[californiadisasters] North Ops News & Notes Update (08/06/11-8AM)

Date	Time	News and Notes
08/06/2011	0800	No new large fires reported in the GACC overnight (1800-0600)
08/06/2011	0755	On August 6, 2006, pilots Andrei Pantchenko and Terry "Jake" Jacobs were killed when their Type-1 helicopter crashed into the Klamath River at Independence Creek during the Titus Fire, Happy Camp Complex, Klamath NF. For more information, visit http://www.wlfalwaysremember.org/incident-lists/149-titus-fire-sky-crane-incident.html
08/06/2011	0755	On August 6, 1945, Marvin Brown, a member of the "Triple Nickels" (the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion), was killed on the Lemon Butte fire in Oregon when he fell from a snag that his chute had become entangled with. The 555 PIB was stationed on the West Coast to combat any fire started by Japanese bomb-carrying balloons. Their mission was not publicized as to not panic the public. During the summer of 1945, the Triple Nickels made more than 1,200 individual jumps; Mr. Brown was their only fatality. For more information on Brown and the Triple Nickels, visit http://www.wlfalwaysremember.org/incident-lists/241-malvin-brown.html

Source: http://gacc.nifc.gov/oncc/predictive/intelligence/news_notes/index.htm

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