the firefighters cut a line around the edge of the fire. Often this is done by hand, using chain saws, shovels, rakes, and Pulaskis (a combination ax and hoe that is unique to wildland firefighting).

Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images Successfully fighting a wildfire requires more than people digging line or ... portion of the wildland firefighting force,” the fire management ...

Several El Paso County fire departments gathered at the Golden Eagle Campground off Highway 115 for a day-long training ...