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Bacon Rind Fire Heat Related Injury 2018

  • Incident Information:

  • Location:

    Montana
  • Date:

    08/14/2018
  • Incident Type:

    Heat Related Illness
  • Description:

    Custer Gallatin NF: A firefighter was medevac’d around midnight due to a heat related illness. The firefighter was flown to a hospital in Bozeman, Mont., where the patient received two liters of fluid, was released from the ER, and spent the day recovering in a hotel room--then returned to full duty.

    Heat Injury, Medevac, Medical or Exertion, Heat Related Illness