Incident Name: Carr Fire
Date: 7/26/2017
Personnel: Jeremy Stoke
Age: 37
Agency/Organization: Redding Fire Department, CAL FIRE
Position: Fire Inspector
Summary: Fire Inspector Jeremy Stoke was killed when he was battling the Carr Fire in Northern California’s Shasta County. The nature and cause of fatal injury are still to be reported.
According to newly-released Green Sheet preliminary research, a fire tornado was apparently to blame for both Jeremy Stoke’s and Don Ray Smith’s deaths.
Maps
Incident Location: “Carr Fire, Shasta County, California”
North on Buenaventura Blvd, less than 1/2 mi from Land Park Subdivision
Land Park: 40.601304, -122.436304
Reports, Documentation, Lessons Learned
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- CAL FIRE: News Release: Carr Fire Fatality StatementThe Carr Fire Unified Incident Commanders from CAL FIRE, National Parks Service are deeply saddened to report the death of a private hire dozer operator on the Carr Fire. Fact finding on the accident is ongoing and notification of the next of kin is in progress. The Carr fire continues to burn at a rapid rate with erratic fire behavior. More information will be released as it becomes available.
- Redding Fire Department Facebook page, 7/26/2018″With heavy hearts we announce the passing of Fire Inspector Jeremy Stoke. Jeremy died while battling the Carr Fire,” Redding Fire Department announced on Facebook. “We ask for your thoughts and prayers for his family and the RFD as we process this tragic loss. More information will be released as it becomes available.”
- CAL FIRE: Green Sheet (Preliminary Report); seeking to aquire the newly released document.
- ‘Mayday!’ New details explain how Carr Fire killed two on front lines of fire tornado8/16/2018 | sacbee.comPinned down by a vicious “fire tornado,” Redding fire inspector Jeremy Stoke radioed “Mayday” and called for helicopters to drop water on the neighborhood where he was trapped.
His body was found the next morning.
A “Green Sheet” preliminary investigative report released Wednesday by Cal Fire provides dramatic details of how the Carr Fire in Redding claimed its first two victims: Stoke, 37, and private bulldozer operator Don Ray Smith, 81, who was helping to dig trenches in an effort to contain the blaze. (Much more at the link…)
- Carr Fire Aftermath, to the side of Buenaventura Boulevard, Redding, CA
Wildlandfire.com Links:
Media Articles and Reports
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- Human toll7/27/2018 | Damon Arthur, Redding Record Searchlight
While dozens of homes and other buildings have been destroyed by the Carr Fire, the blaze has also taken a human toll, killing two firefighters and injuring at least three others.
Redding Fire Department inspector Jeremy Stoke was killed while battling the Carr Fire on Thursday night. It wasn’t clear, though, what led to Stoke’s death.
“With heavy hearts we announce the passing of Fire Inspector Jeremy Stoke. Jeremy died while battling the Carr Fire,” Redding Fire Department announced on Facebook. “We ask for your thoughts and prayers for his family and the RFD as we process this tragic loss. More information will be released as it becomes available.”
Donna Araiza, founder of the Alyssa Araiza “Wings of Angels” organization for seriously ill children, said Stoke regularly donated to her group, as well as the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
Jeremy Stoke killed in blaze; ‘Was a good man’
“He and his wife, Alyson, were always supporting us,” Araiza said. “He was a generous and a good man.
“Every time I would see him he would tease me and say “Everytime I see you, you cost me $500” in donations, Araiza said.
He had been with the Redding Fire Department since May 2004.
- Redding firefighter died battling the Carr Fire08/26/2018 | Online article -Lost Coast Outpost
- Human toll7/27/2018 | Damon Arthur, Redding Record Searchlight
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Photos, Videos, & Tributes
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- American Samoan firefighters sing to Carr Fire-ravaged Shasta County
- USFA Memorial Database: Jeremy Stoke
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Honoring Jeremy Stoke
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