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USFA: Nevada Line of Duty Death
U.S. Fire Administration
The U.S. Fire Administration has announce the official line of duty death of pilot David Jamsa, 45, of the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management - Nevada State Office on August 20, 2009.
A single engine air tanker (SEAT) crashed in the Clan Alpine Mountains of Churchill County on Thursday (8/20) dropping fire retardant on the Hoyt Fire. The pilot, Dave Jamsa, was transported by helicopter to medical facilities in Lovelock, Nevada, where he was pronounced dead. The aircraft was an Air Tractor AT-802A, owned by Minuteman Aerial Application, Inc., of Missoula, Montana. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have an investigation team in-route.
Funeral Arrangements:
Pending
Memorial Fund Contact and Address:
Pending
Tribute is being paid to Pilot David Jamsa at http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/fireservice/fatalities/
To date, 64 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2009; 62 from incidents that occurred in 2009 and two from previous year incidents. Year-to-date monthly and annual USFA firefighter fatality reports are posted online at http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/fireservice/fatalities/statistics/ff_stats....
The U.S. Fire Administration has announce the official line of duty death of pilot David Jamsa, 45, of the U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management - Nevada State Office on August 20, 2009.
A single engine air tanker (SEAT) crashed in the Clan Alpine Mountains of Churchill County on Thursday (8/20) dropping fire retardant on the Hoyt Fire. The pilot, Dave Jamsa, was transported by helicopter to medical facilities in Lovelock, Nevada, where he was pronounced dead. The aircraft was an Air Tractor AT-802A, owned by Minuteman Aerial Application, Inc., of Missoula, Montana. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have an investigation team in-route.
Funeral Arrangements:
Pending
Memorial Fund Contact and Address:
Pending
Tribute is being paid to Pilot David Jamsa at http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/fireservice/fatalities/
To date, 64 firefighter fatalities have been reported to USFA in 2009; 62 from incidents that occurred in 2009 and two from previous year incidents. Year-to-date monthly and annual USFA firefighter fatality reports are posted online at http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/fireservice/fatalities/statistics/ff_stats....
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Permalink Reply by David Wilson on
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If I remember right David was flying a seat out of missoula montana during the Valley Mill fire in Washington state in 2007 and also flying again in 2008 in the Okanagan county and Grant county . I have the utmost respect for these pilots that can mean that property and lives can be saved by them taking the chances they due to surpress these fires. My heart goes out to David's family. I am really not looking forward to the fire season this year. I will be out on fires all season and although this means money in my pocket it is not easy for me to see the destruction that this causes , we do our best to stop them but the weather can cause us problems. The pilots that man these tankers and helecopters are the greatest although I have come out of them covered in retardent at least I am alive.
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