Devil's Den Fatality Fire

Devil's Den Fatality Fire - National Interagency Fire Center - - Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center. In Memory of Spencer Koyle. Why Did He Die? Firefighters - Remember This.

[@brianjframpton]

Friend, mentor, supervisor and just an all around great guy. Can't say I've met anyone better then him. Rip sk. U will always be remembered and missed.

[@dustycrewracing]

R.I.P SK! I wish I could have had the pleasure of working with you.

[@JCLIVININIQUITY6]

Great video just got my class 2 what a way to go out.

[@cowboycody8094]

No wonder it's called devils den.

[@jamielancaster01]

Sad thing is he knew better!

[@alanhill3684]

Sorry to say, but seems like he was impaired.. Sad. With such experience I would think he would know his job.

[@Nervegas]

Late reply but this is also the running suspicion with the GM hotshot crew. That CO poisoning had caused impaired judgement and ultimately led to a series of choices that to anyone who has every worked a fireline are confusing at best. Hypoxia can make people do weird stuff and behave as if theyre totally inebriated. This is one reason why having a spotter who is in the clear and having the command discipline to listen to said spotter is critical when working close to fires with extremely active behavior. 17 years in a municipal fire service with deployments on wildland strike teams, I have unfortunately been to too many funerals that were preventable. Every one of them was a good person who would've given you the shirt off their back, but for one reason or another, a bad choice leads to the worst possible outcome. As the captain its my job to ensure my crew all go home safe at the end of the shift and things like this keep me up at night. How can someone with such a vast wealth of experience make such a critical misstep? We will never know unfortunately, all we can do is try to learn from it and honor their memory by not repeating it.

[@TimKaseyMythHealer]

What's up with the names of these locations: Devils Den, Hell's Ridge (Colorado Storm King fire that killed 14). If I were 'required' to go to an area that had such a name, I would avoid it at all costs.

[@cawa_coyote5]

The way these fires get named is based on where the fire started. For instance, I believe Storm king canyon fire was because it started in that canyon. First IC on scene usually names the fire.

[@larshiilly]

​@@cawa_coyote5 arent fire lookouts the ones that get to name fires

[@amandamaurer1149]

iam wild live fire fighter I lost my friend two bad fires

[@johnhill4964]

Psychological Nudity, So you take it upon yourself to throw insults. Rather childish, wouldn't you think?

[@josephhicks694]

Sounds suspicious to insult this man's judgement, hearsay at best. Who is to say that two others didn't encourage him? Additionally, the narraration reeks of typical propagandist ideation. Remember: "Only YOU can prevent forest fires". Yeah, right.

[@dfwprodriver2752]

Joseph Hicks did you even listen to what was said????