Powerhouse Fire 2004

On September 5, 2004, at approximately 1700 hours, a 36-foot long green limb from a live oak tree broke off its trunk and hit a crewmember from the El Dorado Interagency Hotshot Crew. The crew was constructing direct line on the right flank of the Powerhouse Incident. The Hotshot Crew, along with California Department of Forestry handcrews, cleared a path from the fire’s edge across a creek to the road where the victim was loaded into a pick-up truck for transport to an air ambulance helicopter. At 1804 hours the helicopter was in route to Sutter Roseville Hospital. The patient's injuries: a 30% compression fracture to his T12 vertebrae, slight concussion, laceration on his tongue, numerous cuts and abrasions to his face, and his right knee was injured.

Medevac, Initial Attack, Hit by Tree