A wildland firefighting rig crashed Friday morning when a deer ran into the convoy’s path, causing the truck to do an end-over-end flip. All but one of the eight firefighters were released from the hospital Saturday. A group of fire trucks were traveling in a caravan near … [Read more...]
San Bernardino County, California authorities arrested a 23-year-old man they say set eight wildfires, one that injured a firefighter. The accused, Jarrod Samra, was a member of the San Manuel (Calif.) Fire Department’s explorer program until he reached the program’s maximum … [Read more...]
Authorities in Montana identified the firefighter killed Aug. 2 at the Lolo Peak fire as 29-year-old Brett Witham from Mentone, California. The U.S. Forest Service said Witham was a member of the Vista Grande Hotshot team. Witham was struck by a falling tree Wednesday … [Read more...]
A Firefighter fighting the Detwiler fire in Mariposa County (California) was airlifted to a Fresno hospital after a fire truck crashed this morning. The fire apparatus reportedly rolled down an embankment and crashed into a field. The Firefighter was taken to Community Regional … [Read more...]
Those who knew 19-year-old Trenton Johnson say he was well liked by everyone. Praise for Johnson is pouring in after he was killed Wednesday while fighting a wildland fire in Montana. The Montana University State student was a member of the National Honor Society and an all … [Read more...]
It’s with great regret that we pass on that on July 19, (yesterday) a Firefighter was killed in the Line of Duty while fighting a forest fire on the Sealy Ranger District of the Lolo National Forest in Montana. The Firefighter, (from Grayback Forestry) 19 years old and a … [Read more...]
A pilot suffered non-life-threatening injuries over the weekend when his helicopter crashed during firefighting efforts in British Columbia, Canada. CTV News reports that the pilot was listed in stable condition Sunday. No one else was on the helicopter when it crashed … [Read more...]
State workplace regulators said Monday they have launched an investigation into the death of an inmate firefighter in San Diego County this month, the second fatality involving a prison firefighter in California this year. In fact, the only state firefighters to be killed in … [Read more...]
The Firefighter who died in the Line of Duty Tuesday was severely cut with a chainsaw that another inmate Firefighter was using while they were working together to fight a fire. Firefighter Frank Anaya, 22, was tasked with clearing brush cut by another Firefighter to build a … [Read more...]
A Firefighter died in the Line of Duty yesterday from injuries sustained with a chainsaw while battling a brush fire near Lakeside, California. A chainsaw hit one of the main arteries in his leg, leading to the death of Firefighter Frank Anaya, an inmate Firefighter in the Line … [Read more...]
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