Few people are willing to go toe-to-toe with the roaring hells of a forest fire, but for East Divide Interagency Hand Crew Squad Boss Josh Hochhalter, it’s a way to ...

Tactically, resources attack the fire via two aproaches: direct and indirect. On a wildland fire, ... A firefighter is “going direct” in the attack of a wildfire by constructing a hand line.

A fire line is a line that’s between two and four feet wide that’s dug into the ground down to mineral soil. The line is dug with hand tools, such as a Pulaski, a combi tool, a shovel or a rake.

As peak fire season intensifies, you will be hearing many wildfire-specific terms that you may or may not understand and ...

SpitFire by True North Wildland Fire Packs; Alpha-10 Fire Line Pack System by Wolfpack Gear; Line Pack by Nimrod Pack Systems Inc. The Groper by Nargear; The FS-1 Spotter Wildland Fire Pack by ...

Line Pack Few things can make ... Hand Tool The next item I won’t leave home without is a good hand tool. ... A high-quality GPS can make your day on a wildland fire. A large, ...

On wildland incidents, Cal Fire and many other agencies are paid using a ‘“portal-to-portal” system. From the moment they leave their station’s door to the moment they return, they are ...

“This training expanded the capabilities of both 2-17FA and 14th BEB with respect to wildland firefighting and also helped foster a safety focused approach to chainsaw implementation,” Krupp said.

Left: Kelsey Almendariz, 27, a sales clerk from Inglewood, completes the grueling mock fire test. Right: A group uses hand tools to create a perimeter at the Women in Wildland Fire Basic Training ...

The live fire exercise also allowed firefighters to work in smoke, hike through uneven terrain, navigate hazards like bee and wasp nests, and work closely with crew members to dig a fire line.