Lessons Learned

Personal Protective Equipment

At the upper deployment site, the two surviving firefighters deployed fire shelters beside each other and were exposed to similar conditions. They both abandoned their shelters after a few minutes and relocated to the road and river.
One was severely burned on his hands and face, while the other received only minor burns.

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