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 was attempting to hold back a fire that had already […] Fire Firebrains | July 16, 2018 0 Comments
Hotshot Firefighter Killed in Montana Fire Last Week | 2 Firefighters Killed in Montana in 2 Weeks 2 Hotshot firefighters have died battling wildfires in the past 2 weeks in Montana. 29-year-old Brent Witham from Mentone, CA died on Wednesday in what Missoula County Sheriff’s Office is calling a “tree-felling” accident. Brent received CPR on scene and was airlifted to a local Missoula hospital. He was pronounced dead at that hospital. Brent was a member of the Vista […] Fire Firebrains | August 7, 2017 0 Comments
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