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Home Creek Fire Insect Bite 2019

  • Incident Information:

    Home_Creek_Fire_Insect_Bite_(2019)

  • Location:

    Oregon

  • Date:

    08/02/2019

  • Incident Type:

    Animals or Insects

  • Description:

    While assigned to the Home Creek Fire on the Bureau of Land Management’s Burns District, a Redmond Smokejumper suffered a strong reaction to a probable insect bite or bee sting to the face. After being assessed by U.S. Forest Service EMTs, a medivac was ordered. An agency helicopter flew the firefighter to a helispot where a he was picked up and driven to a local hospital. He was treated for an allergic reaction and released that day.

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

    Medevac, Medical Emergency, Animals or Insects

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