A workplace investigation into a firefighter's death in a utility vehicle crash last year in northern British Columbia has blamed a series of failures by the BC Wildfire Service, in the second such report to emerge in two days.
A workplace investigation into a firefighter's death in a utility vehicle crash last year in northern British Columbia has blamed a series of failures by the BC Wildfire Service, in the second such report to emerge in two days.
It says neither 25-year-old Muise nor the wildfire service supervisor who was also in the vehicle, known as a UTV, were wearing helmets, despite them being provided and required for use by the manufacturer. The findings, first reported by the CBC, also say at least one of the occupants wasn't wearing a seatbelt, although the report has been redacted in a way that prevents them being identified.
Gale died when a burning tree fell on her northeast of Revelstoke last July, despite the cedar having been identified by colleagues as dangerous before the accident.The report into Muise's death says he and his BC Wildfire Service supervisor were riding in the UTV near Fort St. John when it was driven through a ditch to avoid an oncoming truck.
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