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	Pulaski (tool) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The invention of the pulaski is widely credited to Ed Pulaski, a ranger with the United States Forest Service, in 1911, although a similar tool was first introduced in 1876 by the Collins Tool Company.
		Ed Pulaski was famous for taking action to save the lives of a crew of 45 firefighters during the disastrous August 1910 wildfires in Idaho.
		The pulaski came into wide use by the Forest Service after 1913, and in 1920 the Forest Service began contracting for the tool to be commercially manufactured.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pulaski_(tool) (229 words)

	Grubbing and raking tools, for trail building and maintenance, from American Trails
		Pulaski: Developed to grub and chop duff during forest fires, the Pulaski combines an axe bit with an adz-shaped grub hoe on a 36 inch wood or fiberglass handle.
		Unlike grub hoes or mattocks the Pulaski is a sharp-edged took, and should not be used in rocky soil.
		A sharpened Pulaski should be marked to discourage anyone from mistakenly dulling a Pulaski meant for timber work by using it for digging.
	www.americantrails.org /resources/info/tools5.html (794 words)

	Pulaski (tool) Definition / Pulaski (tool) Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The pulaski is a special hand tool used in wildland firefightingA wildfire, additionally known as a forest fire, vegetation fire, grass fire, or bushfire (in Australasia), is an uncontrolled fire in wildland often caused by lightning; other common causes are human carelessness and arson....
		pulaski tool is a combination axe and mattock used to clear brush and for digging in the soil.
		Pulaski tool is a combination mattock and axe designed for fire fighting and clearing work.
	www.elresearch.com /Pulaski_(tool) (702 words)

	Events (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Pulaski was a ranger and tinker who struggled to solve equipment problems of the fledgling forestry profession.
		Pulaski was fascinated by the potential of the tool, but abandoned the shovel and lengthened and reshaped the ax and mattock blade.
		Pulaski had forfeited royalties by not acting in 1914, but this statute at least made it possible to put his name on the tool.
	www.fs.fed.us /newcentury/pulaski.htm (409 words)

	Op Peregrine - Edward Pulaski - Creator of Pulaski Tool
		Pulaski was frustrated with having to carry a wide assortment of ad hoc firefighting tools like rakes, axes, hoes and shovels into fire areas.
		Pulaski positioned himself at the entranceway and fought the encroaching flames with his hat and bare hands until he collapsed.
		Pulaski died in 1931 but firefighters around the world remember him for the tool that bears his name, and as the hero of the “Big Blowup of 1910”.
	www.army.dnd.ca /lfwa/feature_Edward_Pulaski.htm (296 words)

	Ed Pulaski - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ed Pulaski was a United States Forest Service ranger in Wallace, Idaho.
		Drawing on his knowledge of the area and of the dynamics of forest fires, Pulaski led his crew to safety in the abandoned mine.
		Ed Pulaski is widely credited for the invention of the pulaski in 1911, a hand tool used in wildland firefighting.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ed_Pulaski (132 words)

	Welcome To Khosla Tools & Equipment
		Pulaski Tool is designed as a combination of Axe and Mattock and used primarily for clearing brush, small logs and other surface debris and digging in the soil for construction of Forest Fire Control Lines.
		It is a special tool manufactured from Hardened and Tempered Carbon Steel, intended for use in construction of Fire Lines in deep puff, fine needles, light brush and grass, it is a combination of Rake and HOE attached to a rake type hard wood handle.
		McLeod Tool, in combination with the fire rake are a ideal pair for fighting fire in grass lands.
	www.khoslatools.com /fire.htm (446 words)

	New West Network \| Northern Idaho \| A Legend Comes to Life, Without the Heat
		Edward Pulaski, a man in his mid-forties as rugged as the mountains and forest the men had been fighting to protect, rescued them from confusion and an otherwise likely death by bringing them to a cave known by many, but locatable by few.
		Pulaski knew the fire was so hot that even an attempt to crawl down through the West Fork of Placer Creek at this point would end in an assured death.
		Unfortunately for Pulaski, the window of opportunity for a patent was missed and his tool slipped into the hands of a plethora of manufacturing opportunists.
	www.newwest.net /index.php/city/article/1737/C136/L136 (1528 words)

	Shoshone News Press (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Regarding the tool today Knoll said, "I like it, but it's only one piece of the puzzle." He and his firefighters stock two or three Pulaski tools in each of their trucks.
		The Pulaski is the first tool deployed when he or his firefighters arrive at the seen of any brush or forest fire.
		Pulaski fashioned the tool and took it to a large gathering of U.S. Forest Service supervisors presenting it as "the logical tool for the work." Pulaski looked into having his tool patented years later after it fell into regular use fighting fires but had missed a two-year window in which he could apply.
	www.shoshonenewspress.com /index.asp?Sec=News&str=3969&arch=y (627 words)

