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

Cutting firebreaks.

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

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.

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.

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)?

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.