CA-KNF-Elk Complex - Remembrance Service

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On Saturday, July 28th, the Elk Complex Incident is planning a memorial service in honor of the 3 person Lassen N.F. Engine crew lost on the Stanza Fire in 2002, the helicopter pilots who lost their lives in a helicopter accident last year on the Klamath River, the helicopter pilot who lost his life in the helicopter accident on Monday, July 23rd, and the two off duty caterer personnel who lost their lives on Monday, July 23rd.

The Remembrance Service for those firefighters who have died on the Oak Knoll RD of the Klamath National Forest will take place at 0630 to allow everyone working on the Elk Complex incident to attend. The Honor Guard will be among those paying tribute.
Those who can't be there, please take a moment of silence... Ab.

Remembrance Service: Happy Camp/Oak Knoll Ranger
Districts.
Text from The Program (4,537 K pdf file) is below:

Today we are gathered to honor those who have fallen in
the line of duty on the Happy Camp/Oak Knoll Ranger
Districts.

This date has significance to us on the Klamath
National Forest as it is the fifth anniversary of the Stanza Fire
tragedy. Lassen National Forest Engine 11 crew members Steve
Oustad, Heather DePaolo, and John Self lost their lives in the
line of duty when the engine rolled off a steep embankment on
July 28, 2002.

On July 23, 2007, Helicopter N205BR crashed while
performing firefighting operations on the Elk Fire, resulting in
the fatality of Pilot Dennis Davis. Additionally, on that same
day in the late afternoon, we lost fire camp employees George
Barbis and Richard Pearson, Jr., in a drowning on the Klamath
River.

On August 4, 2006, Heavy Lift Helicopter N6156U,
crashed into the Klamath River at Independence Creek, resulting
in the line of duty deaths of Andrei Pantchenko and Terry
“Jake” Jacobs.

During the devastating fires of 1987, we lost another
firefighter, Bruce Visser of the San Bernardino National Forest.
Assigned to the Slater Fire, Bruce was hit by a motorcycle on the
side of old Highway 96, while conducting structure protection.

Thank you for being here to share in this remembrance service.

Alan Vandiver, District Ranger
Don Hall, Deputy District Ranger
Mike Dietrich, Incident Commander
Tom Cable, Deputy Incident Commander