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Daniel P. Holmes (b. 16 Jan 1978, d. 02 Oct 2004)
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10/031500A press release written by Jody Lyle of the Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks identified Daniel Holmes, age 26 of Bellingham, Washington as the firefighter killed yesterday when he was hit by a falling dead tree on the Grant West Prescribed Fire in Kings Canyon National Park.His family has been notified.The accident occurred shortly after operations began at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 2.With four acres ignited, the top of a 100 foot white fir tree unexpectedly fell where firefighters were working, striking Holmes.Approximately 20 firefighters witnessed the accident and provided immediate medical assistance.Holmes was carried to a waiting ambulance by his fellow crewmembers, but passed away while being transported to a Lifeflight helicopter landing zone in the park.Daniel never regained consciousness after the accident and was pronounced dead by the Lifeflight medical crew."The National Park Service is heartbroken over this loss," said Superintendent Richard H. Martin."My two priorities now are providing help for Daniel's family and supporting our park family here at Sequoia and Kings Canyon.Holmes was a crewmember on the Arrowhead Hotshots, an elite firefighting crew that responds to large fires across the country.For more information about the crew, go to www.arrowheadhotshots.org.(a digital photo of Daniel Holmes is available at www.nps.gov/seki/fire/fireinfo/pressrel.htm.)
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Date born 2: 1978
Social Security Number: 003-72-7991.431
SSN issued: New Hampshire.431