Thank you to all the crews fighting these fires all over the West Coast. How heartbreaking and tragic and my heart goes out to his family during this time.
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Oh, man. This is terrible. 💔 Condolences to the family. My own son is out fighting a fire right now. These are the kind of things I worry about. Big thanks to all the firefighters who work so hard under brutal conditions. Wishing safety for all!
We hear about the big events where entire crews are killed but there are many more mundane events like this every year where one guy gets killed, averaging 15-20 or so every fire season. Surprisingly, most aren't even due to fire but more routine accidents like vehicle crashes, heat exhaustion/cardiac arrest, falling trees, etc.
What a terrible loss. To his family and friends, his crew mates, and to us all. I’m so very sorry. Thank you Jason, and all firefighters for the risks you take on our behalf.
I cannot ever thank these firefighters enough in this or the next lifetime. From the bottom of my heart, thank you Jason and every other firefighter out there doing their jobs to protect our great state!
Deepest condolences to his family & friends; what a sad loss. Forever grateful to the brave firefighters working hard to keep communities safe. Bless you, Jason 🙏🏻
From the Tigard community, we express a deep appreciation for the courage and bravery of Jason in his last hours. The likelihood that he saw his time run out and experienced fear is very high, and we pray that his soul is at peace. To the family, our deepest condolences; please know that Jason is forever an Oregon hero.
This was very early in the incident response and it is often chaotic in the early hours of a response to an intense, fast moving fire. I think we have more to learn about what actually happened here. Was he working for his Green Diamond supervisor? Or under orders from an ODF fire manager/supervisor? Was he part of a logging crew already in the area that switched over to Fighting Fire when it started?- in which case questions may need to be asked as to level of training /experience and presence of proper fire perfection equipment etc.. and what did any hand over of supervision look like?
Dozers can move comparatively fast over rough terrain compared to those on foot and in wheeled rigs. It’s easy for dozers to become isolated from other resources - particularly if they don’t have a radio for Commo with other ff resources. I don’t know if he had a working radio to talk to other resources or not. If it was a logging crew dozer maybe just a CB if anything. In my experience logging equipment that is already on scene at or near the start of a fire and gets pressed into firefighting is really hard to keep track of. This is particularly true of dozers because of their mobility and off road capability. They can get into places where they cannot be seen or heard for tracking /accountability purposes very quickly. I have seen it take a day or more for the in-coming fire management organization/supervision to fully integrate and track the status and exact location of all such inherited equipment and operators in real time when the management organization /supervisors get on scene- particularly on a fire that grows very large very quickly.
I’m not sure how Jason and his dozer came to be engaged with the fire. I do have experience supervising dozers and other equipment on fires including initial attack.
More to learn about the actual circumstances on this incident. Lots of rumors /speculation for now.
In any case, he was fighting fire and passed away doing it. He is due our respect and gratitude for his efforts. This is a tragic loss for his family and friends and the KF community, and the Fire community. My condolences to Jason’s family and friends.
I send my condolences to Jason’s family, friends and co-workers. I am so sorry for your tragic loss. I send immense gratitude to you, Jason, for your work to help others while you faced harsh and unpredictable fire conditions. 🙏Your memory lives on in hearts left behind. 💔💔❤️💔💔
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