Los Angeles County Firefighters IAFF Local 1014

Representing over 3200 Firefighters, Paramedics, Dispatchers,
Pilots, Wildland Firefighters, Forestry and Health Haz Mat personnel

Local 1014 pays our respects and
sends our thoughts and prayers

Today, funeral services were held for Camp 13 Inmate Crewmember Shawna Lynn Jones. Shawna Lynn Jones, just 22 years old, from Lancaster was working as an inmate crewmember out of Camp 13 battling a small brush fire in Malibu on February 25 when she was struck by a boulder that rolled off a 100 foot cliff and struck her on the head.

She was serving alongside other crewmembers including our Camp 13 personnel who also had to work to try and save her life, culminating with an air lift from our Air Squad to UCLA Medical Center where she was pronounced dead. She donated her organs to others and she was serving a low level offense sentence while trying to better herself in our camp service, a very important component of our program in addition to serving sentence.

We mourn her loss and send our thoughts and prayers to all who have been affected by this unfortunate tragedy that highlights the dangers of our job and the great efforts of our Local 1014 Members in not only while we serve but without reservation how we do our jobs to save all and pay our respects to all.

Inmates in our programs go through rigorous training and physical conditioning and serve their sentences while giving back to our communities in some way. Jones is the third woman inmate alongside two men inmates who have lost their lives on the fire lines. Let us pause and pay our respects, and remember how dangerous our jobs really are and hats off to all the Camp 13 Crews and the Paramedics and the Air Squads and men and women who got it done that day even in the face of one not returning. Solidarity and strength of The Los Angeles County Fire Fighters, IAFF Local 1014 Members.