Poco Fire Dozer Incident 2012

On June 19, 2012, at approximately 11:45, a Dozer Operator and a Heavy Equipment Boss Trainee, rapidly disengaged from direct attack suppression efforts to control spot fires that appeared outside of containment lines on Division H of the Poco Fire. Due to rapidly escalating fire activity in steep terrain, the Dozer Operator and the Heavy Equipment Boss Trainee abandoned the Forest Service agency dozer and escaped the impinging flames on foot reaching fire containment lines safely and without injury.