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Windy Fire Hit By Tree 2021

  • Location:

    California

  • Date:

    09/28/2021

  • Incident Type:

    Hit by Tree

  • Description:

    While digging handline on the Windy Fire on the Sequoia National Forest, a firefighter was struck across the back by a 10-inch-diameter live oak tree. The tree had burned through its base. The firefighter, who received fractures to the spine (L-1 and L-2), had no loss of consciousness or loss of motor functions. The patient was transported via ambulance to the Drop Point, then via helicopter to a Level 2 Trauma Center, where the patient underwent surgery. 

    [This data was provided by the USFS Weekly Summary Report.]

    Hand Crews, Medevac, Medical Emergency, Hit by Tree

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