Incident Media Photographs

Heavy fuels need to be removed from the fireline to deepen containment. 

Here is a series of five photos showing all but the actually falling of an over 200 foot tall snag. From size up to face cut, to photo 4, notice the swamper has his hand raised off to the side. He is giving the sawyer hand signals on where the tip of his bar is during the cut. Speed up, slow down, a little up, a little down, all stop, etc. It is a team effort/coordination/communications to cut and fall these huge trees cleanly & safely.

The final photo is of both the faller and swamper pounding on a series of wedges, a "Rooster Tail" array of wedges to force the tree over to fall in the direction they want it too.

Photo Credit: Norm Rooker, Frontline EMS

Reporters from Roseburg News-Review newspaper interview firefighters from Australia

Here is a series of five photos showing all but the actually falling of an over 200 foot tall snag. From size up to face cut, to photo 4, notice the swamper has his hand raised off to the side. He is giving the sawyer hand signals on where the tip of his bar is during the cut. Speed up, slow down, a little up, a little down, all stop, etc. It is a team effort/coordination/communications to cut and fall these huge trees cleanly & safely.

The final photo is of both the faller and swamper pounding on a series of wedges, a "Rooster Tail" array of wedges to force the tree over to fall in the direction they want it too.

Photo Credit: Norm Rooker, Frontline EMS

These photos were taken during a training on the Firing Group assigned to the Horse Heaven Creek Fire on Tuesday, August 20, 2024. The training was a simulated Incident Within an Incident (IWI) involving patient assessment, Medical Information Request (MIR) documentation, treatment, and transport to a Helispot for a firefighter who had "fallen victim" to a tree strike and had "developed" a tension pneumothorax injury. The crew is local from the U.S. Forest Service - Umpqua National Forest headed by Adam Borcich in the absence of Crew Chief Jeremy Bryant.

Photo Credit: Brad Knopp, Aerie Backcountry Medicine

Water Tender advancing along road, moping-up the fire line. 

Here is a series of five photos showing all but the actually falling of an over 200 foot tall snag. From size up to face cut, to photo 4, notice the swamper has his hand raised off to the side. He is giving the sawyer hand signals on where the tip of his bar is during the cut. Speed up, slow down, a little up, a little down, all stop, etc. It is a team effort/coordination/communications to cut and fall these huge trees cleanly & safely.

The final photo is of both the faller and swamper pounding on a series of wedges, a "Rooster Tail" array of wedges to force the tree over to fall in the direction they want it too.

Photo Credit: Norm Rooker, Frontline EMS

These photos were taken during a training on the Firing Group assigned to the Horse Heaven Creek Fire on Tuesday, August 20, 2024. The training was a simulated Incident Within an Incident (IWI) involving patient assessment, Medical Information Request (MIR) documentation, treatment, and transport to a Helispot for a firefighter who had "fallen victim" to a tree strike and had "developed" a tension pneumothorax injury. The crew is local from the U.S. Forest Service - Umpqua National Forest headed by Adam Borcich in the absence of Crew Chief Jeremy Bryant.

Photo Credit: Brad Knopp, Aerie Backcountry Medicine

Here is a series of five photos showing all but the actually falling of an over 200 foot tall snag. From size up to face cut, to photo 4, notice the swamper has his hand raised off to the side. He is giving the sawyer hand signals on where the tip of his bar is during the cut. Speed up, slow down, a little up, a little down, all stop, etc. It is a team effort/coordination/communications to cut and fall these huge trees cleanly & safely.

The final photo is of both the faller and swamper pounding on a series of wedges, a "Rooster Tail" array of wedges to force the tree over to fall in the direction they want it too.

Photo Credit: Norm Rooker, Frontline EMS

A handcrew on the Homestead Complex makes its way to the line. 

Here is a series of five photos showing all but the actually falling of an over 200 foot tall snag. From size up to face cut, to photo 4, notice the swamper has his hand raised off to the side. He is giving the sawyer hand signals on where the tip of his bar is during the cut. Speed up, slow down, a little up, a little down, all stop, etc. It is a team effort/coordination/communications to cut and fall these huge trees cleanly & safely.

The final photo is of both the faller and swamper pounding on a series of wedges, a "Rooster Tail" array of wedges to force the tree over to fall in the direction they want it too.

Photo Credit: Norm Rooker, Frontline EMS

These photos were taken during a training on the Firing Group assigned to the Horse Heaven Creek Fire on Tuesday, August 20, 2024. The training was a simulated Incident Within an Incident (IWI) involving patient assessment, Medical Information Request (MIR) documentation, treatment, and transport to a Helispot for a firefighter who had "fallen victim" to a tree strike and had "developed" a tension pneumothorax injury. The crew is local from the U.S. Forest Service - Umpqua National Forest headed by Adam Borcich in the absence of Crew Chief Jeremy Bryant.

Photo Credit: Brad Knopp, Aerie Backcountry Medicine