By Scott Sonner, The Associated Press: A safety team is recommending improvements in communications and training in the wake of a state wildlife helicopter crash that sparked a Nevada wildfire that severely burned two volunteer firefighters trying to rescue the crash … [Read more...]
By NBC San Diego: On June 13, 2017, just after 3 p.m., Oceanside firefighters and police were called to a brush fire on Douglas Drive. The flames were spreading fast, pushed by 15 mph winds, so crews requested water drops from their helicopter to help douse the flames. But … [Read more...]
By Kylar Loussikian, Sidney Morning Herald: US sheriffs say two Australian firefighters patrolling a fire in remote Washington state with two local officers were confused and not being shot at, despite detailing the lengthy ordeal in a debriefing note and being airlifted out … [Read more...]
By Yahoo: An injured firefighter was airlifted to safety over the Fork Fire in the San Gabriel Mountains in California on September 9. The Special Enforcement Bureau of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department hoisted the firefighter, who was a “victim of rockfall,” and … [Read more...]
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A Eugene wildland Firefighter has died today after he suffered irreversible brain damage after contracting pneumonia, which became septic. The family of 20-year-old Eric Aarseth states that just a day after he came home last Monday he was found unconscious in his apartment. Eric … [Read more...]
A rare “fire tornado” that barreled into Redding during the destructive Carr fire was responsible for killing a firefighter as he raced toward a neighborhood in flames, an investigation has found. The twister may have been California’s strongest on record. It was … [Read more...]
As an update, it was Draper (Utah) Battalion Chief Matthew "Matty" Burchett 42, who suffered injuries while at the Ranch Fire — one of multiple blazes comprising the larger Mendocino complex. He leaves behind his wife and 6-year-old son.“The one thing I would want people to know … [Read more...]
A firefighter was injured Friday while fighting the 700-acre Miriam Fire burning near White Pass. Fire management officials reported that the injured firefighter was airlifted to a local hospital, but further details and his status were unknown Friday evening. The … [Read more...]
By Lizzy Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle: For more than four hours, no one heard from Braden Varney. The 10-year veteran of California’s firefighting force had been dispatched to bulldoze a firebreak on a precarious ridge near Marble Point in Mariposa County, an effort to … [Read more...]
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