Saturday, January 31, 2026

Kootenai NF fire program overview

https://www.fs.usda.gov/r01/kootenai/fire/fire-and-fuels-program

kootenai national forest

nice overview of the fire management program

you can probably look at wildweb to see exactly which engines are
based where - even though they might all be at forest hq for the
winter

1 hour of PT daily - pack test requires 3 mile walk carrying 45 pounds
in 45 minutes

type 6 engines probably have crews of 2 people

type 4 engines might have crews of 3 or 4 people

rappelers fly in helos

hand crews travel in crew transport trucks

modules = crew = "company" - the staffing

type 2 hand crew is the usfs employees who are not in the fire program
but they are trained to function as an 'on call' / 'call when needed'
hand crew

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