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Updated: Firefighter killed on Lolo Peak fire

DAVID ERICKSON david.erickson@missoulian.com Aug 2, 2017 The Lolo Peak Fire crosses into the Fall Creek drainage (copy) The Lolo Peak Fire as seen from the air last week. Photo provided A firefighter was killed while working the Lolo Peak fire Wednesday afternoon — the second firefighter death in Montana this fire season. Missoula County Sheriff T.J. McDermott said an official investigation to determine the cause of death is still underway. Dispatchers at the Lolo Peak fire said the man was given CPR after apparently being struck by a falling snag. Rescuers worked to get him off the mountain and loaded onto a LifeFlight bound for Missoula. However, emergency workers could not save his life. The man’s name has not been released pending notification of his family. McDermott said further details will be released once the investigation is complete. “Please keep wildland firefighters on the Lolo Peak fire and firefighters across the nation in your thoughts and prayers,” Leigh Gol
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Teen wins benefit roping event, gives prize to injured Waco firefighter

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WACO, Texas (KWTX)  Alvarado roper Lain LaFountain, 17, was the big winner of the Garth Goodwin Team Roping fundraiser, which drew hundreds of participants in Waco over the weekend, but he didn’t take home his prize money and instead quietly gave it back to the man whom the event honored. “It was a benefit for him and I felt like he needed it more than I did,” LaFountain told KWTX when reached by phone. LaFountain won both big events in the roping fundraiser Saturday for Garth Goodwin, a veteran Waco firefighter who was paralyzed after falling from a billboard while working off-duty in May. The event brought in nearly 500 teams to compete at the Extraco Events Center Saturday, which included Lain who found out about it from a friend, but had never met the firefighter it honored. “I really just went up to rope for a good cause,” LaFountain said. After the event wrapped up, LaFountain sought Goodwin out. His dad, Greg LaFountain, thought his son simply wanted a photo wi
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