Trailhead Fire Dozer Rollover 2016

After briefing with the Branch Director and Structure Group, three dozers with one Dozer Boss
began working. Instructions were to build a 4 to 6 blade-wide fuel break along the ridge tops--but not to cross creeks. The plan was to have handcrews construct line from the ridges across the creeks. Work began with the assumption that the Dozer Boss would supervise all three dozers. Two of the dozers worked south along the ridge while the Dozer Boss took the third and worked to the north. This activity continued into the afternoon, when the Dozer Boss started to hear radio traffic about one of the southern dozers being hung-up on a large stump.

Heavy Equipment, Indirect Line Construction, RLS