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FIRE FIGHTER WAS KILLED IN A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT

 FireCompanies    August 30, 2005    No Comments

Below is a report from CDF of the fatal accident in Riverside County,California where a fire fighter was killed in a traffic accident.(click here) … [Read more...]

 News, WILDLAND

FIREFIGHTER FELL OUT OF AN ENGINE

 FireCompanies    August 30, 2005    No Comments

Below is the CDF GREEN SHEET report of a near miss when a firefighter fell out of an engine while responding to a call. (click here) … [Read more...]

 News, WILDLAND

FINAL REPORT: FF EVA SCHICKE / WILDLAND FATALITY (CA)

 FireCompanies    August 29, 2005    No Comments

Eva Schicke, the 23-year-old firefighter who was killed Sept. 12, 2004 battling a wildfire east of Groveland in southern Tuolumne County. The first woman in the history of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to die in action, Schicke was remembered by family … [Read more...]

 News, WILDLAND

CEDAR FIRE INVESTIGATION OF NOVATO ENGINE CREW ENTRAPMENT FATALITY AND BURN INJURIES

 FireCompanies    May 31, 2005    No Comments

Click on the link, below, to receive the final CDF accident report concerning the Novato engine entrapment on the Cedar Fire in 2003. At the end of the report a cause of the accident is listed as failure to provide adequate lookouts, however, read the report carefully and you … [Read more...]

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SLOW DOWN! IT'S JUST A BRUSH FIRE!!

 FireCompanies    April 26, 2005    No Comments

While responding to a brush fire call approx 1/2 mile from our station (after already out on 2 brush fires and a fully involved van fire) I came to a intersection and approached with lights and sirens. In the slow lane I had a tractor trailer approaching and stopped-I mistook the … [Read more...]

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SLOW DOWN! IT’S JUST A BRUSH FIRE!!

     April 26, 2005    No Comments

While responding to a brush fire call approx 1/2 mile from our station (after already out on 2 brush fires and a fully involved van fire) I came to a intersection and approached with lights and sirens. In the slow lane I had a tractor trailer approaching and stopped-I mistook the … [Read more...]

 News, WILDLAND

REPORT: NO WORKPLACE VIOLATIONS LED TO FIREFIGHTER'S DEATH

 FireCompanies    April 7, 2005    No Comments

Story by The KCRA Channel SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A new report on the death of a California Department of Forestry firefighter is providing few new details on what went wrong. Eva Schicke, of Arnold, was the first female CDF firefighter to die in the line of duty when her crew was … [Read more...]

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REPORT: NO WORKPLACE VIOLATIONS LED TO FIREFIGHTER’S DEATH

     April 7, 2005    No Comments

Story by The KCRA Channel SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A new report on the death of a California Department of Forestry firefighter is providing few new details on what went wrong. Eva Schicke, of Arnold, was the first female CDF firefighter to die in the line of duty when her crew was … [Read more...]

 News, WILDLAND

FOUR PORTUGUESE FIREFIGHTERS DIE IN FOREST BLAZE

 FireCompanies    March 1, 2005    No Comments

28 Feb 2005 Source: ReutersLISBON, Feb 28 (Reuters) - A rare winter forest fire killed four Portuguese firefighters on Monday, authorities said.The four from the Coimbra fire brigade were among a group of five battling a blaze in mountains near Mortagua, about 210 km (130 miles) … [Read more...]

 News, WILDLAND

WILDLAND FIREFIGHTER SAFETY AND SURVIVAL RESOURCES:

 FireCompanies    January 2, 2005    No Comments

The Forest Service plays a lead role in wildland firefighter safety. Check out http://www.wildfirelessons.net/ .....for some awesome safety info. Look to http://www.fireleadership.gov/values_principles.html ...for some great stuff as well. And for an excellent paper on … [Read more...]

 News, WILDLAND

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