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Rake
The rake quickly clears a path of leaves and is an efficient tool in areas where there is little brush and the primary material burning is leaves. |
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Shovel and Axe
The shovel and axe are used in traditional ways. The axe is used to cut limbs and clear logs and other debris in the way of fire line construction. The shovel is used to dig out burning roots, logs, and to bury smoldering fires. |
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Bladder Bag
The bladder bag holds 5 gallons of water and uses an adjustable pump nozzle to spray a stream of water fairly high into trees to smother smoldering snags and on the ground to smother smoldering logs. |
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Drip Torch
The drip torch, filled with a mixture of diesel and gasoline, allows fire fighters to drip a line of fire for backfiring along an established control line. |
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Pulaski
The pulaski is a combination tool, ax and mattock invented by forest ranger, Ed Pulaski, in 1910. This tool enables firefighters to cut trees and limbs with the ax side and to dig and scrape with the mattock side. |
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Flapper
Called a flapper, a swatter or a beater, this tool’s long handle allows firefighters to stand well back from hot grass fires while literally swatting out the flames with the thick rubber flap. Where groundcover is short, the flapper can be dragged along the fire edge to smother the fire. |
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Fire Hoe
The fire hoe is sharp toothed and cuts through sod and small roots to clear a fire line. |
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McLeod
The McLeod is a combination heavy-duty rake and hoe tool. It is named after Ranger Malcolm McLeod. Firefighters use this tool to cut through matted litter and duff and clearing loose surface materials. |
