Matthew Burchett
Battalion Chief
Draper City Fire Department
Draper, Utah
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Status: Career
Years of Service: 20
Date of Incident: Aug. 13, 2018
Date of Death: Aug. 13, 2018
Battalion Chief Burchett was injured while on the fire line of the Ranch Fire, a part of the Mendocino Complex Fire north of San Francisco, California. Burchett was airlifted to a local hospital where he passed away from the injuries he sustained. The nature and cause of the fatal injury are still to be reported.
Burchett was one of five firefighters sent from the Draper City Fire Department in Utah to help fight the California wildland fires through a mutual aid agreement with CAL FIRE.
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