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2. History of wildfire suppression in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The South Canyon incident led to the first comprehensive review and update of federal wildland fire policy in decades. The report reiterated that the first priority of all federal wildland fire programs was firefighter and public safety. With regard to prescribed fires and prescribed natural fires, the report stated that, "Wildland fire will be ...

3. Wildfire suppression equipment and personnel - Wikipedia

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   Heavy equipment. Heavy equipment's primary function of wildfire suppression is through the application of heavy construction style equipment to move large amounts or earth or remove vegetation. Fuel breaks, safety zones, firelines and access to areas that maybe previously were inaccessible may be made. Bulldozers and tractor plows are examples.

4. Pulaski (tool) - Wikipedia

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   Pulaski (tool) A Pulaski combines the functions of an axe and an adze in one tool. The Pulaski is a specialty hand tool used in fighting fires, particularly wildfires, [1] which combines an axe and an adze in one head. Similar to a cutter mattock, it has a rigid handle of wood, plastic, or fiberglass. The Pulaski was developed for constructing ...

5. McLeod (tool) - Wikipedia

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   McLeod (tool) A McLeod tool (or rakehoe) is a two-sided blade — one a rake with coarse tines, one a flat sharpened hoe — on a long wooden handle. It is a standard [1] tool during wildfire suppression and trail restoration. [2] The combination tool was created in 1905 by Malcolm McLeod, a United States Forest Service ranger at the Sierra ...

6. New Jersey Forest Fire Service - Wikipedia

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   The New Jersey Forest Fire Service (NJFFS) is an agency within the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.Founded in 1906 with a focus on wildland fire suppression and fire protection, the Forest Fire Service is the largest firefighting department within the state of New Jersey in the United States with 85 full-time professional firefighting personnel (career civil service positions ...

7. Smokejumper - Wikipedia

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   Smokejumper. Fully outfitted smokejumpers boarding a Short C-23 Sherpa aircraft in Missoula, Montana, en route to a fire in the Idaho panhandle, July 1994. Smokejumpers are specially trained wildland firefighters who provide an initial attack response on remote wildfires. They are inserted at the site of the fire by parachute.