been documenting incidences of lumber yard fires since 1998. Products at lumber yards are very prone to fires, and electrical problems at lumber yards are a significant cause of fires. In Murray, Utah, after a large lumber yard fire caused approximately US$1 million in damage at the CECO Concrete Construction company, city residents called for companies in the city to take further preventative actions to prevent fires from occurring. In some cities, such as Phoenix, Arizona, city fire protection and prevention codes for lumber yards exist. History In Sydney, Australia, convicts have worked at a place called "The Lumber Yard" as a part of serving their sentences, to facilitate lumber and product production and to provide convicts with skills training. A timber yard that was associated with The Lumber Yard was also in operation, where workers pulled and stacked logs floated downstream on the Lane Cove River. The Lumber Yard was a government lumber yard, and operated as such from circa 1791 to 1834. See also Logging Sawmill References Bibliography Beckett, Gordon (2013). The Coghlan Factor. Trafford Publishing. pp. 125–132. Further reading Coberly, A.C. (1919). Life in a Lumber Yard. Retail Lumberman. Includes historical information about lumber yards in Florida's Treasure Coast area Rietz, Raymond Carl (1970). Air drying lumber in a forklift yard. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory. Volume 209 of USDA Forest Service research note FPL. pp. 1–16. External links Construction industry Hardware stores Retailers by type of merchandise sold Timber industry