Incident Name: Logwood Fire on the Los Padres National Forest near Big Sur
Date: 8/22/73
Personnel: Danny E Hime, of San Diego
Age: 21
Agency/Organization: CDF (now CAL FIRE) under agreement with the USFS
Position: Firefighter with a 12 man CDF Ecology Crew
Summary: Dan Hime lost his life on August 22, 1973 when he fell off a cliff into a 200 foot rocky gorge while fighting a 600-acre fire with the rest of his crew in the very steep, rugged terrain of the Los Padres National Forest.
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the location near Big Sur, California.
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Reports, Documentation, Lessons Learned
- Report: Synopsis of Logwood Fire Fatality (119 K pdf)
- More incident information: A letter from Danny’s friend recalls the date of the accident
- California, Death Index: Danny Hime
- Name: Danny E Hime
- Event Type: Death
- Event Date: 26 Aug 1973
- Event Place: Monterey, California, United States
- Birth Date: 26 Apr 1952
- Birthplace: Michigan
- Gender: Male
- US Forest Service Heroes Memorial: Dan Hime
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