Lessons Learned

One firefighter made two crucial decisions during the entrapment:
  » She came down from the rocks to the road.
  » She protected two civilians in her shelter.
Her decision to protect the civilians was in keeping with firefighters' directive to protect lives.
The civilians may not have survived on their own.

The civilians' vehicle, parked at the lower deployment site, was destroyed by the fire.

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