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Wildland fire suppression is a unique aspect of firefighting. ImageMetadata File history File links 2003_Okanagan_Fire_Rattlesnake. ...
ImageMetadata File history File links 2003_Okanagan_Fire_Rattlesnake. ...
The fire spreads from Rattlesnake Island View of the fire from Westbank Sattelite image of the 2003 fire On August 16, 2003 a wildfire was started by a lightning strike near Rattlesnake Island in Okanagan Mountain Park. ...
The San Gabriel Mountains, part of the Angeles National Forest. ...
Altadena is an unincorporated census-designated place located in Los Angeles County, California approx. ...
The pulaski is a special hand tool used in wildland firefighting. ...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, also called the Agriculture Department, or USDA, is a Cabinet department of the United States Federal Government. ...
The USDA Forest Service, a United States government agency within the United States Department of Agriculture, is under the leadership of the United States Secretary of Agriculture. ...
The San Gabriel Mountains, part of the Angeles National Forest. ...
San Gabriel Mountains The San Gabriel Mountains are located in northern Los Angeles County and western San Bernardino County, California, USA. The mountain range forms a barrier between the Greater Los Angeles Area and the Mojave Desert. ...
Southern California Downtown Los Angeles Skyline Southern California, sometimes abbreviated SoCal or colloquially, the Southland, is an informal name for the megalopolis and nearby desert that occupies the southern-most quarter of the U.S. state of California. ...
Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, Riverside and San Bernardino counties in Southern California The Greater Los Angeles Area is the agglomeration of urbanized area around the city of Los Angeles, California. ...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, also called the Agriculture Department, or USDA, is a Cabinet department of the United States Federal Government. ...
The USDA Forest Service, a United States government agency within the United States Department of Agriculture, is under the leadership of the United States Secretary of Agriculture. ...
The San Gabriel Mountains, part of the Angeles National Forest. ...
San Gabriel Mountains The San Gabriel Mountains are located in northern Los Angeles County and western San Bernardino County, California, USA. The mountain range forms a barrier between the Greater Los Angeles Area and the Mojave Desert. ...
Southern California Downtown Los Angeles Skyline Southern California, sometimes abbreviated SoCal or colloquially, the Southland, is an informal name for the megalopolis and nearby desert that occupies the southern-most quarter of the U.S. state of California. ...
Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, Riverside and San Bernardino counties in Southern California The Greater Los Angeles Area is the agglomeration of urbanized area around the city of Los Angeles, California. ...
Members of the Flathead Hotshot crew, a crew of approximately 20 highly skilled firefighters specially trained in wildland fire suppression tactics. ...
The San Gabriel Mountains, part of the Angeles National Forest. ...
San Gabriel Mountains The San Gabriel Mountains are located in northern Los Angeles County and western San Bernardino County, California, USA. The mountain range forms a barrier between the Greater Los Angeles Area and the Mojave Desert. ...
Southern California Downtown Los Angeles Skyline Southern California, sometimes abbreviated SoCal or colloquially, the Southland, is an informal name for the megalopolis and nearby desert that occupies the southern-most quarter of the U.S. state of California. ...
Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, Riverside and San Bernardino counties in Southern California The Greater Los Angeles Area is the agglomeration of urbanized area around the city of Los Angeles, California. ...
In predicate logic and technical fields that depend on it, uniqueness quantification, or unique existential quantification, is an attempt to formalise the notion of something being true for exactly one thing, or exactly one thing of a certain type. ...
Firefighter with an axe A firefighter, sometimes still called a fireman though women have increasingly joined firefighting units, is a person who is trained and equipped to put out fires, rescue people and in some areas provide emergency medical services. ...
Wildland firefighting requires different tactics, equipment, and training from the normal structure fire fighting found in populated areas. Working in conjunction with specially designed firefighting aircraft, these wildfire trained crews knock down flames, construct a fireline, and mop up hot spots to protect watershed, wildlands, and the populated areas within the wilds. Wildland fire suppression also addresses the issues of the "urban interface" where populated areas border wildland areas. During the winter months, they are hard at work removing hazardous fuels to reduce fire hazard. Wildlands are areas of land where plants and animals exist free of human interference. ...
Tactics is the collective name for methods of winning a small-scale conflict, performing an optimization, etc. ...
This page discusses common devices known as tools, for other meanings see Tool (disambiguation) Modern hammer A tool is, among other things, a device that provides a mechanical or mental advantage in accomplishing a task. ...
Training refers to the acquisition of knowledge, skills, and attitudes as a result of the teaching of vocational or practical skills and knowledge that relates to specific useful skills. ...
A Structure Fire is a fire in any of various residential or commercial buildings, such as single family dwellings, Townhouses/Rowhouses, Garden Apartments, Hi-Rises, and Strip Malls. ...
Airbus A380 An aircraft is any machine capable of atmospheric flight. ...
The Old Fire burning in the San Bernardino Mountains (image taken from the International Space Station) A wildfire, also known as a forest fire, vegetation fire, grass fire, brush fire, bushfire (in Australasia), or hill fire, is an uncontrolled fire often occurring in wildland areas, but which can also consume...
