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Brundage Rx Drip Torch Equipment Issue 2021

  • Incident Information:

    Attachment Size
    Brundage Rx Drip Torch Equipment Issue RLS.pdf (776.66 KB) 776.66 KB
  • Location:

    Idaho
  • Date:

    05/16/2021
  • Incident Type:

    Prescribed Fire Operations
  • Description:

    Over the course lighting on the Brundage Rx on the Payette National Forest, Idaho, the collar ring came off the drip torch on two occasions. No injuries were reported. The torch was taken out of the service; it was determined the collar ring and torch body had mismatched threads. 

    Prescribed Fire Operations, Equipment, Firing, RLS