Collins Fire Burn Injury 1992

On April 14, 1992, on the Collins Fire, a Firefighter I from the California Department of Forestry (CDF) Engine Company 3563 received burn injuries to his right leg during mop-up operations. While advancing a hose line toward a hot spot, the firefighter stepped and fell into an abandoned beaver lodge located within the burned area. He was treated immediately by CDF Emergency Medical Technicians on scene and was transported by San Bernardino County Sheriff's Aviation aircraft to the Sherman Oaks Burn Center. The firefighter received second and third degree burns over six to eight percent of his body.

Engines, Burn Injury, Mop Up, Burn Injury