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SAFENET ID:
20210721-0001
Event Start Date:
07/15/2021 2100
Event Stop Date:
 
Incident Name:
lyle hill
Fire Number:
 
State:
Washington
Jurisdiction:
State
Local Unit:
Incident Type:
Wildland
Incident Activity:
Line
Stage of Incident:
Mop Up
Position Title:
firefighter 2 
Task:
mop up before demobilization 
Management Level:
3
Resources Involved:
2 engines and assigned crew bosses 
Contributing Factors
Contributing Factors:
Human Factors
Human Factors:
Decision Making, Leadership  
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.
Our engines were carrying hoses down a steep slope during our last shift. A different department left behind a bunch of hose on the fire line. A crew member was injured during the task. The injured crew member’s engine lead wrote an incident report and asked the injured crew member to review it. I overheard the conversation. The injured crew member requested addition information to be added in the report including their request to go down a nearby way that felt safer (the engine lead said no).

The engine lead did not add this to the report. When the injured crew member asked about this, the engine lead lied. The injured crew member has since been removed from our dispatch. The engine lead continues to spread lies about the injured crew member.

Safety concerns:
1) a firefighter was not allowed to refuse unsafe orders
2) engine lead hid information from a report
3) engine lead ostracizing injured firefighter in their absence
Immediate Action Taken
Reporting Individual : please describe actions you took to correct or mitigate the unsafe/unhealthful event.
Posting on SAFENET and hoping someone will make this stop


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