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Most firefighters know that the pulaski firefighting tool was named for Ed Pulaski, the hero of the Big Blowup of 1910. Pulaski, a jack-of-all-trades, is often credited with inventing the tool in the years following the Big Blowup.

The Pulaski was created in the years just following the 1910 Big Burn by U.S. Forest Service Ranger Ed Pulaski. The Pulaski was created in the years just following the 1910 Big Burn by U.S. Forest Service Ranger Ed Pulaski, and it continues to be used by wildland firefighters to this day.

Wildland firefighters will typically use a Pulaski axe, a combination fire axe and hoe. This axe is like a multitool for firefighters since they can use it to chop debris in their way and dig with the hoe when needed.

The “Seagrave” axe, manufactured by the Collins company in the early 1900s, is regarded as the first modern pick back axe. It's known as the Seagrave because it was often sold as part of the kit loaded on Seagrave fire trucks. Originals are highly prized by collectors and have been copied by others for use worldwide.

The Pulaski is a specialty hand tool used in fighting fires, particularly wildfires, which combines an axe and an adze in one head. Similar to a cutter mattock, it has a rigid handle of wood, plastic, or fiberglass.

This specification covers a combination hoe and rake handtool used primarily for clearing brush and other surface debris and for digging in the soil to construct fire control lines on wildfires and controlled burn operations.