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Grand Wash Fire Heat Related Injury 2013

  • Incident Information:

  • Location:

    Arizona
  • Date:

    08/16/2013
  • Incident Type:

    Heat Related Illness
  • Description:

    The Crew Boss Trainee began drinking some water and swallowed his pride and informed the Crew Boss that he was not feeling well. The Crew Boss told the Crew Lead EMT, a former Hospital Corpsman in the Navy with combat experience and certified as an Advanced EMT, to stay back with the Crew Boss Trainee and make sure he was doing OK. 

    Training, Mop Up, Hand Crews, Extended Attack, Heat Injury, Medical Emergency, Heat Related Illness