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SAFENET ID:

20230809-0001

Event Start Date:

08/07/2023 1700

Event Stop Date:

08/07/2023 1808 

Incident Name:

Lost Horse Creek Fire

Fire Number:

AK-FAS-311296 

State:

Alaska

Jurisdiction:

State

Local Unit:

NRO

Incident Type:

Wildland

Incident Activity:

Line

Stage of Incident:

Extended Attack

Position Title:

Firefighter 

Task:

Pump operations 

Management Level:

2

Resources Involved:

Contract hand crew 

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.

Hot water burns resulting from burst suction hose on Mark III fire pump, sprayed hot water onto the inside of lower leg of the pump operator. Pump operator sustained 6 % partial thickness burns. An RLS is being initiated for this incident.

Immediate Action Taken

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

The pump was shut down and removed from service, it's appliances that were involved are being secured for inspection and the RLS.

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