	The Pulaski - Frequently Asked Questions Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Pulaski is the first tool in the line of the most basic firefighting resource, a twenty-person crew.
		Pulaski knew, from his prospecting days, that two old mine tunnels were nearby, one shorter, one longer.
		Pulaski stood at the entrance, assuring those who might try to leave that he would shoot them, then filling his hat with mine water and throwing it at the burning timbers.
	www.fireteam-sw.com /whitney/past_assignments/willow/faqs/faqs_pulaski.html (835 words)

	Universal Wildfire Tools
		The Troop Tool, the Dragon Hoe or the Dragon Swatter are all designed to be primary tools in different fuels and conditions.
		It comes with two stainless screws to attach our tool heads to a green sapling at the fire if the universal handle is lost or unavailable.
		Soft and ergonomic, this tool is a pleasure to use.
	www.dragonslayers.com /fire_tools2.html (232 words)

	Pulaski and Combination Tool
		The standard pulaski, super pulaski, and combination (combi) handtools were tested with a sample of 22 firefighters.
		Top priority should be given to the broad field implementation of the combi tool, to increasing field acceptance, and to expanding its use in crew tool mixes—especially for Type II crews.
		The combi tool should be the first training tool used by regular firefighters in developing skilled technique and should also be used to train experienced firefighters to become more efficient.
	www.fs.fed.us /fire/sdtdc/02511302/02511302.html (1727 words)

	Pulaski County Definition / Pulaski County Research
		Pulaski County is a county located in the US state of Arkansas.
		Pulaski County is a county located in the state of Indiana.
		Pulaski County is located in South Central Kentucky and is the 3rd largest county in the state.
	www.elresearch.com /Pulaski_County (57 words)

	Masks for laser ablation technology: New requirements and challenges
		A typical laser ablation tool is very similar to a conventional optical lithography projection tool; the primary difference is the wavelength and the intensity of the light used in the ablation process.
		Both tools consist of many subsystems such as an illumination source, imaging optics, an XY stage, alignment optics, servo control electronics, a central computer, and a mask (Figure 2).
		The major differences between a lithography tool and the ablation tool are the wavelength and intensity of the ultraviolet light.
	www.research.ibm.com /journal/rd/411/speidell.html (3076 words)

	Pulaski - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Pulaski (disambiguation).
		Pulaski is the name of some places in the United States of America:
		The pulaski is a hand tool combining an ax and a mattock for fighting fires invented by Ed Pulaski.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pulaski (135 words)

	The Pulaski Project
		The tunnel is named for Ed Pulaski, who invented the handy tool that kept forest firefighters from having to carry both an ax and a hoe.
		Long before he invented the handy tool that kept forest fire-fighters from having to carry both an ax and a hoe, Pulaski was a Forest Service ranger in Wallace in August 1910 when the woods exploded into a fIrestorm, trapping 1,800 firefighters between Wallace and Avery.
		The project is now known as the Pulaski Project, and work is scheduled to start this summer on restoring, realigning and marking the trail and the tunnel entrance.
	www.idahoforests.org /pulanski.htm (752 words)

	Experimental Underbucking Tool
		The purpose is to have a convenient and lightweight tool to use on a pulaski handle for underbucking with the crosscut saw.
		I have used a similar tool made by a former master trail worker, and that is where I got the idea to try to replicate his tool.
		With this tool a wrench is needed for tightening the clamp.
	www.glacierview.net /geowinters/ub_tool_page.html (592 words)

	Technology in our Schools: A Destination Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Pulaski County Schools’ Technology Taskforce chooses to address the question of how to use instructional technology to support student learning by discussing how it impacts four areas in our learning community that have major budget implications.
		It is also important to have a manageable number of tools in the kit as the Consortium for School Networking’s "Taking TCO to the Classroom" points out the importance of limiting the diversity of software titles and controlling all the upgrading centrally as an important way to control costs.
		One outcome of the tool kit approach is the strengthening of collegial relations among teachers within and between schools as they integrate technology.
	admin.sbo.pulaski.k12.va.us /Technology_Taskforce/destination_document.htm (3231 words)

	THIS OLD HOUSE \| Essential Guide to Tools - Roger's Garden Tools (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Don't worry about expensive power tools like aerators and thatchers — those once-a-year tools can be rented when you need them (and you can share the rental with a neighbor to save money).
		Concentrate on the basic tools you'll use over and over, and the payoff will be more time spent enjoying your garden, and less time spent slaving over it.
		There's a great combination tool, the Pulaski, that has a grub blade on one side and an axe head on the other, which is handy for cutting out small trees and shrubs.
	www.thisoldhouse.com /toh/html/anniversary/toolguide/tools_part7.html (1143 words)

	Tool
		Although tools were once thought to be used only by humans, it has been observed that chimpanzees and other animals, mostly primates, but also for instance ravens, are able to use them as well.
		An instrument is a concrete or abstract tool, in particular a refined one.
		Tool has long clashed with conventional television and radio due to their dark musical content and dry disposition: their first single from Ænima was at first shortened for radio play by broadcasting companies until overwhelming fan response compelled them to play the track uncut.
	www.websters-online-dictionary.org /to/tool.html (4384 words)

