Introducing Smokey Bear Since 1944, Smokey Bear has promoted a message of preventing unwanted human-caused wildfires. A portion of the proceeds from this Ridge collection helps fund Smokey Bear’s nationwide wildfire prevention campaign. Remember, only YOU can prevent wildfires! Get yours at ridge.com/smokey-bear *Available in US only | The Ridge

The real Smokey Bear was a cub rescued from a fire; do you remember seeing his signs? #history #survivor #didyouknow | Historical Files

Do you know the real story of Smokey Bear? Watch "Little Smokey" (1953) third in our collection of four films about Wildfires, Firefighting & Fire Prevention on C-SPAN3's Reel America - "Initial Attack: Fire!" (1979) California Forestry Department film showing why the state is vulnerable to wildfires, and how they fight them - "The Fires of 1910" (2010) is about a major series of wildfires in Idaho and Montana that burned three million acres in two days and killed 78 firefighters - "Little Smoke

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