Fire Crews Rescue Injured Logger -05/18/21

At approx. 10:15am on the morning of 5/17/21, Molalla Fire District responded to the report of an injured logger in the wilderness area. The location was determined to be around the Williams lake area, an area heavily damaged by last year's devastating fires. Crews arrived to find an injured logger approx. 1 mile into a deep ravine. Crews quickly devised a plan to locate and assess the injured logger. Molalla Fire district crews, along with fellow loggers and Weyerhaeuser employees, hiked for approx. 1 hour through heavy tree fall to locate the injured logger and provide medical treatment. With the assistance of the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office, Clackamas County SAR, Canby Fire District, Colton Fire District, Mountain Rescue Team, CSAR and a Life Flight Network helicopter, crews were able to safely extricate the injured logger from the bottom of the ravine and up the mountain. The logger was then transported by a Life Flight helicopter to an area trauma hospital with what appeared to be serious injuries. Approx. 35 responders worked for approx. 7 hours to safely recue the injured logger.