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Taken: March 5, 2010
Caption: Bodie Shaw, Former Member of the Flathead Interagency Hot Shot Crew
Additional Description: On June 26, 1990, Shaw's crew and six others were saved by crew Superintendent intuition and awareness, and a very large safety zone, a large burned over area with a center zone cleared by a bulldozer immediately before the blow-up. The Perryville Crew responded late to a member of Navajo Scout Crew 2 who shouted at them to leave Walk Moore Canyon. Their fire shelters were buried under equipment in their packs. Some members of the crew died helping others get into shelters. Other crew memberss deployed fire shelters improperly, and others paniced, ran, and were overcome by heat and gases. Shaw is now Deputy Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs programs, National Interagency Fire Center. Right foreground, in camo, is Lyle Carlile, Director BIA NIFC programs.
Submitted: March 6, 2010.
Database Locator Identification Number: p99045
File Size: 4.870 Megabytes

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