Pat Creek Fire 2010

At approximately 1130 hours on August 6, 2010. a 22 year-old Emergency Firefighter was struck from behind on the head and back by a fire-weakened black spruce. The injured was packaged onto a SKED, with a C-collar and unopened MREs to stabilize the head, and carried 100 yards to the helicopter. The ship departed at 1235 hours to Stevens Village. At approximately 1400 hours, an air ambulance departed with the injured to Fairbanks Memorial Hospital. After evaluation at the hospital, the patient was transported once more to the Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage. The injured sustained four cracked vertebrae but with no complications and was released six days later. Full recovery is expected.

Hit by Tree