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US Forest Service

Department of Agriculture

About us

The US Forest Service administers our nations forests and grasslands in an effort to sustain their health and diversity and to preserve them for future generations. To accomplish this goal almost 30.000 men and women serve as educators, foresters, firefighters, scientists,[font=Comic Sans MS] rangers and much more.[/font]

[font=Trebuchet MS]Our Service to the True North Community – Helping YOU ![/font]

To serve the True North Community the Rangers of the True North National Forest work tirelessly to provide you with various services such as:

General Guidance and Education
Search and Rescue
Technical Aid and Vehicle Recovery
Various Fire Services
Public Maintenance and Disaster Relive

… and much more

As we are a state run agency most of those services wont cost you a dime. Therefore we highly recommend you visit one of the local ranger stations or contact one of our rangers (/phonebook; /pm) to find out how we can help you with your situation.

Guiding and Protecint the People – A Helping Hand !

Whilst many of the locals now they way around town. Even the most experiened outdoorsman may occasioanly get lost, or find himself in the need for a helping hand. Regardless of your situation we are allways happy to be that helping hand. Wether we can give you some directions, give you a ride to more remote areas or in the worst case need to search for- or even rescue you. Our staff is prepared for all situations wether you are struggeling with a flat tire, or fell into a mineshaft. We will guide, look after and if need be rescue you.

Recreational Opportunitys

With its stunning sights and breathtaking enviroment True North has seen a spike in tourism. Plenty of both toursits and locals like to discover our national forest on the bike, with a boat or even with hangliders to get a scenic view and a trhilling experience. Those who are not all about getting their daily dose of adrenaline may feel like exploring our country- and mountainside on a slower pace by hiking on one of our dozens trails or simply travelling to one of the nearby camping grounds. However you like it: the True North National Forest has a lot to offer you.
To ensure that all of us can safely enjoy and a appreciate our Forest we create and maintain safe trails, patrol the local lakes, and even promote more complicated activitys such as hangliding or atv rides. For for information on one of the many leisure opportunities visit your local ranger station.

Fish and Game

Whilst True North may not be famous for its huntinggrounds the Indian River as well as the nearby lakes have a rich populations of cod and salmon. Every season plenty of locals and tourists rush to the lakes and rivers to try their luck. Through active patrols and educational measures we ensure that everyone can get their fare share of fish for generations to come, by maintaining and protecting the local livestock.

Protecting and Maintaining the Enviroment – Only YOU can prevent forest fires !

In oder to protect our beautifull Enviroment we are devoted to large variety of measures that help to keep our forest clean and healthy. Wether that should be through active forestry, basic maintenance, scientific research or the enforcement of laws and regulations. The Forest Servers employs a large variety of experts ranging from Foresters to Firemen from Biologists to Interpreters and much more.
In the end of the day though YOU are a big part of that mission! You can help protecting the forest by complying with the regulations and guidelines of the local administration. Stay informed about area- and safety advisea and report violations or enviromental damage to the authoritys !

Education and Research

In order to safely appreciate and utilise the Forest in a sustainable manner we provide various educiational measures. Wether it is fire safety, agriculture or the historical narratives of our National Forest, our Interpreters, Handcrews and biologist work passionatly to share and discover cruicial knowledge.

Supporting and Promoting the local Community

Of course the True North National Forest would be nothing without a wide and supportive community standing behind it. Wether its local farmers, fishermen, nature enthusiast or residents – in True North we all depend on each other. Therefore we aim to promote local events and businisses through various measures like the organisation of field trips, the deployment of shuttlebuses, safety advise and oversight, traffic management, general consultation and likewise measures.
If you like to learn more about our cooperative/supportive offers contact our office and we will help you out.

