What is a Type 2 hand crew?
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What is a Type 2 hand crew?
The Firefighter Type 2 serves on a hand crew, engine crew, or helitack crew, performing fire suppression and fuels management duties in the most adverse climate, fuel, and terrain conditions.
How many people are in a Type 2 crew?
A CREP assigned to Type 2 or Type 2 IA Crew will remain with the crew from the initial dispatch until the crew is released to home unit. CREPs are not required for agency regular crews. Standard crew size is twenty people maximum and eighteen people minimum (including Crew Boss, Crew Representative, and trainees).
What is a Type 1 hand crew?
All crews have a mixture of men and women totaling 18 to 20 crewmembers. Type 1 are known as Interagency Hotshots Crews (IHC), faster production, highly skilled, extensive training, advanced qualifications, and arduous physical standards.
What type of crew is a hotshot?
A hotshot crew consists of 20 specially-trained firefighters. They provide an organized, mobile, and skilled workforce for all phases of wildland fire management. Hotshot crews receive top-notch training, adhere to high physical standards, and have the ability to take on difficult assignments.
What is a Type 2 fire team?
A Type 2 IMT is a self-contained, all-hazard or wildland team recognized at the national and state level. They are coordinated through the state, the Geographic Area Coordination Center (GACC), or the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC).
How many hotshot crews are there in California?
A spokesman for the Forest Service told KNTV that California has a goal of 44 hotshot crews, but only 31 are fully staffed at this point in time.
Does Cal Fire have hotshot crews?
Hotshots are elite firefighters trained to fight wildland fires and respond to other emergencies nationwide. The purpose of this website is to collect, preserve and share the rich history and tradition of the California Interagency Hotshot Crews.
What is a Type 2 IA?
Type II IA simply means we are Initial Attack capable, 100% self sufficient and can split our crews into four separate modules with the appropriate leadership and qualifications.
What is a Type 1 fire fighting team?
The Firefighter Type 1 leads a small group (usually not more than seven members) and is responsible for their safety on wildland and prescribed fire incidents. The FFT1 supervises resources at the FFT2 level and reports to a Single Resource Crew Boss or other assigned supervisor.
How many hand crews Does Cal Fire have?
The California Conservation Corps operates more than two dozen wildland firefighting hand crews.
