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Smokejumper Refresher Qualification Jump Fatality 2000

  • Incident Information:

    Smokejumper Fatality Factual Report

  • Location:

    Alaska

  • Date:

    04/29/2000

  • Incident Type:

    Smokejumping Accident

  • Description:

    On April 29, 2000, David J. Liston, a smokejumper with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Alaska Fire Service at Ft. Wainwright, Alaska, was fatally injured in a pre-season refresher qualification jump.

    Fatality, Equipment, Aviation, Training

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