Abstract: The drawings and description describe a hand-portable fire fighting, positive pressure blower 10 for providing positive pressure within a smoke filled space to remove the smoke, heat and carbon dioxide from a smoke filled space to facilitate the extinguishment of the fire and the overhauling of the space subsequent to the extinguishment. It further greatly enhances the safety of the fire fighters. The blower 10 includes a portable support frame 12 having an internal combustion engine 13 mounted thereon with a two blade wooden prop 18 mounted on the drive shaft for generating a cylindrical stream of fast moving air to be directed into the smoke filled space. The blower 10 includes a tilting mechanism 22 that has a lead screw with a crank that extends between a front leg frame section 58 and a central frame section 24. The front leg section 28 has a vibrational dampening cross frame element 60 that extends between the forward extending left front leg 62 and the right front leg 64.