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United States Forest Service - Monrovia1 - 04-18-2011
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Los Padres Engine 41.
United States Forest Service - Monrovia1 - 04-18-2011
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Los Padres NF Strike Team.
United States Forest Service - chcmedic93 - 04-18-2011
I've noticed some CNF/BDF engines change from 2 digit numbers to 300 series numbers (i.e. Engine 26 changed to Engine 326). Any idea what that indicates?
United States Forest Service - Aaronw - 04-18-2011
I haven't seen that yet, so this is just a guess, but maybe a pilot program for a new numbering system. There has been a big push for uniform standards across the agency in the past 2-3 years (whistling in the dark in my opinion, but it keeps the GS-15s in DC busy).
Numbering has changed over the years and does vary between regions. In California the USFS has used a 2 digit identifier since the mid 90s. The first digit is the district, the second number the unit (typically station, but multiple company stations can mess that up, also numbers are skipped sometimes to avoid confusion between similar sounding numbers). Off forest, the forest name is added to the radio identifier (Tahoe engine 31, Sierra engine 12 etc).
Until the mid 90s there was more leeway and some forests were using a 3 digit identifier to account for the multiple company stations. The 3 digit system showed district, station and unit (in the station). The San Bernardino NF does have several multi-engine stations so perhaps they pushed to go back to the earlier system.
It is also possible they are adopting a system used in some other regions that shows the ICS type of engine with the first digit, 326 would be a type 3 engine from district 2 and is the 6th unit on the district. The 4 southern forests (Angeles, Cleveland, Los Padres and San Bernardino) are frequently involved in pilot programs for things like that.
Again just a guess.
United States Forest Service - Guest - 04-18-2011
Mendocino Hotshots - MNF C12A, MNF C12B
Ft. Bliss 2 Fire
Las Cruces, New Mexico
June 2010
United States Forest Service - Aaronw - 04-18-2011
As part of an effort to unify Federal resources some of the Forests in R1 and R4 have bought engines based on the Bureau of Land Management great basin spec. Idaho Panhandle National Forest.
85gpm aux pump, 850 gallon tank
Photo by Aaron Woods
United States Forest Service - Aaronw - 04-18-2011
Sierra National Forest 1940 International
Credit Sierra National Forest archives
United States Forest Service - Aaronw - 04-18-2011
Huron Manistee National Forest, 200 gallon John Bean pumper
Credit Huron Manistee National Forest archives
United States Forest Service - Aaronw - 04-18-2011
Sierra National Forest Model 61, 1991 Boise Mobile Equipment / IH. This was one of the first batch of engines that got BME going, since then they have been one of the major suppliers of engines for the USFS.
Yosemite National Park got 3 identical engines the same year painted in the NPS white / red.
Photo by Aaron Woods
United States Forest Service - Aaronw - 04-18-2011
Sierra National Forest Model 61, Phenix / Chevrolet.
Photo by Aaron Woods
United States Forest Service - Aaronw - 04-18-2011
Sierra National Forest Model 61, Ford F800
Photo by Aaron Woods
United States Forest Service - Aaronw - 04-18-2011
Sierra National Forest Model 61, Chevrolet Kodiak
Photo by Aaron Woods
United States Forest Service - Monrovia1 - 04-19-2011
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Angeles Engine 311.
United States Forest Service - Monrovia1 - 04-19-2011
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Angeles Engine 13.
United States Forest Service - Aaronw - 04-19-2011
Chequamegon National Forest trailer pumper
Credit Chequamegon National Forest archives
United States Forest Service - Aaronw - 04-19-2011
Cleveland National Forest tanker truck
Shop built tankers like this were common in the 1930s and 40s
Credit Cleveland National Forest archives
United States Forest Service - Aaronw - 04-19-2011
Los Padres National Forest Model 62A, 1996 Boise Mobile Equipment / Ford F800
400 gpm pto pump, 500 gallon tank
Photo by Aaron Woods
United States Forest Service - Aaronw - 04-19-2011
Model 62A 4x4, Ford with Marmon Herrington 4x4 conversion
Photo by Aaron Woods
United States Forest Service - Aaronw - 04-19-2011
Stanislas National Forest Unimog engine
Occasionally the USFS will try something completely different. Following the Bureau of Land Management's success with Unimogs in Nevada the Stanislaus purchased one. It can be equipped with a blade allowing it to be used like a small dozer.
85 gpm aux pump, unknown tank (guessing 400-500 gallon by eyeball)
Photo by Aaron Woods
United States Forest Service - Monrovia1 - 04-19-2011
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Los Padres NF Engine 52.