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Victims of Northern California Lightning Siege
2008
|
Date
of Death |
Name
(Age) |
Affiliation
(State) |
County
Where Death Occurred |
Cause
of Death |
July
3 |
Robert
Roland
(63)
|
|
Mendocino
|
Heart
Attack |
July
10 |
John
Hermo
(33)
|
GH
Ranch
(OR)
|
Humboldt |
Drowned
off duty in Trinity River |
|
July
11 |
Van
S. West |
Civilian |
Butte
|
Found
in structure |
July
13 |
Steven
Zinn
(27)
|
USFS
Firefighter
(CA) |
Plumas
|
Motorcycle
accident
while off duty
|
July
25 |
Andrew
Palmer
(18)
|
NPS
Firefighter
(WA) |
Trinity
|
Struck
by tree |
July
26 |
Daniel
Packer
(49)
|
East
Pierce Fire and Rescue Chief
(WA) |
Siskiyou
|
Overrun
by fire |
August
5 |
Shawn
Blazer
(30)
|
Grayback
Forestry
(OR)
|
Trinity
|
S-61N
Crash |
August
5 |
Scott
Charleson
(25) |
Grayback
Forestry
(OR)
|
Trinity
|
S-61N
Crash |
August
5 |
Matthew
Hammer
(23) |
Grayback
Forestry
(OR)
|
Trinity
|
S-61N
Crash |
August
5 |
Edrik
Gomez
(19)
|
Grayback
Forestry
(OR)
|
Trinity
|
S-61N
Crash |
August
5 |
Bryan
Rich
(29)
|
Grayback
Forestry
(OR)
|
Trinity
|
S-61N
Crash |
August
5 |
David
Steele
(19)
|
Grayback
Forestry
(OR)
|
Trinity
|
S-61N
Crash |
August
5 |
Roark
Schwanenberg
(54)
|
Pilot
(OR)
|
Trinity
|
S-61N
Crash |
August
5 |
Jim
Ramage
(63)
|
USFS
Check Pilot |
Trinity
|
S-61N
Crash |
August
5 |
Steven
Renno
(21)
|
Grayback
Forestry
(OR)
|
Trinity
|
S-61N
Crash |
Survivors
of S-61N Helicopter Crash in Trinity County
on 5 August 2008 |
Michael
Brown (20) |
Grayback
Forestry (OR)
|
Bill
Coultas (44) |
Pilot,
Carson Helicopters |
Jonathan
Frohreich (18)* |
Grayback
Forestry (OR)
|
Rick
Schroeder (42)
|
Grayback
Forestry (OR)
|
| *
In June/July 2008, Jonathan Frohreich was at the
Navarro Boy Scout Camp, where Grayback firefighters
were deployed for fire-fighting efforts on MRC
land. |
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Primary Source
Email of Alisha Herring (CAL FIRE) to
Doris Schoenhoff (MRC) on 12 September 2008.
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