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Plumas NF Firefighter Fatality 2016

  • Incident Information:

  • Location:

    California
  • Date:

    08/21/2016
  • Incident Type:

    Unknown
  • Description:

    Engine Operator Ian Howard was assigned to Engine 16 from the Beckwourth Ranger District of the Plumas National Forest and prepositioned for firefighting at the Paskenta Work Center on the Mendocino National Forest. Howard was stationed overnight in Corning, California, where he was found in the morning deceased from a nature and cause of fatal injury that is still to be reported.

    Engines, Fatality, Unknown