Incident Name:
Date: 7/9/1984
Personnel: 2 lives lost
Age:
Agency/Organization: Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF, Cottage Grove, Oregon)
Position: firefighters
Summary:
Barbara Ann Booth, 19
Richard H Bowers, 22
Barbara Booth and Richard Bowers were responding to an ODF forest fire near Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon on 7/9/1984 when their vehicle plunged down a 30-foot embankment and they died.
Maps
Fire 15 mi SE of Cottage Grove, Oregon, in Lane County
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Reports, Documentation, Lessons Learned
- Barbara Booth and Richard Bowers’ named as fallen
- NWCG list: The brief record from the historical NWCG archive, p8 [Historical Wildland Firefighter Fatalities 1910 – 1996 (408 K pdf)]Year: 1984
Location: Cottage Grove, Oregon
Agency: Oregon Department of Forestry
Fire behavior: Unknown
Notes: Responding to forest fire
- USFA Memorial Database: Barbara A Booth | Richard H Bowers
- Oregon Death Index: Barbara Ann Booth | Richard Har Bowers
Wildlandfire.com Links:
Media Articles and Reports
Photos, Videos, & Tributes
- Barbara Booth and Richard Bowers are honored on the USFA National Fallen Firefighters Memorial in Emmitsburg, Maryland. Look for their names under Oregon.
Contributors to this article: Norcal Tom
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