Incident Name: Sherman Creek Fire, began on Dollar Mountain, Coleville National Forest, Washington
Date: 8/19/1929
Personnel: W.P. Makeiff
Age:
Agency/Organization: US Forest Service
Position: firefighter
Summary: WP Makeiff was fighting the Dollar Mountain Fire on the Coleville National Forest on 8/19/1929. A sudden wind change in relatively light fuels caused him to try to outrun the fire uphill. He was unsuccessful and lost his life.
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Dollar Mountain Fire, Coleville National Forest
Dollar Mountain Burn Game Preserve, Coleville National Forest, WA
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Reports, Documentation, Lessons Learned
- Historical Wildland Firefighter Fatalities 1910-1996 | A Publication of the National Wildfire Coordinating Group | Brief Description
- Date: 1929
- Fire Name & Location: Dollar Mountain, Coleville National Forest, WA
- # Fatalities & Agency: 1, USFS
- Fire Behavior Observed: Sudden wind change in relatively light fuels.
- Remarks: Firefighter tried to outrun fire uphill.
- Makeiff named as fallen on the Coleville NF:
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