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More Florida Firefighters Headed To Fight Western Wildfires
August 16, 2013
The Florida Forest Service deployed another 20-person hand crew out West Thursday to help fight wildfires.
Two people from the local Blackwater District are on the crew, bringing the total number of Blackwater personnel to nine sent out to join another 110 from across the state.
“This is the first time ever that Florida has had four hand crews out at once,” Joe Zwierzchowski, Wildfire Mitigation Specialist for the Florida Forest Service. These firefighters will assist with front-line firefighting operations by using shovels, axes and rakes to manually create a fire break or fire line around the wildfire. Hand crews are critical to wildfire suppression in the western United States.
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