This paper provides an overview and analysis of existing tools and machinery for fighting ground forest fires. The paper examines theoretical issues of applying soil-thrower machine to extinguish forest fires. In the paper, the information database on the usage of existing technology in modern conditions is studied in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the usage of new technology. The design of the presented machine makes it a universal one, replacing two technological units and thereby reducing the material consumption of technological process of extinguishing fire with soil and laying firebreaks; it increases the amount of ground to extinguish the fire, increasing efficiency in the fight against fire, as well as the traveling speed of the unit and its performance.