<p> Update 7/20/2009</p><p>NWSA 2009 Resource Review Resources available by NWSA Members</p><p>National Wildfire Suppression Association National Wildfire Suppression Association</p><p>NWSA 2009 Resource Review</p><p>Resources available by NWSA Members</p><p>The National Wildfire Suppression Association represents over 250 professional private fire service contractors in 17 states. They provide a vast variety of resources to the agencies to assist not only in Wildland fire suppression, but fuels reduction, and a variety of emergency services.</p><p>The following report shows the number of resources available by NWSA member companies. These resources are currently under contract and/or agreements with a variety of agencies. Most of them work under the new National Template agreements put out by the interagency working team at NIFC.</p><p>These resources are trained for fire according to the 310-1 and several regions exceed those guidelines. They follow the same guidelines that the agencies use in training and safety.</p><p>Most of the resources are available for national dispatch on a year round basis to respond as needed to assist on an assignment.</p><p>2  National Wildfire Suppression Association</p><p>Type 2 Hand Type 2IA Type 3 Type 4 Type 5 Type 6 Engines Crews Hand Crews Engines Engines Engines</p><p>172 35 19 48 17 172</p><p>Type 2 Type 3 Strike Strike Team Timber Faller Hand washing Tenders Tenders Team Engines Modules Units Crews</p><p>62 6 11 11 107 11</p><p>Showers 6x6 Refrigeration Overhead Chippers Transport Units Personnel Services</p><p>9 1 6 156 7 9</p><p>Dozers Skid gins Potable Gray Water Water</p><p>24 5 25 9 Below is a map showing the locations in which are members are located on a national level.</p><p>3  National Wildfire Suppression Association</p><p>WASHINGTON</p><p>MONTANA NORTH MINNESOTA MAINE DAKOTA VT OREGON NH WISCONSIN MASS IDAHO SOUTH DAKOTA NEW YORK MICHIGAN WYOMING RI CONN IOWA PENN NEW NEBRASKA JERSEY NEVADA OHIO DELAWARE INDIANA UTAH ILLINOIS COLORADO WV MARYLAND KANSAS VIRGINIA MISSOURI KENTUCKY CALIFORNIA NORTH CAROLINA TENNESSEE ARIZONA ARKANSAS OKLAHOMA SOUTH NEW MEXICO CAROLINA</p><p>MISS GEORGIA ALABAMA</p><p>TEXAS LOUISIANA FLORIDA</p><p>ALASKA</p><p>PUERTO RICO VIRGIN HAWAII ISLANDS</p><p>These resources are based in the following US Forest Service Regions.</p><p>Region 1</p><p>Region 4</p><p>Region 6</p><p>Region 9</p><p>Region 2</p><p>Region 5</p><p>Region 8</p><p>4  </p>