Prevent forest fires! Greater danger than ever!
Forest-fire prevention poster: a man in a wide-brimmed ranger-style hat and green jacket cups a gloved hand to his mouth and shouts, eyes wide, below the headline 'Prevent Forest Fires!' in flame-edged letters. The caption reads 'Greater danger than ever!'. The tell is fear-appeal: alarm in the face and the flaming lettering.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, with State Forest Service
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Themes
- Home front, Security and surveillance
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1548 (NAID 515213).
Text on the object
PREVENT FOREST FIRES! Greater danger than ever! U. S. Department Agriculture Forest Service State Forest Service [imprint: U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944—O—565731]
