Transcript - Remarks: Joe Biden Tours the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise - September 13, 2021 | Factba.se

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25 miles an hour so that we can land on some of the high winds that we experienced out here in the western states and it can carry upwards to 300-plus pounds. So, we can don the smoke [Audio Gap] that's made out of Kevlar. And underneath that are some hockey-type pads so that we can come into some rough terrains.

Joe Biden

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Yes, sir. Do a good parachute landing fall and get up and go to work. I think Ben would like to discuss maybe a little bit about how we fight fire over on the ground.

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About the history of that tool.

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All right. Once we get on the ground, the hard work starts, and that's pretty much will be turn in [Inaudible]. Try to go direct right on the fire, try to get close as we can. [Audio Gap] start removing some of the fuel and build a fire line. And we use that in conjunction with aircraft, depending on the fire behavior.

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The aircraft helps kind of bring it back down to a level where we can get in and go direct. As Governor Little said, that tools a Pulaski. It was -- it's named after a man [Inaudible] I believe it's Edward Pulaski in Fires 1910 that helped guys in a cave to save their lives. So, we still use it today. It's probably the most valuable tool we have.

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So, [Inaudible]

Joe Biden

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Yeah. It's just an ax with a hoe end on it.

Joe Biden

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What it's sitting on is our cargo box and that's enough food and water and sleeping bag for two jumpers for about [audio gap].

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He said, if he's able to get water out here, they have pumps they can use. I said, how long is it [Audio Gap]

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Terrain. It's rare, just given all the terrain to where we --

Joe Biden

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Water that. Accessible where the pumps were. That's where the helicopters and aircraft come in.

Joe Biden

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They can move that water far distance and a large quantity of it.

Joe Biden

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And then those are some of the other hand tools. That black one right there, that's if you're in a grass fire, we call it the beater, and you pretty much just swat the fire out as you move. [Audio Gap]

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