Mop up Burn Injuries 2015

The Pacific Northwest has had an unprecedented fire season in 2015. Thousands of firefighters have been engaged for multiple weeks on several large fires. Recently, the weather has been starting to cool and precipitation is slowly making its way into the area. The extensive firefighting effort combined with this slight change in the weather is allowing the fire management teams to start shifting the focus toward the mop-up and rehab phase. As these fires continue to “slow down” it is import for all levels of the firefighting effort to keep in mind that this next phase is not free from risk.

Multi Incident Summary, Hand Crews, Medical Emergency, Mop Up, RLS, Engines, Medevac, Burn Injury, Extended Attack, Multiple