[State]: New Mexico [Date]: 05/19/2022 [Incident Type]: Hit by Tree An IHC crewmember was struck by a small tree/limb and sustained swelling and bruising to the lower back. The patient was transported to a medical care facility via incident ambulance and is stable. A short rehabilitation time...
[State]: New Mexico [Date]: 05/14/2022 [Incident Type]: Hit by Tree An IHC crewmember was struck by a tree during dozer operations and lost consciousness. The patient was transported to a local hospital via ambulance (air transport was cancelled due to smoke), where the patient was diagnosed...
[State]: California [Date]: 05/06/2022 [Incident Type]: Hit by Tree #California #HitbyTree #PrescribedFire #HandCrews
[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]: Tennessee [Date]: 01/12/2022 [Incident Type]: Hit by Tree #Tennessee #HitbyTree #FallingOperation #HeavyEquipment #Medevac #NonFire #RLS
[State]: California [Date]: 10/07/2021 [Incident Type]: Hit by Tree #California #HitbyTree #ExtendedAttack #HandCrews #Medevac #MedicalEmergency #FacilitatedLearningAnalysis
[State]: Texas [Date]: 10/20/2021 [Incident Type]: Close Call #Texas #Initial Attack #Hit by Tree #CloseCall #HitbyTree #InitialAttack #RLS
[State]: California [Date]: 09/28/2021 [Incident Type]: Hit By Tree #California #HitbyTree #HandCrews #Medevac #MedicalEmergency
[State]: Oregon [Date]: 08/30/2021 [Incident Type]:Hit by Tree #Oregon #HitbyTree #Chainsaws #FallingOperation #RLS