State Forestry Divisons

[CWZWildfire]

This is crew buggy from AZ State Land Lewis Crew 1 from Lewis Prison in Buckeye AZ, picture taken while they were doing fuels reduction work (cutting down trees killed by bark beetles), They do this during winter, and firefighting during summer






Mike

[CWZWildfire]

This is the AZ State Fire (State Land) Chipper Truck running with the crew, the crew boss told me that during fire season in summer the cover over the bed comes off and they slip in a Type 6 pumper module and this is the crew superintendant's truck, they run a 25 man crew.






Mike

[RealJeep]

Florida Division of Forestry

[Rangerjake72]

Florida Division of Forestry runs mostly all tractor/plow units (Type 2 Medium dozers with trail plows) and some type 6 Engines (brush trucks)

shows here is Myakka 44/45 assigned to the Myakka River District, Punta Gorda Forestry Station, Charlotte County

2007 Sterling L7500/DOF Shops
2007 John Deere 650J Fire Dozer w/2009 Mathis/Fesco two disc newline medium fire plow

[START WATER]

NJ  HAS  A STATE RUN WILDLAND  UNIT  , THER BIGGEST PROBLEM IS THE PINE BARRENS  OF NJ , THEY HAVE HAD SOME  PRETTY LARGE WILDFIRES  .  WHERE THEY LUCK OUT IS LOCAL VOL FIRE CO'S RESPOND FOR  DWELLING PROTECTION  PRETTY FAST
THAT LEAVES THE  STATE UNITS  TO HANDLE THE FIRE LINES ETC

THEY DO PRETTY GOOD  WITH  THEIR BRUSH RIGS  AND BACK BURNING. AND LAST YEAR I SAW AHELICOPETR  DROPPING WATER
AGAIN LIKE EVERYONE ELSE BUDGETS ARE BEING CUT

THEY ALSO MAN TOWERS   ITS PRETTY FLAT LAND  SO THEY CAN SEE PRETTY FAR.    START WATER

[MFDPhoto1]

June 14, 2011

New fire engines to be presented to 8 Texas departments:

SAN ANTONIO, Texas – The Texas Intrastate Fire Mutual Aid System (TIFMAS) will deliver this week more than $800,000 worth of equipment to eight fire departments as part of a grant program administered through Texas Forest Service. The awarding of this equipment is the first of its kind and is part of a long-term strategic plan to develop TIFMAS resources around the state.

The Type VI engines were built at Siddons Fire Apparatus in San Antonio, where they’ll be picked up by the receiving departments next week. Vernon, Borger, Midland, Weatherford, Travis County, Pharr, Lufkin and Galveston Fire Departments are the recipients of the trucks, which cost about $100,000 each.

Departments in Big Spring, Brownwood, Georgetown, Lewisville, Mission, Nacogdoches, Flower Mound and Cedar Hill were awarded Type VI engines through the grant program in February.

The TIFMAS grant program was created in the 2009 Legislature under Senate Bill 1011 and is maintained by Texas Forest Service. The TIFMAS grant program is a collaborative effort of the Texas Fire Chiefs Association, State Firemen’s and Fire Marshals Association, Texas State Association of Fire Fighters, Texas Commission on Fire Protection and Texas Forest Service.

TIFMAS, under the direction of Texas Forest Service and the TIFMAS state coordinator, offers training, equipment and vehicle grants, credentialing standards and mobilization systems to make statewide use of local resources. The program was first mobilized during Hurricane Ike to provide an organized response strategy for the needed resources. Since its inception, TIFMAS has mobilized both resources and personnel for significant state events including Hurricane Ike, 2009 winter wildfires, Hurricane Alex and 2011 Texas wildfires.

Texas Forest Service communications:

[boardmansteve]

New fire engines to be presented to 8 Texas departments:

Are photos supposed to accompany this?

[1961MackC95]

New fire engines to be presented to 8 Texas departments:

Are photos supposed to accompany this?

Here is Flower Mound's unit.

2010 Ford F-550/Siddons Skeeter 200-400 Brush 505 Flower Mound, TX
 
Lindsay D
Richardson, TX

[MFDPhoto1]

Steve, I posted the story...

Lindsay posted his GREAT photos...

Bob