Wildland Fire Heavy Equipment

Walter wally samuel elsbury jr.

Wildland fire heavy equipment. The heavy equipment boss is responsible for the safety and direction of equipment operator s and transport used to suppress repair and rehabilitate wildland fires. The heqb supervises a piece of heavy equipment and its operator and reports to a strike team task force leader or other assigned supervisor. There are several specially designed tools that through their function and user training perform specialized tasks that are specific to natural cover firefighting. Wildland fire crew contractors hire and train firefighters for deployment to wildfire and incidents throughout the pacific northwest.

The heqb supervises a piece of heavy equipment and its operator and reports to a strike team leader heavy equipment steq task force leader tfld incident commander. Glide oregon kpic reports that a heavy equipment operator helping fight the archie creek fire was found dead friday morning in his vehicle according to fire managers. As a result this equipment. Heavy fire equipment operators are trained in firefighting and operating heavy equipment used in wildland fire control forest protection and conservation project work.

Heavy equipment information sheet as of 2012 all heavy equipment used on incidents is signed up in virtual incident procurement vipr. We also carry wildland packs bags chest harnesses fire pumps shelters hose nozzles station boots eye protection and so much more. Box 425 blairstown nj 07825 1 866 945 3526. Some of these assets and services are made available through state or regional interagency purchasing agreements while others are secured by local agreements at the district level.

Offers a wide selection of wildland fire gear for teams all across the nation. Nobody does wildland like the warehouse. Wildfire suppression equipment and personnel is part of the science of fire fighting focusing on the use of specialized equipment training and tactics to effectively control surround and eventually extinguish a natural cover fire. The use of certain types of equipment such as feller bunchers skidders masticators skidgines and pumper cats is relatively new to many fire managers.

You can find everything you need to combat fires and protect yourself in the heat of the moment including protective clothing packs electronics portable pumps drip torches and skid units. Heavy fire equipment operators operate and perform maintenance and repair work on vehicles and heavy equipment such as bulldozers motor graders heavy duty transports and trucks. Had been running a combination logging skidder and fire engine known as a skidgine to help protect structures along the little river road south of glide on.