Maple Springs Fire Fatality 2016

During the early morning hours of November 30th while assigned to the Maple Springs Fire in North Carolina, Darryl Elden "Poor Boy" Vielle, a member of Blackfeet Tribal Agency Camp Crew 3, was found deceased in his motel room. Cardio pulmonary resuscitation was administered by local emergency personnel. Initially, they had determined that Darryl may have passed several hours earlier prior to the discovery. This Blackfeet Forestry and Fire Management crew had been supporting firefighters in North Carolina since November 10th. On the Maple Springs Fire, they dispensed, loaded, distributed and inventoried supplies, loaded trucks, and maintained and cleaned buildings to keep the Incident Command Post clean and organized.

Fatality, Unknown