Beaver Fire Entrapment 2014

Link to video: Beaver Fire

The Beaver Fire started by lightning on July 30, 2014 on a private inholding within the Klamath National Forest in California. At approximately 1730 on August 11, a Division Supervisor, contract dozer and a Heavy Equipment Boss deployed their fire shelters on the Beaver Fire. The individuals involved were improving line on the far western edge of the fire, approximately 2 miles from the fire front. The contract dozer operator received non-life threatening burn injuries, but was referred to a burn center for further evaluation. The DIVS pickup truck parked at the deployment site received heat damage and the bed and back seat caught fire.

Entrapment, Burn Injury, Heavy Equipment, Extended Attack, Fire Shelter Deployment