Incident Name:
Date: Incident date: 8/26/1975; Dan died on 8/28/1975
Personnel: 2 lives lost
Age:
Agency/Organization: Tooele Fire Department
Position: police officers, firefighters
Summary:
Lauren Dow, age 27
Daniel James, age 19
On 8/26/1975, two county deputy sheriffs were working on the flank of a small grass and sagebrush fire when the wind shifted. The fire overran them. Lauren died that day of her burns and Danny died two days later.
Maps
Fire was near Stockton UT
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Died at the University of Utah Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT
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Reports, Documentation, Lessons Learned
- Historical Wildland Firefighter Fatalities 1910-1996
- Year: 1975
- Location: Stockton, UT
- Number: 2
- Agency: PVT.
- Fire Behavior: Sagebrush and grass, gentle to rolling topography. Wind changed direction.
- Remarks: Two county deputy sheriffs were working on flank of a small fire when the wind shifted.
- Utah Firefighter Line of Duty Deaths, 1920-2012, by Steve Lutz
- Name: Lauren E. Dow; Date: 26-Aug-75; Cause: wildland (burned over); Fire Department: Tooele Fire Department
- Name: Daniel A. James; Date: 28-Aug-75; Cause: wildland (burned over); Fire Department: Tooele Fire Department
- US Social Security Death Index: Lauren Dow, age 27
- Firefighters named (but Loren was female)…
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Photos, Videos, & Tributes
- Billion Graves Index at Familysearch: Lauren E Dow
- Buried in the Tooele City Cemetary, Tooele, UT: Lauren E Dow, 27
credit: Billion Graves:
- Billion Graves Index at Familysearch: Daniel A James
- Buried in the Tooele City Cemetary, Tooele, UT: Daniel A James, 19
credit: Billion Graves:
Contributors to this article: Steve Lutz
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