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New Holland Escaped RX Entrapment 2006

  • Incident Information:

    New_Holland_Escape_RX_Fire_Review_2006
    New_Holland_Incident_24_and_72-hour_Reports

  • Location:

    South Dakota

  • Date:

    04/12/2006

  • Incident Type:

    Vehicle Burn DamageEntrapment

  • Description:

    The New Holland Prescribed Fire was ignited on April 12, 2006, at 1130 hours on the New Holland unit of the Lake Andes Wetland Management District. The prescribed fire was declared an escape at approximately 1400 hours and was controlled by 1600 hours. The escape burned an additional 35 acres of private land outside the unit and resulted in the entrapment of an engine. This entrapment resulted in minor injuries to two U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service firefighters and a total loss of the vehicle.

    Engines, Escaped RX, Prescribed Fire, Vehicle Burn Damage

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