Charles H. Bronson, Commissioner    -    James R. Karels, Director
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Forestry and Fire-fighting Equipment

Medium Crawler Tractor

The Medium Crawler Tractor is the Division's primary on-the-ground firefighting piece of equipment. The Tractors can scrape a fire break 8'-10' wide in most vegetation types in Florida to stop an oncoming wildfire before it can reach homes and other high valued property and resources.

The Medium Crawler Tractor enables the wildland firefighters to reach deep into the woods to suppress fires that are inaccessible by other means.

Medium Crawler Tractor

Medium Crawler Tractor

It is also used as a preventative management tool to assist landowners by scraping fire breaks on their land before a fire occurs and in preparation for prescribed burning. This size tractor has been used very effectively for clearing roads and yards following Hurricanes Andrew and Erin, and other weather events.
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