AEL Category: 03. CBRNE Operational and Search and Rescue Equipment
AEL Title: Tools, Gasoline-Powered
AEL Number: 03SR-02-TPGS
SAVER Project: Chain Saws for Firefighting and Rescue
Gasoline powered chainsaws are used for firefighting, rescue, and forcible entry by structural firefighters, wildland firefighters, and urban search and rescue teams. Responders use these tools to cut ventilation holes in structures, construct shoring systems, and to clear fire lines.
Please contact NUSTL@hq.dhs.gov regarding access to the following additional documents: Focus Group Report (2012), Market Survey Report (2012), Assessment Report on Handheld Raman Spectrometers (2012), and Handheld Raman Spectrometers Test Report (2022).
Find this project in the FEMA Authorized Equipment List and InterAgency Board Interactive Standardized Equipment List.
| Attachment | Ext. | Size | Date |
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| Chain Saws for Firefighting and Rescue Highlight (August 2008) | 269.73 KB | ||
| Chain Saws for Firefighting and Rescue Summary (August 2010) | 310.88 KB | ||
| Chain Saws for Firefighting and Rescue TechNote (January 2008) | 1.07 MB |