[State]: New Mexico [Date]: 05/02/2022 [Incident Type]: Hit by Tree An IHC crew member was struck by a tree during hazard-tree felling operations to support firing operations. The hazard tree got hung up in a live, green tree, which changed the felling approach. When the tree fell, it pivoted...
[State]: West Virginia [Date]: 03/10/2022 [Incident Type]: Hit by Tree Monongahela NF, West Virginia - A Firefighter was struck by a piece of a tree while felling a hazard tree during line preparation for an upcoming prescribed fire. The top 3-4’ of a 3-4” diameter tree broke off and fell,...
[State]: WA [Date]: 07/31/2021 [Incident Type]: Tree Felling #Washington #TreeFelling #Aviation #Chainsaws #HandCrews #Helicopters #RLS
[State]: Texas [Date]: 09/04/2021 [Incident Type]: Tree Felling #Texas #TreeFelling #Chainsaws #FallingOperation #NonFire #RLS #CloseCall
[State]: Oregon [Date]: 08/30/2021 [Incident Type]:Hit by Tree #Oregon #HitbyTree #Chainsaws #FallingOperation #RLS
[State]: Oregon [Date]: 09/03/2021 [Incident Type]: Chainsaw Cut #Oregon #ChainsawCut #Chainsaws #HandCrews #MedicalEmergency
[State]: California [Date]: 08/10/2021 [Incident Type]: Chainsaw Cut #California #ChainsawCut #Chainsaws #MedicalEmergency
[State]: Minnesota [Date]: 07/27/2021 [Incident Type]: Chainsaw Cut #Minnesota #ChainsawCut #Chainsaws #Equipment #MedicalEmergency #RLS
[State]: UT [Date]: 07/07/2021 [Incident Type]: Close Call #Utah #CloseCall #Chainsaws #FuelGeyser #RLS #InitialAttack
[State]:MT [Date]: 06/19/2021 [Incident Type]: Hit by log #Montana #HitbyLog #Chainsaws #Lessons