the topographic map, an observer would simply plot the direction in which he observed smoke. The direction would correspond to a certain degree of arc on the observation ring.

.25 cu. ft. (125 glass plate and acetate negatives)

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New York (State). Forest, Fish and Game Commission

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New York (State). Conservation Commission

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Chapter 474 of the Laws of 1909 granted the Forest, Fish and Game Commission power to make rules for the prevention of forest fires. The lone commissioner who headed the agency was also empowered to divide lands in the forest preserve counties into fire districts and to appoint a superintendent of fires to oversee each district. Superintendents were in turn authorized to subdivide their districts into separate fire patrol districts and to employ fire patrolmen as the public interest demanded. Th...