Pulaski
puh-LAS-kee
A combination axe and grub hoe used in wildland firefighting — one side for chopping, the other for scraping. The essential tool of the fireline, designed to cut brush and dig down to <a href="https://rewilding.mx/word/mineral-soil/" class="word-autolink">mineral soil. Named for the ranger who invented it after barely surviving the Big Blowup of 1910.
Etymology
Named for Edward Pulaski, a U.S. Forest Service ranger who saved most of his crew during the 1910 fires in Idaho.
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