Firefighter Killed Fighting Yosemite, CA Fire in Rugged Terrain on Saturday “Heavy Equipment Operator Braden Varney, 36, died while fighting the Ferguson Fire on the Sierra National Forest. He was a second generation CAL FIRE employee and 10-year veteran of CAL FIRE.” – CA Governor Jerry Brown’s office on July 14th, 218 Braden Varney’s bulldozer tumbled down a steep canyon while he wasย attempting to hold back a fire that had already […] Fire Firebrains | July 16, 2018 0 Comments