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Flat Fire Smoke Jumper Hard Landing 2018

  • Incident Information:

    Flat_Fire_Smoke_Jumper_Hard_Landing

  • Location:

    Wyoming

  • Date:

    09/18/2018

  • Incident Type:

    Smokejumping Incident

  • Description:

    In Bridger-Teton National Forest, a smokejumper had a hard landing, injuring an ankle. The patient was stabilized by U.S. Forest Service EMTs, flown by agency helicopter to Afton Airport, then taken by ground ambulance to the hospital. X-Rays indicated an ankle avulsion fracture (a type of injury in which a small piece of bone is pulled away from the main bone by a ligament or tendon). The patient was released to light duty with a follow-up appointment scheduled for the next week.

    [This data was provided by the USFS Weekly Summary Report.]

    RLS, Smokejumping Accident

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