SAFENET

• ⋅ Annual Statistics
• ⋅ FOIA
• ⋅ Accessibility
• ⋅ Privacy Statement
• ⋅ Disclaimer

SAFENET

Wildland Fire Safety & Health Reporting Network

SAFENET Event Information

Create Agency Response

SAFENET ID:

20180725-0002

Event Start Date:

07/25/2018 0630

Event Stop Date:

 

Incident Name:

South Umpqua Complex

Fire Number:

OR-UPF-000264 

State:

Oregon

Jurisdiction:

USFS

Local Unit:

Umpqua National Forest

Incident Type:

Wildland

Incident Activity:

Support

Stage of Incident:

Extended Attack

Position Title:

Camp Crew 

Task:

Camp Activites 

Management Level:

2

Resources Involved:

3 members of Camp Crew and RCDM 

Contributing Factors

Contributing Factors:

Human Factors

Human Factors:

Decision Making, Leadership, Situational Awareness  

Other Factors:

 

Narrative

Describe in detail what happened including the concern or potential issue, the environment (weather, terrain, fire behavior, etc), and the resulting health issue.

At approximately 0630, 3 camp crew members and our RCDM were busy unloading a cache trailer from the local Fire Cache. The trailer had been unhooked from the Semi, and dropped off the day previous. At that point the cache removed a pallet of pumps with a forklift and the crew walked back to the front of the trailer. At that point, the trailer tipped forward at a fairly slow speed, ending with the nose of the trailer on the ground ,and the back wheels about 6 feet up in the air. The 3 crewmembers slid to the front, uninjured.

Immediate Action Taken

Reporting Individual : please describe actions you took to correct or mitigate the unsafe/unhealthful event.

The first thing done was to extricate the 3 camp personnel from the trailer. Next SOFR requested facilities to flag and stake around the trailer to keep interested onlookers away from the trailer while a solution was discussed. The local Cache was called to consult on a solution. The options were to order a wrecker or deal with it internally. Speaking with Ground Support, we were certain we could right the trailer. Utilizing a forklift, Ground Support Unit Leader, slowly and carefully slid the forks under the front of the trailer and lifted it incrementally. The trailer was gently placed back on its back axle. The Trailer was held in place with the forklift while the 5 pallets in the front end were shifted to the back with a pallet jack to balance the load. Recommendation made to Supply, was that in the future, if a trailer (especially a short one) is left in camp, a load jack needs to be supplied by the trucking company. This had potential for a very bad outcome.

Return to Top