The True North National Forest

The True North Forest used to be known for its large reserve of spruce and pine trees as well as for the fertile grounds along the indian river. Logging and agriculture dominated the economy in Marion County for decades till the extension of highway 3 opened the county for tourism, and large scale retailers in the late 60s. To properly manage the then booming logging industry the True North National Forest was created in 1931, providing better oversight and increased safety measures to the local woodcutters.
However when Dougal Moran, a local resident discoverd small portions of gold during a fishing trip at the mountain lake the city saw it second economic boom. The uproar his findings caused in the local papers triggered a litteral Gold Rush with dozens of citizens searching the for gold all around the Mountainside. Yet little very little was found. The Media attention even brought Seacrest Mining Corp into town. For 3 years almost every 5th resident was employed in the mining industry. This second boom borught increased wealth into the region along with steadily increasing population. Yet although it first looked like a fruitfull and solid enterprise the gold reserves rapidly declined turning the True North Mine unprofitable. The closure of the mine lead to a small recession with some, now umemployed locals trying to continue the seemingly hopeless mining efforts on their own (not rarely leading to fatal accidents). Till today many of the estates around the mountaintop still have their own small acces-shafts .
With a steady but not well paying logging industry at its core, and rising unemployement True North seemed destined to remain a rural, poorley developed countrside, if it werent for the newly built highway connections. With A connecting Tunnel between Highway 3 an US Route 64 the City was finnaly open for business ! New large companys settled down along raillway avenue, and an ever increasing ammount of tourism boosted commerce.
Today the True North National Forest is loved for its stunning sights and breathtaking landscape. What was once a purely industrial cluster in the countryside, has now become a „recreational paradise“ as the the True North Gazette once called it. With a booming real estate market on the mountainside, and a flurishing inner city, True North has been save from the rescession.
Whie the creation of the True North National Forest was originally intendet to regulate the local industries, its focus has shifted gradually towards tourism and natural conservation.
Therefore the US Forest Service is running several programms to maintain the Forest, aid and educate its visitors and support the local community.
For more information regarding regarding recreational services visit the marion county homepage.

Cooperations
[font=Comic Sans MS]In an effort to complete our mission we partner with a wide variety of different agencys world wide. Our local partners will be listed below:[/font]
- comming soon

Events
In order to fulfill our educational mission we host a variety of seasonal events, including but not limited to fishing trips, mountain climbing, atv rides, (educational-) field trips and sightseeing as well as the establishment of camping and event grounds. To participate keep an eye on Advertisements as well as a Forest Service Announcements. Many of the Larger events will be announced online (this and event posts) ahead of time.

District Ranger

Martin Murdock ([L[font=Arial][font=Arial][font=Arial]²[/font][/font]]Mr.Marsh)[/font]

Supervising Ranger

Vacant

Senior Ranger

Jack Campbell (BlueHavoc911)

Daniel ' Hondo ' Harrelson ([L²:RP] Riggs)

Ranger

Clayton Smith (Cboy1)

Zach Rodgers (James R. | 70-19)

Chap Upfold (Eddie)

Mark Mufallo (Markus)

Tony Milton (I have a name)

Junior Ranger

Ronald Dawn (No_Mans_Player)

Daniel Ray (Mak3)

Nico Sandman (Sandman22)

Jessie McCollough ([L²:RP] jessie)

Winson Rintum (Zxus)

Join Us !

Are you interest in joining our mission. Then fill out the template below and submit your application.

We are looking forward to welcome you to the Forest Service !

Application Form:

Name

Steam Name

Ingame time

Number of Penaltys (Bans&Blacklists)

Your Motivation

(You dont have to be exact with the playtime nor do you have to write an essay on your motivation. You can find your bans and blacklists in the courthouse tab by entering your steam id or name - if youshould overlook/miss one its not going to be all to problematic. You may be asked further questions after you submited your application. For any questions feel free to message me (Marsh) via reply to this thread, a private message on the forums or ingame, or via steam.

Guidelines, Rules and Further Information

Our Mission

The purpouse of this clan is to provide a sustainable platform for passive rp and friendly player interaction. The concept of the US Forest Service is ideal for this goal: Whilst services like SAR, first aid etc, will help to reduce response time and provide the Emergency Services with more information regarding possible callouts, other services such as educational and recreational support are a great way to promote passive rps.

Our Fleet
Our fleet consits of wide variety of SUVs and other types of Offroad vehicles.Those vehicles are recognised by their white or green coulor. Here are some examples. Vehicles do not nescesarly require ELS lighting. Keep your cars simple and utilitarian/apropriate.
Vehciles like the trucks, vans, buses or dune buggys will be used for certain tasks but are not to be used as regular patrol/service cars.

Rules

Be Kind ! We are public servants and will behave acoordingly.
We are not the Police ! Although we may occasionaly carry a sidearm we will only use it for self defense. We will not participate in raids, pursuits or other agressive actions.
We do not replace the Fire Service. Whilst we will perform first aid, SAR, fire prevention and likewise actions we will allways contact the apropriate services (PD,FD,EMS).
Dont boss people around. Whilst we need a certain level of supervision you shall not exessivly harass or otherwise limit your coworkers.

