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cvrules90
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Bulldozers

Post by cvrules90 »

What's the role of dosers? I've heard about them, but never understood what they were for.
zz0468
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Post by zz0468 »

Cutting firebreaks.
sp1989
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Post by sp1989 »

And, that's more of a wildlands fire piece of equipment. I don't think Riverside city fire has any =)
cvrules90
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Post by cvrules90 »

zz0468 wrote:Cutting firebreaks.
sp1989 wrote:And, that's more of a wildlands fire piece of equipment. I don't think Riverside city fire has any =)
I was just wondering because it seemed wierd.
retiredFD07
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Post by retiredFD07 »

Not so weird. The dozers are trucked to the fire on flatbed trailers. One dozer operator can cut a hellofa lot more fire break a hellofa lot faster than a 20 man hand crew.
cvrules90
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retiredFD07 wrote:Not so weird. The dozers are trucked to the fire on flatbed trailers. One dozer operator can cut a hellofa lot more fire break a hellofa lot faster than a 20 man hand crew.
So the hand crew is the crew that battles with the equipment (like at a structure fire)?
N6AJB
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Post by N6AJB »

cvrules90 wrote:
retiredFD07 wrote:Not so weird. The dozers are trucked to the fire on flatbed trailers. One dozer operator can cut a hellofa lot more fire break a hellofa lot faster than a 20 man hand crew.
So the hand crew is the crew that battles with the equipment (like at a structure fire)?

Mostly fire rakes, shovels and chainsaws.
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