Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-102
§2270b Department of Agriculture Inspector General Investigation of Forest Service Firefighter Deaths
Title 7 › CHAPTER 55 — DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › § 2270b
Summary
When a Forest Service officer or employee dies after being trapped or burned in a wildfire, the Department of Agriculture’s Inspector General must investigate the death. That investigation must be fully separate and cannot rely on any probe done by the Forest Service.
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Title 7, §2270b
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In the case of each fatality of an officer or employee of the Forest Service that occurs due to wildfire entrapment or burnover, the Inspector General of the Department of Agriculture shall conduct an investigation of the fatality. The investigation shall not rely on, and shall be completely independent of, any investigation of the fatality that is conducted by the Forest Service.
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7 U.S.C. § 2270b
Title 7, Agriculture
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102