Wildland firefighters are highly trained to fight wildfires and maintain high standards of physical fitness. Firefighters may belong to hand crews, which use hand tools to construct fireline around wildfire, engine crews, which use hoses and water to contain and extinguish wildfire, or helitack crews, which fly to fires and move supplies using helicopters. More experienced firefighters may become hotshots or smokejumpers.
Wildland firefighters from every type of crew work together to protect people, property, and natural resources.