A fire hazard is considered to exist where there is a danger of a fire breaking out or spreading quickly. ...
Equipment and people
Ground suppression
Command and control - Incident Management Team - The incident commander and appropriate general or command staff personnel assigned to manage an incident. These teams are national resorces and maybe be flown in for large incidents.
- Incident Commander - Individual responsible for the management of all incident operations at the incident site.
- Division Chief - The Division Chief is also known as the District Fire Management Officer. On a fire the Division Chief will usually serve as the "Incident Commander" and help direct fire crews and order more equipment if needed.
- Battalion Chief - The Battalion Chief is also known as the Assistant District Fire Management Officer. The Engine Crews, Hotshot Crews and Fire Prevention units report to the Battalion Chief. They will respond to all fires and coordinate the fire fighting efforts during the initial attack.
- Fire Information Officer - The Fire Information Officer (FIO) responds to the fire, to make sure that members of the community are informed of important information about the fire. The FIO often uses the media such as TV and the radio to let the community know what is going on.
- Fire Prevention Officer - Fire Prevention units patrol the forest, and teach fire prevention at public events and in schools.
An Incident Commanders (IC) responsibility is the overall management of an emergency incident. ...
Hand crews - Type 1 Interagency Hotshot crew
- Type 1 Crew
- Type 2 Initial Attack (IA) Crew
- Type 2 Crew
- Type 3 Crew
Members of the Flathead Hotshot crew, a crew of approximately 20 highly skilled firefighters specially trained in wildland fire suppression tactics. ...
Helitack crews
Smokejumpers A smokejumper is a firefighter who parachutes into a remote area to combat wildfires. ...
Vehicles
Engines Type 3 Angeles National Forest Engine ANF 17 Type 3 Angeles National Forest Engine ANF 13 A wildland fire engine is a unique vehicle that is specifically designed for the wildland environment. ...
Crew transport - The "Buggy" crew transport vehicle
- Crew bus
- Helicopter "Helitack"
Tankers When water is required to refill an empty fire engine, water delivery is vital. The typical water tender carries 1200 gallons of water to support the fire engines. Water tenders can be used to fill water dropping helicopters when a lake or reservoir is not nearby. Water Tender ANF 10, from the USDA U.S. Forest Service, Angeles National Forest in the San Gabriel Mountains of the Southern California, Los Angeles Area. ...
Heavy Equipment Heavy Equipment's primary function of wildland fire suppression is through the application of heavy construction style equipment to move large amounts or earth, or remove vegitation. This application can also be used as pre-fire suppression to clear fuel breaks, or provide access to areas that maybe previously inaccessable. Heavy equipment is often used to mitigate storm, flood, earthquake and other emergency incidents requiring this type of equipment. - Wildland fire bulldozer
- Wildland fire loader
- Wildland fire motorgraders
Auxilary Equipment - Wildland fire heli-tender
- Wildland fire fuel tender
- Wildland fire dozer tender
Air suppression
Fixed wing airplanes - Airtankers
- Air Attack
- Lead Aircraft
- Modular Airborne Firefighting Systems (MAFFS)
- Infrared Aircraft
- Smokejumper Transport Aircraft
- Airlift Aircraft
A smokejumper is a firefighter who parachutes into a remote area to combat wildfires. ...
Rotory wing helicopters - Water Dropping Helicopters
- Helitack
- Helicopter Rappell
See also Bombardier CL-415 waterbomber of the Province of Québec Aerial firefighting is a method to combat wildfires using aircraft. ...
Hand tools The pulaski is a special hand tool used in wildland firefighting. ...
A chainsaw (also spelled chain saw) is a portable mechanical, motorized saw. ...
Shovel with wide blade - especially appropriate for lifting snow or coal A shovel is a tool for lifting and moving loose material such as coal, gravel, snow, dirt, or sand. ...
A WWI-era parachute flare dropped from aircraft for illumination. ...
Using a driptorch to ignite a prescribed fire A driptorch is a tool used in wildland firefighting, controlled burning, and other forestry applications to intentionally ignite fires. ...
Australia Wildland fire and wildland firefighting play a major role in Australia due to arid conditions, similar to those in the western U.S. The preferred term for wildfire in Australia is bushfire. Notable fire services tasked with wildland fire suppression include: Backburning in Townsville, Australia. ...
The New South Wales Rural Fire Service (RFS) is a volunteer firefighting service and is responsible for providing fire protection to over 90% of the geographical area of the state of New South Wales in Australia. ...
Grass fire at Willunga. ...
The Country Fire Authority is the name of the mixed Rural and Urban fire service that provides fire fighting services to some of the outer suburban areas of Melbourne and all of the country areas and regional townships within the state of Victoria, Australia not covered by the Metropolitan Fire...
References Contents: Top - 0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A Aerial firefighting: Use of aircraft to combat wildfires. ...
External links - The International Journal of Wildland Fire
- The International Association of Wildland Fire
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