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Incident Information:
Attachment Size Colorado Fire Camp Training Hit by Tree LLR.pdf (669.72 KB) 669.72 KB -
Date:
03/09/2024 -
Incident Type:
Tree FellingHit by Tree -
Description:
Colorado Fire Camp (CFC) is a privately run training center in central Colorado that has been training wildland firefighters for almost 20 years. CFC students run through the S-212 or, as of May of 2023, the Developing Thinking Sawyers (DTS) curriculum. The emphasis focuses on: Objective, Hazards, Leans, Escape route, Cut plan (OHLEC). During field day operation on a complex felling operation that included multiple binds and a stuck saw, a student following their planned escape route was struck on the head and shoulders by a 20-foot-long limb was around 5 inches in diameter at the point that it struck.
Medevac, Medical, Non-fire
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