A collaborative project of agency, nonprofit and private sectors to create a handy reference,training guidebook and dispatching aid. Includes
mechanized operation strategies, tactics, machine profiles, directory of qualified agency-contracted equipment operators from ID, MT, OR,
WA. 400+ machines available from 87 contractors, pictured and described. Twelve common forestry equipment categories are discussed with
profiles and numerous photos: dozers, pumpercats, wheeled and tracked skidders, feller bunchers, harvesters, forwarders, skidgines, super-
skidgines, excavators, shovels, and mulchers. Seasoned perspectives and useful tips from the field. A must read for those interested in safe,
efficient use of mechanized task forces. ÒMechanized equipment is the most over-looked, under-utilized, and misunderstood firefighting
resource.Ó George Custer, Incident Commander, National Incident Management Team (NIMO), 2008