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Helo Pilot Saves Firefighter in Oregon Blaze

A Department of Homeland Security helicopter pilot saved the life of a firefighter trapped while responding to a forest fire at Pole Creek in Oregon.

By AIN Staff • AIN Staff

October 22, 2012

A Department of Homeland Security (DHS) report obtained by AIN through the agency’s safety management system details how a Bell 205A1++ pilot (name withheld) supporting Oregon’s Pole Creek fire-suppression efforts on September 28 saved another firefighter who became trapped by the blaze.

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