Incident Name: Barrett Dam, Cleveland National Forest
Date: 7/9/1948
Personnel: Duane Gifford Poore
Age: 17
Agency/Organization: US Forest Service, Del Rosa IHC
Position: hotshot firefighter
Summary: Duane Poore was a seasonal firefighter with the Del Rosa “Hot Shot” crew and had been employed for three days when he lost his life in a fire entrapment while fighting the Barrett Dam fire in the Cleveland National Forest.
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Reports, Documentation, Lessons Learned
- Forest Service Heroes Memorial: Duane Poore
- California Death Index: Duane Poore
- From the California State Memorial Brochure 2010, Page 14
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Contributors to this article: Del Rosa Hotshots, John Miller, Rene Vanderhooft
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