Forest fires

On a daily basis, firefighters, civil security units, Météo-France, among others, analyze the risks of forest fires and put in place preventive mobilization of intervention resources.
For emergency services to be the most effective in fighting forest fires, they must intervene quickly to prevent the area of ​​the fire from becoming too large.

In France, many means are planned to fight against forest fires. This makes it possible to limit the number of large fires.

Civil security instruction and intervention units (UIISC) are military units.

The different materials used during control operations
There are materials used in the maneuvers that are presented in this
guide.

Portage hurdles
A carrying rack is a piece of equipment that allows loads to be transported on the back of a man.
heavy and bulky. They are used in large establishments.
length in particular.

Forestry equipment
Forestry equipment includes three varieties of tools which are:
• manual cutting tools (billhook, crescent, hatchet, etc.)
• manual non-cutting tools (shovel, pickaxe, curved fork, rake, etc.)

The drip torch
Used when lighting tactical fires during
forest fires or scald campaigns,
drip torch has a tank in
aluminum for fuel transport.
It has a valve and a capacity ranging from 1 to 5 liters