Getting Started

Livery

To outfit your service car we recomend the use of 1 or two signs beeing applied to either the front/rear or the sides of the car. In order to setup your sign copy paste on of the image links from down below, then press e on your sign and instert it as an hmtl texture. The Recommended dimensions are ca. 55x55.

Lighting

If you need a ELS system we recommend the use of amber lighting vehicle supplies or the "lightbarani". This particular lightbar can be turned on/off via your context menu as its flash pattern is a texture effect. You will find that particular lightbar in limelight content pack 20.

Uniform

Depending on your characte model your uniform will be either skin 19 or skin 22.

Signs

Spoiler

Black, no Background (for white cars)

Link: https://i.imgur.com/XYCAJ62.png

Other Badges:

Brown Badge (Hollowed Out - for white & green cars)

https://i.imgur.com/SjsJmYw.png

Coloured Badge (solid - universal use)

https://i.imgur.com/UFBr79y.png

Coloured Badge Brown (soild - universal use)

https://i.imgur.com/oAXC0ue.png

https://i.imgur.com/zY9rORC.png

Complete Liverys (simple use stickers)

Ford F150

left: https://i.imgur.com/hdC9l52.png

right: https://i.imgur.com/TFdYBQ0.png

rear: https://i.imgur.com/mTGPp7k.png

BP l: https://i.imgur.com/RvXubh7.png

BP r: https://i.imgur.com/hZqzz0P.png

BP b: https://i.imgur.com/00t6bAW.png

W l: https://i.imgur.com/h0ElySg.png

W r: https://i.imgur.com/zUW147j.png

W b: https://i.imgur.com/DHpshii.png

Jeep Wrangler

left: https://i.imgur.com/GGw5B3u.png

right: https://i.imgur.com/RmuEFoO.png

Ford Crown Victoria

left: https://i.imgur.com/QARQ56j.png

right: https://i.imgur.com/7gx7zms.png

Chevy Tahoe:

left: https://i.imgur.com/rh1thE4.png

right: https://i.imgur.com/9G6Uv9M.png

solid left: https://i.imgur.com/cIG48GX.png

solid right: https://i.imgur.com/4wVGF88.png

fire left: https://i.imgur.com/QJ89sEc.png

fire right: https://i.imgur.com/pqygr3V.png

med left: https://i.imgur.com/vVZTboe.png

med right: https://i.imgur.com/93IX6ot.png

Dodge Outdoorsman

left: https://i.imgur.com/rNMUvxs.png

right: https://i.imgur.com/z9N9A1v.png

BP l: https://i.imgur.com/nIIEfHn.png

BP r: https://i.imgur.com/OaQ73uo.png

GMC Vandura

left:   https://i.imgur.com/KOzwwh9.png
right: https://i.imgur.com/a7Q59v7.png
back:    https://i.imgur.com/CZfILgs.png
SAR l:           https://i.imgur.com/ZMTRkk2.png
SAR r:           https://i.imgur.com/Bp6q5Dt.png
SAR b:          https://i.imgur.com/Pr7pft4.png

GMC Savana
left: https://i.imgur.com/VgJRNZd.png
right:   https://i.imgur.com/QUsJ2YX.png

Dodge Caravan
left:    https://i.imgur.com/9X7bXyf.png
right:    https://i.imgur.com/gDilgEZ.png

Hummer H2 SAR
left: https://i.imgur.com/TyIvhBa.png
right:            https://i.imgur.com/0pwmUiF.png

Toyota Prius / Security Prius
left:              https://i.imgur.com/3gQ2rqz.png
right:            https://i.imgur.com/hmVoEP9.png

Ford F-350 Ambulance
left:   https://i.imgur.com/2I4UTlJ.png
right: https://i.imgur.com/yvZstTh.png
rear: https://i.imgur.com/N4PaDSY.png

Fire Chief Suburban
left:         https://i.imgur.com/8hSOFej.png
right: https://i.imgur.com/z1PfPw2.png

Tow Truck
left:   https://i.imgur.com/bowVOXo.png
right:   https://i.imgur.com/puzDtRs.png
rear:          https://i.imgur.com/13wQoWA.png
left w: https://i.imgur.com/OpFzEgI.png
right w: https://i.imgur.com/zXaOdcf.png
rear w: https://i.imgur.com/FBf8aG9.png

How to apply the Livery:
The liverys are pretty easy to use. You will copy paste and insert the image url like with any other sign. In this case however you will just need one url per sign. Put your image to the maximum possible size and save it. Now you got a preset sign to use. Just find the proper spot to put it and let someone weld it and you are done.

