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Location:
Idaho -
Date:
08/22/2022 -
Incident Type:
Smokejumping Incident -
Description:
A smokejumper sustained an injury during a hard landing responding to initial attack the Post Office Fire, Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest, Idaho. The jumper was extracted from the incident and evaluated at the local hospital, where the injury was diagnosed as bruising and a small fracture to the wrist.
[This data was provided by the USFS Weekly Summary Report.]
Smokejumping Accident, Initial Attack, Medevac
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