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SAFENET ID:
20200718-0002        [Corrective Actions]
Event Start Date:
07/16/2020 2200
Event Stop Date:
07/16/2020 2200 
Incident Name:
BMD BLM NSO Severity 2020
Fire Number:
NV-BMD-020062 
State:
Nevada
Jurisdiction:
BLM
Local Unit:
Battle Mountain
Incident Type:
Wildland
Incident Activity:
Transport to/from
Stage of Incident:
Initial Attack
Position Title:
ENGB 
Task:
Responding (driving) type 6 engine  
Management Level:
N/A
Resources Involved:
Task force of engines, dozer/tender, water tender, air attack, jumpers.. 
Contributing Factors
Contributing Factors:
Equipment
Human Factors:
 
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.
We were dispatched from Battle Mtn to a report of single tree (lightning) fire smoldering in grass above Gabbs NV (188 miles) with no vehicle access.

About 20 miles south of BM operator heard a thunk and clunk clunk clunk and pulled over immediately figuring on a blowout. The wheels tires and rims were inspected and nothing was visibly wrong.

Continued to drive and vehicle was once again inspected at the fuel station in Austin. Again no problems were seen or found through hand feeling and visible inspection.

We drove another 100 miles to our destination and found all but two lug posts sheared off.
Immediate Action Taken
Reporting Individual : please describe actions you took to correct or mitigate the unsafe/unhealthful event.
The vehicle was out of service and flatbed towed to our Ford dealer. Maintenance and inspection records are up to date. We torque these lugs ourselves to factory specs.

Operators need to insure that vendors do not over tighten lugs as this may damage and make proper future torquing inadequate.

After speaking with several professionals the bend in the rim may be the culprit for creating the unsafe situation. As seen in the photo the rim does have a small dent in it. We had been told my more than one vendor that it was not a concern, however I now do not believe it is safe to travel on a rim with any damage and that is the main point of me sharing this near miss.


Agency Response

20200718-0002-CA001

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