Reserved for Annoucements etc

Looks amazing, we look forward to working with you.

President Ford welcomes the Forest Service. I can only hope prosperous relations.

Done this with you a few times really enjoyed what its all about it has been really enjoyable like the Fishing trips when there is no calls, cutting down tree`s when there is no calls i have really enjoyed my time with you guys i wish you all the best and support if you ever need anything feel free to call me

Steam Name Montyfatcat
Ingame time 1038
Number of Penaltys (Bans&Blacklists): 10-ish?
Your Motivation; I like the group, more fun than full-on LEO work, and I get to work with the forestry skill I know

Love it!

Mike Lockland is my name Marsh

I'm pleasantly surprised. I better not see you Forrest boys walk around with AR's though. Keep it green lads.

(Feb 2, 2019, 01:07 AM)Daley Wrote: [ -> ]I'm pleasantly surprised. I better not see you Forrest boys walk around with AR's though. Keep it green lads.

Nah we Ain't FBi xD

(Feb 2, 2019, 01:07 AM)Daley Wrote: [ -> ]I'm pleasantly surprised. I better not see you Forrest boys walk around with AR's though. Keep it green lads.

Not sure why exactly that would be an issue? It would still accurately reflect the real life USFS as they do have a federal law enforcement agency as one of their major divisions.

Quote:The U.S. Forest Service Law Enforcement & Investigations unit (LEI), headquartered in Washington, D.C., is a federal law enforcement agency of the U.S. government. It is responsible for enforcement of federal laws and regulations governing national forest lands and resources.

Uniformed Law Enforcement Officers (LEOs) enforce federal laws and regulations governing national forest lands and resources. LEOs also enforce some or all state laws on National Forest Lands. As part of that mission, LEOs carry firearms, defensive equipment, make arrests, execute search warrants, complete reports, and testify in court. They establish a regular and recurring presence on a vast amount of public lands, roads, and recreation sites. The primary focus of their jobs is the protection of natural resources, protection of Forest Service employees and the protection of visitors.

The goal of this is not to take work away from any Law Enforcement though. So we stray away slightly from the real life counterpart of the forest services. As far as I know the heaviest weaponry we use is an M3 Shotgun, and this gets brought out rarely. Hell at the start most of us were unarmed.

I don't know how Marsh changed this but I remember this being the initial idea. Daley was there during that idea so maybe that's why he said it as well. But yeah doubt ull see us running around with ARs

(Feb 2, 2019, 07:12 AM)Noble Wrote: [ -> ]
(Feb 2, 2019, 01:07 AM)Daley Wrote: [ -> ]I'm pleasantly surprised. I better not see you Forrest boys walk around with AR's though. Keep it green lads.

Not sure why exactly that would be an issue? It would still accurately reflect the real life USFS as they do have a federal law enforcement agency as one of their major divisions.

Quote:The U.S. Forest Service Law Enforcement & Investigations unit (LEI), headquartered in Washington, D.C., is a federal law enforcement agency of the U.S. government. It is responsible for enforcement of federal laws and regulations governing national forest lands and resources.

Uniformed Law Enforcement Officers (LEOs) enforce federal laws and regulations governing national forest lands and resources. LEOs also enforce some or all state laws on National Forest Lands. As part of that mission, LEOs carry firearms, defensive equipment, make arrests, execute search warrants, complete reports, and testify in court. They establish a regular and recurring presence on a vast amount of public lands, roads, and recreation sites. The primary focus of their jobs is the protection of natural resources, protection of Forest Service employees and the protection of visitors.

That’s US Forest Service Law Enforcement division not rangers division - found this out out of curiousity a while ago but they're different thing

(Feb 2, 2019, 03:11 PM)Judge Rage Wrote: [ -> ]That’s US Forest Service Law Enforcement division not rangers division - found this out out of curiousity a while ago but they're different thing

They don't have a Ranger division but I see what you guys are saying. Wasn't sure if he was doing the entire irl organization or a specific division within it.

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