Two days ago we had the worst air disaster in the history of wildland firefighting. A Sikorski S-61 crashed with 13 on board. Nine were killed and four are in burn centers in California. Right now the reasons for the crash are unknown---what is known is that nine people are dead---this raises to eleven the deaths we have had this year---that is way, way, way too many. The majority of the fire family doesn't know these people but our hearts are torn because of this loss. Our prayers go out to the families that have lost their loved ones. Here is a picture of why firefighters choose this dangerous occupation.
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That is terrible news. As dangerous as that job can be, I'm surprised this kind of thing doesn't happen more often. Then again, maybe it does, and just doesn't make the major news channels.
It doesn't---when it happens it is all over the news---that is the one place we work hard every single day is to keep the fire fighters safe---sometimes it just doesn't work.
Did that crash happen on the fire you were at? I saw that it was in norhtern CA...
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