Can you expound on your point? What is your criticism exactly? Genuine question, not troll
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I think we may have the same friend
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Then we are both very fortunate for sure!
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Had a call from a well-regarded dude who has been on the Tehama side of the fire around Mill Creek for past 2 weeks or so. He had a lot to say about the fire, and I hope I did it justice with the discussion in tonight’s Lookout Livestream.
https://www.youtube.com/live/mH1blhf1Tm0?si=3ZgztVj6vrMsxHG7&t=615
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Yes, you did. Very informative . The more insight/ education the public has about the complexities of what the big picture looks like the better.
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Looks like they’ve held it at the 36 very well.
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It’s kind of a big deal when injury stats don’t get updated and we know there has been at least 1 serious injury.
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Two IWIs, including a traffic collision WITH INJURIES, on my division in just one day.
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I heard about quite a few heat related IWIs when the fire was still running in the lower elevations, and there was one a couple days ago that required transport. Not sure if these get counted as injuries in the official count.
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With an incident this size and number of personnel, the heat and fire behavior we’ve seen it could be much worse, but thankfully not.
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You know it is slowing down when people are posting about statistics…
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Well, there’s been multiple accidents and IWIs. It’s one of those things that matters a lot.
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That’s been done and no stones have been thrown.
Generally a heat related illness would not count on the “official” injury report. To be listed as an injury/illness on the 209 the patient has to be hospitalized for more than 24 hours and for more than “observation” or in the Emergency Department. Also, any injury that results in the loss of a limb, finger, toe, or eye would count. Any injury that results in “Lost Time” ie loss of payed work hours included in the 209. These are Fed OSHA Reportable Injury rules.
So there are always dozen’s of minor injuries on any incident (sprains, strains, lacerations, fractures, heat issues, etc.) but if it does not meet these OSHA thresholds they are not typically reported.
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I know the FF who had to be transported to the hospital. He fell down a steep slope about 40ft in the late afternoon. Suffered a shoulder injury and did something to his spleen. His crew picked him up from the hospital early the next morning. They were all back at it after their 24.
Edit: One of his crew is my son, who got some shut-eye on the hospital lawn and was woken up by sprinklers, heheh.
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