Firefighter Shovel and Broom

• A firefighter's shovel has a smaller blade and longer handle than a regular garden shovel and the head is angled forward to facilitate scooping and scraping dirt. The edges of a fire shovel blade are sharpened up to one and a half inches of the top of the blade. The shovels are used to scrape vegetation off the ground and throw dirt onto the flames.
  
  

Pulaski, Axes and Hoes

• A pulaski is a tool with a wooden handle and both an axe head and hoe at the end. Used for clearing vegetation, the axe head is used to cut thick roots and the hoe is use to dig them away and clear the ground. Forest firefighters may also carry a single or double bit or brush axe and a regular hoe. A bush hook looks like an axe, but has a hook for pulling and cutting vegetation at the same time.
  
  

Rakes and Brooms

• A McLeod rake is a thick-toothed rake with a wide hoe on the back to remove needle, leaf and bark litter. A council rake is sharpened and used to rake burning material and cut small shrubs away at the same time. A fire rake is similar to a leaf rake with long steel teeth. A firefighting broom and council fire swatter flap are made of non-combustible material for pushing flaming embers off a cleared area.
  
  

Fuel Bottles and Firing Devices

• Wildfire fighters may carry fuel bottles on their belts for use with chainsaws and other mechanical tools. They also keep "fusees," firing devices used to set back-burning fires and burn small isolated areas to help contain the fire. A drip torch, used in damp conditions when fusees won't fire, can be used to spread gasoline and diesel fuel onto the vegetation.