	NPS Fire Management Program - Tools for Fire Management (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The rake quickly clears a path of leaves and is an efficient tool in areas where there is little brush and the primary material burning is leaves.
		The pulaski is a combination tool, ax and mattock invented by forest ranger, Ed Pulaski, in 1910.
		This tool enables firefighters to cut trees and limbs with the ax side and to dig and scrape with the mattock side.
	www.nps.gov /fire/public/pub_und_toolsfiremanage.html (335 words)

	Cooperating Agencies Receive National Firefighting Award (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		A national award, the Pulaski is presented annually to recognize outstanding contributions of wildland firefighters and wildland firefighting.
		It is named for Edward Pulaski, who is credited with early designs of the tool.
		Pulaski was a forest ranger that led a crew through thick smoke, heat, and flames to the safety of a railroad tunnel during the Montana/Idaho inferno of 1910.
	www.dof.virginia.gov /press/nr-03-Pulaski-Award-03-10.shtml (271 words)

	Pulaski Technical College: two year community college in central Arkansas
		Pulaski Technical College operates the Saline County Adult Education Center at Benton, offering General Educational Development (GED) preparation, basic skills, English as a Second Language (ESL), Workforce Alliance for Growth in the Economy (WAGE) and computer literacy programs for residents of Saline County and the surrounding area.
		If this tool and the student’s T.A.B.E scores reflect a need for more testing, then the student may be referred to another agency for a complete battery tests to determine if the student has learning disabilities and will require accommodations.
		The first point of contract for reporting sexual harassment and grievances is the Yvonne Dougherty, director of the Saline Country Adult Education Center.
	www.pulaskitech.edu /continuing_education/saline_county_aec.asp (621 words)

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		Skill in the use and maintenance of each tool is required to ensure a safe and effective working environment.
		The finest tool is of little use if it is improperly used or maintained.
		Combi tool When assembled in the 90' configuration, works much like the hoe end of a pulaski, is good for building roll trenches in soft dirt.
	www.angelfire.com /extreme2/jojacsgarage/Unit_3-_C.doc (1205 words)

	Chronicle of the Early American Industries Association, Inc., The: Pulaski Carter manufacturer of axes and edge tools, ...
		Pulaski Carter was born in Westminster, Connecticut, 23 June 1813 (Figure 1).
		After learning flsmithing in Brooklyn, Pulaski Carter spent a year at Mansfield, Connecticut, in Owen Fenton's business (he was a flsmith and maker of scythes) before going to Winsted, Connecticut, in September 1834.
		Following Pulaski's death, the illustration of the axe continued to be used by his heirs, when they formed Carter & Co. They used the same illustration either because they did not change the labeling of the axes or because the drawing was available.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3983/is_200303/ai_n9181790 (1381 words)

	[Outdoors-Magazine.com] Pulaski Hatchet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		I was curious to see if the same type blade could be made into a shorter, lighter tool and still prove useful.
		Also, swinging this double-edged tool when you are crouched fairly close to your work can be a bit intimidating.
		I guess my choice between the axe & the hatchet would depend on how much work I judged needed to be done versus the weight of the tools I had to carry with me. The larger axe is definitely less tiring to use for heavier work or for an extended time.
	outdoors-magazine.com /s_article_print.php?id_article=141 (392 words)

	Software Exploration Working Shop (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Pulaski Co. Schools has computers installed in classrooms and some schools have labs (w/ WANs and LANs).
		Tool focused workshops will be minimized as we feel teachers will be better served by workshops that direct them toward technology that supports their curricula – whether that is through curriculum-centered or project-centered workshops.
		Teachers and students will understand the common software interfaces, experts will emerge in each school, tools will be used across the curriculum in multiple venues and as students and teachers use the tool/s more frequently, their mastery becomes more rapid and their work more sophisticated.
	admin.sbo.pulaski.k12.va.us /Technology_Taskforce/software_exploration.htm (648 words)

	IMBA Resources: Trail Building and Maintenance: Essential Tools For Trailwork (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		A fire fighting tool that has made the transition to trail building, pulaskis have an axe blade on one side and a grub hoe on the other.
		A guy by the name of Pulaski invented the tool when he was tired of carrying both a fire axe and a grub hoe into the woods to battle blazes.
		Also, we like to be ambidextrous with tools, that way, at the end of the day; you will be sore all over and not just on one side.
	www.imba.com /resources/trail_building/itn_12_3_tools.html (770 words)

	Pulaski County (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Master Gardeners provide non-biased information to Pulaski County residents, giving them a powerful tool to help them become informed consumers, safe pesticide applicators and successful gardeners whether it is just one tomato plant in a pot or a large lawn and landscape.
		The Pulaski County Extension Service provides the latest research-based information to help these professionals solve insect, disease and weed control problems.
		Training is a tool that keeps these professionals up to date and helps them provide the best information, products and services possible to their customers.
	www.uaex.edu /pulaski/progress_report/master_gardener.asp (342 words)

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