Section 9: Fire Control and Prevention
Policy
All maintenance employees are to exert every possible precaution
to prevent grass fires on the right of way. When such fires occur,
employees must use all means possible to extinguish them before they
spread and endanger adjoining property. In timbered and ranch areas,
where quick action must be taken, maintenance personnel should be
equipped with suitable small tools or any other equipment necessary
for quickly extinguishing a fire.
Fireguards
Fireguards should be bladed only upon request and on private
property whenever possible. Fireguards should be bladed as close
to the fence as possible when they are bladed on the right of way.