CalFire LODD
Posted On: Jul 16, 2018

Los Angeles County Firefighters IAFF Local 1014

Representing over 3100 Firefighters, Paramedics, Dispatchers
Pilots, Wildland Firefighters, Forestry and Health Haz Mat personnel

CalFire HVEQ Operator Braden Varney LODD

It is with a heavy heart that we announce that on Saturday, July 14, Cal Fire Heavy Equipment Operator Braden Varney was killed while battling a the Ferguson fire in the Sierra National Forest. Brother Varney died at the scene as crews battled the fire in the rugged area near Yosemite National Park. Varney, 36, was a residents of Mariposa and had served in the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection’s Madera-Mariposa-Merced Unit for a decade. 

On behalf of the 3,200+ members of Local 1014, we offer our deepest condolences to his wife and two young children and to our brothers and sisters at CAL FIRE Local 2881.

Check iafflocal1014.org or local1014.org for details


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