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SAFENET ID:

20210729-0001

Event Start Date:

07/18/2021 1700

Event Stop Date:

 

Incident Name:

Bootleg

Fire Number:

p6n43v21 

State:

Oregon

Jurisdiction:

State

Local Unit:

Gadowa RD

Incident Type:

Wildland

Incident Activity:

Line

Stage of Incident:

Other

Position Title:

TFLD (Task Force Leader) 

Task:

Hold and improve line, mop up 

Management Level:

1

Resources Involved:

A whole division of resources in Div- D 

Contributing Factors

Contributing Factors:

Communications, Human Factors

Human Factors:

Decision Making, Leadership, Risk Assessment, 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.

Day resources working division Delta improving, holding line and mopping up after public were able to return to their residence. About 1630 hrs a lookout while taking weather for the division was shot at (live ammunition) by one of the residents. He quickly got behind some big rocks and notified all resources. The TFLD (Task Force Leader) immediately called 911 then notified the day division of what happened and pulled all resources to Gadowa RD. Sherriff deputies showed up on scene with backup and went to the residence. A short time later deputies came out and said they took the gun, cited her (because she had a special needs son) and that she was no longer a threat. ODF team 1 (Oregon Department of Forestry) knew about this before night briefing and did not communicate anything to anyone along with wanted resources to go back in the area for night operations. ODF team 1 also did not notify or communicate this to any other divisions or resources of what had occurred until 24hrs after.

Immediate Action Taken

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

Night division and TFLD's met with day division and TFLD at a rock quarry a mile or 2 South of Gadowa RD. Debriefed, and as day resources resources left, the night supervision pulled all resources to a big group. Had everyone from Captains to firefighters present. Briefed and discussed what had happened (so everyone knew) and went over active shooter protocol. Night div and TFLD's then told all night resources to stay out of the area and took all resources to a adjoining division to provide for their safety.

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