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A United States Forest Service wildland fire engine during the 2020 El Dorado Fire in California. A wildland fire engine or brush truck is a fire engine specifically designed to assist in fighting wildfires by transporting firefighters to the scene and providing them with access to the fire, along with water or other equipment. There are ...
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Illinois State University (ISU) is a public research university in Normal, Illinois, United States. It was founded in 1857 as Illinois State Normal University and is ...
A Type 2 Tactical water tender belonging to the United States Forest Service. A wildland water tender is a specialized vehicle capable of bringing water, foam, or dry chemicals to fire trucks in the field that are engaged on the fireline. Water tenders have a large truck mounted tank that carries a minimum 1,000 gallons and up to 4,000 gallons ...
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The USDA Forest Service maintains a unique wildland firefighting force across the United States and that force is able to mobilize for almost any type of emergency incident. Pages in category "United States Forest Service firefighting"
In April 2016, REV Group acquired Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania-based fire truck manufacturer Kovatch Mobile Equipment Corp (KME), which services municipal, state and federal governments. [35] KME was founded in 1946; it began by producing aircraft refueling trucks before shifting into the fire truck market in the 1980s. [ 36 ]
The Illinois Land Conservation Act (Public Law 104-106) created the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, designated the transfer of 19,165 acres (7,756 ha) of land in Illinois from the U.S. Army to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service. The Illinois Land Conservation Act mandates that Midewin be managed to meet four primary objectives: