Alabaugh Fire Entrapment 2007

On July 8, 2007 at approximately 0020 hours, two Black Hills National Forest firefighters assigned to the
Alabaugh Canyon Fire were entrapped by the fire and deployed a single fire shelter. At the time
of the accident the firefighters were conducting burn out operations around a residence in the
wildland urban interface. The two firefighters sustained a range of superficial and significant
burns due to a sudden, intense crown fire near their position as they were deploying the fire
shelter.

Fire Shelter Deployment, Firing, Fire Behavior, Burn Injury, Entrapment, Initial Attack, Structure Protection