Storrie PAC RX Engine Damage 2018

On May 31, 2018 at approximately 1400 hours, a U.S. Forest Service Model 326 engine sustained significant fire damage while working on a prescribed fire underburn. The engine crew was assigned to assist in a holding operation for the day. While performing a “rolling and holding” operation along a narrow National Forest System road, the engine operator parked the engine in a small turnout. She then began to grid for spot fires in the green. A spot fire ignited below the turnout on the north side of the road and ran up the slope to where the engine was parked. The driver’s side rear wheel well ignited and the fire spread to the water tank and compartments of the apparatus. Resources on the prescribed fire responded to suppress this apparatus fire. A crewmember was transported to a local hospital and was treated for smoke inhalation.

Engines, Prescribed Fire, Firing, Vehicle Burn Damage