Technically not a USFS vehicle, but Expeditors is a common contractor for transporting on call Type 2 crews. Type 2 crews are 20 person handcrews with lower experience standards than Hotshot crews. These busses are typically used for transporting EFF (Emergency Firefighter) or OC (on call) crews contracted through a forest. These crews are organized through the older laws that authorized a forest ranger to essentially shanghai the local "menfolk" to form fire crews in an emergency. The days of clearing out the local bars for firefighters is long gone (that practice ended after WW2), these crews are now voluntary and pre-arranged, and they receive the same training as USFS firefighters. Colleges and agricultural workers are now the primary source of recruits.
These busses will also be used for "Forest Service Regulars" aka the militia, non-fire USFS employees put together into a hand crew. Traditionally the majority of USFS employees were cross trained as firefighters, but in recent decades this capability has dropped as the workforce has changed from many field going positions to more office oriented work.
Full time USFS type 2 crews (fuels, trails, timber etc) typically have their own vehicles (mostly vans, SUVs or 6 packs) well suited to carrying all their tools to te jobsite.
Photo by Aaron Woods
These busses will also be used for "Forest Service Regulars" aka the militia, non-fire USFS employees put together into a hand crew. Traditionally the majority of USFS employees were cross trained as firefighters, but in recent decades this capability has dropped as the workforce has changed from many field going positions to more office oriented work.
Full time USFS type 2 crews (fuels, trails, timber etc) typically have their own vehicles (mostly vans, SUVs or 6 packs) well suited to carrying all their tools to te jobsite.
Photo by Aaron Woods
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