Posted on 15 August 2009

Hillsborough River State Park has taken advantage of the Federal Excess Personal Property Program to gain additional fire fighting equipment. This program was authorized under terms of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949. It is a low-cost approach to acquire additional fire protection equipment from the Division of Forestry and is on loan to support rural and wild land fire protection programs. Hillsborough River State Park/Fort Foster Historic Site has received collaborative agency assistance from local area Division of Forestry supervisor Patrick Keogh and FPS “finest” Rosi Mulholland our Division Fire Coordinator to build and create a Type 5 fire fighting unit. Having these additional resources within our park will aid in our on-going burn program and helpful in the event of a possible wildfire situation.