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Miners Peak Medical Evacuation 2015

  • Incident Information:

  • Location:

    Idaho
  • Date:

    08/29/2015
  • Incident Type:

    Fall
  • Description:

    At approximately 0430, a firefighter who had been assigned to do structure wrap on a fire lookout fell approximately 18 feet from the lookout's catwalk, landing on a pile of jagged granite rocks, receiving a fractured skull with lacerations to the head, broken vertebra and ribs, and injuries to his feet. His fellow crewmembers declared a medical emergency and requested a medical evacuation by air.

    Medical Emergency, Structure Protection, Extended Attack, Medevac, Fall