1964 07/02 CA James Carlisle

Incident Name: Don Pedro Fire
Date: 7/2/1964
Personnel: James L Carlisle
Age: 47
Agency/Organization: CDF (now CAL FIRE)
Position: firefighter

Summary: Although details are sketchy, it’s clear that CDF firefighter James Carlisle was fighting the Don Pedro Fire on the Tuolumne Ranger Unit near Lake Don Pedro on July 2, 1964. The circumstances surrounding his death are unknown, but records show he died of burns received while engaged in suppression of the Don Pedro Fire.

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Don Pedro Fire, 1964, Tuolumne Ranger Unit, CA; neart Don Pedro Lake, east of Coulterville

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Reports, Documentation, Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned Center has a record but no details (screen-save of the record)
From NWCG Fire Fatality Record: Historical Wildland Firefighter Fatalities 1910 – 1996
Date: 1964
Fire Name / Location: Don Pedro Fire, Tuolumne Ranger Unit, CA

1 fatality

Agency: CDF

Fire behavior observed: Unknown

Remarks: Died of burns
from 1964 CA Memorial Wall database, the only CDF burn fatality in 1964:
Name: James Carlisle

Agency: CDF

Date: 7/2/1964

Cause: contact exposure burn

Activity: Fire suppression
California, Death Index: James L CarlisleName: James L Carlisle
Event Type: Death

Event Date: 02 Jul 1964

Event Place: San Francisco, California, United States

Birth Date: 08 Dec 1917

Birthplace: Nebraska

Gender: Male

Father’s Name:

Mother’s Name: Straw
US Social Security Death Index: James L Carlisle