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Prior to the 1930s, wildland firefighting crews were organized on an "as-needed" basis, hiring firefighters without any formal experience or training. [1] The Civilian Conservation Corps, which operated from 1933 until 1942, was a work relief program that employed young men primarily in natural resource conservation projects.
National Fire and Rescue Administration (国家消防救援局) is the state emergency service force for firefighting and rescue in China, which is part of the civil service and is administered by the Ministry of Emergency Management (MEM). China Fire and Rescue Force is divided into two departments: fire and rescue and forestry fire.
Planes: Fire & Rescue (also known as Planes 2: Fire & Rescue) is a 2014 American animated comedy-adventure film produced by Disneytoon Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. [4] Directed by Bobs Gannaway, written by Gannaway and Jeffrey M. Howard, and produced by Ferrell Barron, it is a sequel to Planes (2013), itself a spin-off of Pixar ...
A FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force (US&R Task Force) is a team of individuals specializing in urban search and rescue, disaster recovery, and emergency triage and medicine. The teams are deployed to emergency and disaster sites within six hours of notification.
US Forest Service - National Interagency Smokejumper Training Guide, including history (in PDF format) CPS Unit Number 103-01, World War II Smokejumpers; Smokejumpers and Smokejumping: Information and Photos; Spotfire Images: Quality Smokejumper and Fire Photos. Earl Cooley - Daily Telegraph obituary; US Forest Service list of smokejumper bases
Urban Search and Rescue California Task Force 2 or CA-TF2 is a FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force based in Los Angeles County, California. CA-TF2 is sponsored by the Los Angeles County Fire Department .
In 2001, the MCFRS went to Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia aboard RideOn buses to assist in urban search and rescue (USAR) efforts immediately after the September 11 attacks. [ 1 ] In 2004, the County Council passed legislation to reorganize the Fire & Rescue Service by placing all personnel, career and volunteer, under the command of a ...
Edward Crockett Pulaski (February 9, 1866 – February 2, 1931) was a U.S. Forest Service ranger based in Wallace, Idaho. [2] Pulaski traveled west and worked as a miner, railroad worker, and ranch foreman before joining the forest service in 1908. [3] He was reputed to be, and personally claimed that he was, a collateral descendant of Casimir ...