Maquinaria pesada en la extinción de incendios forestales

This manual describes forest fire extinguishing operations with heavy machinery, describing their characteristics, types, utilities and integration in extinguishing operations, in order to try to ensure that said equipment becomes a fundamental integral part of the Extinguishing Services, proposing actions to improve its safety, effectiveness and efficiency.

It also tries to be a practical and useful tool for all those professionals who want to deepen the use and management of these equipment in the extinction of forest fires.

The lessons learned through the experience of the author and other professionals in the use of these equipment and future challenges are also shown.