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Fire Shelter (M2002) Deployment Statistics
Year/Fire Name
State
Shelters
Deployed
2005
Tarkio/I 90
Montana
3
2006
Balls Canyon
California
3
Scorpio
Utah
1
1
Little Venus
Wyoming
5
Mudd
Nevada
2
2007
Angora
California
2
1
Seven Oak
California
2
2
Alabaugh
South Dakota
1
Ahorn
Montana
1
1
Santiago
California
7
2008
Indians
California
3
Panther
California
1
2009
Highway 31
South Carolina
2
3
Goose Paddle
Texas
1
4
Camp 16 Incident
California
72
2010
2011
2,5
Coal Canyon
South Dakota
2
Rock Creek RX
Arkansas
1
2
Pagami
Minnesota
5
2012
Holloway
Oregon
1
2013
Yarnell Hill
Arizona
19
Little
California
3
3
Desmarias
Washington
1
2014
Beaver
California
3
King
California
12
Upper Lyons Rx
California
1
Total
154
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Precautionary
Burn Injury
Prevented
Life
Saved
Fatality
3
3
1
5
2
2
2
2
1
7
3
1
2
72
1
4
1
1
2
1
1
19
3
3
7
90
24
21
Assessment of the likely fire shelter contribution is done through an investigation or review process which
includes interviewing the fire fighter and/or examining the shelter deployment site, surrounding items, and the
shelter.
1
Numbers do not include old-style shelters that were also deployed at the same incident.
2
Two firefighters deployed one shelter.
3
Firefighters deployed shelters and survived the entrapment, but no assessment of the fire shelter contribution
was made by the investigation/review report or agency.
4
Fire shelters were deployed by personnel at a Los Angeles County Fire Inmate Camp, not by firefighters involved
with the Station Fire suppression efforts.
5
Two firefighters deployed one shelter inside the cab of an engine. After the engine ignited, the firefighters
attempted to exit. One firefighter exited and survived, the other firefighter did not exit.