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.

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 ...

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GSA Global Supply, a business line of GSA's Federal Supply Service (FSS), the federal government's supply operation, manages a distinct program to support this wildland fire community.

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.

DropBlocks will be carried and tested by six of DFFM’s 12 wildland fire hand crews. ... and help reduce tragic line of duty deaths, like my husband’s,” Ashcroft said.